""Stripper-mobile?" Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like."
Maybe I've helped too many friends decorate their babies rooms, but to me it sounds something you hang over a crib. #strippers
The story of the woman who did the pedophile sting on her husband is amazing! Can you imagine realizing the person you have loved for decades is capable of that? There's a foxy picture of her at the link, too. #strippers
@Hana Maru: That would suck, SOOOO much to find that out. I even think it would be worse to find it out right then and there, as it happened.... he's lucky she didn't stop in the kitchen to grab a knife on her way to confront him! Although, I wonder if she thought of just ASKING him what that first suspicious message was about? Then again, we don't know that this was the first strange message she'd seen. #strippers
@Hana Maru: I know, I imagine myself in the wife's place and can't see that I wouldn't give myself away by gasping in shock or suddenly shouting out at the guy. #strippers
What on earth, between women dancing without restraints in a moving vehicle and the distraction that women dancing suggestively is bound to cause for all drivers, would lead them to think that there was any doubt in this situation? #strippers
@maneki neko: My first thought was about the woman in the vehicle trying to swing around a pole in a freaking moving car. Potentially dangerous?? #strippers
Jesus H. I'm 5'9" and I got up to 240 pounds with my last pregnancy. OMG STOP THE PRESSES.
That's a BMI of 35.4. And I had a perfectly normal labor and delivery and nobody told me to GTFO. He was just a hungry damn baby and weighed over 9 pounds himself. Neither of us had diabetes or ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL.
F*ck you, Weston General. F*ck you right to hell. If you were my local hospital and you had the balls to try something like this on me I'd just sit on the front doorstep and give birth RIGHT THERE IN THE HOSPITAL LOBBY. #strippers
On the hospital banning births for women over a certain BMI.
At first take I was mad at this, but from the hospital's perspective, this isn't about discrimination.
I was a really early preemie and my mom was a Type 1 diabetic. She was transferred to 2 different hospitals before the EMTs found one that had a doctor willing to assist with the complicated delivery (which lasted 39 hours, go mom!). The first two hospitals did not believe that they were adequately equipped to help my mom, and in addition were not equipped to help a baby that would need immediate life support.
Some hospitals don't accept trauma patients etc-- on the face, this banning certain types of pregnancies seems like a maddening practice, but if the hospital believes mothers will be in danger, they should not treat them.
@curiousgeorgiana: Well, if they want to ban people who actually HAVE COMPLICATIONS that might be one thing, but there are plenty of people who have BMIs over 34 who have none and have perfectly healthy children who need no extra care whatsoever. #strippers
@redqueenmeg: Agreed. I'm not sure what the medical reason is, but I'm assuming the hospital has had some bad experiences and wants to limit its liability.
It completely sucks for women in that area who will have to travel farther to receive care-- but I hope it's for a good reason and not just the hospital being a bunch of dicks. #strippers
@curiousgeorgiana: My mom was at least a 34 BMI when she had me and my sibs back in the 70's. One was even with a midwife. No complications.
It seems to me that the hospital is advertising that it cannot deal with any kind of "complicated" childbirth, and if I were of lower than 34 BMI, I would be very hesitant to birth my child in a hospital where the staff may not actually know how to deliver babies. #strippers
@nerdycellist: I definitely would not want to give birth at that hospital because they are obviously not well equipped for obstetrics. So maybe the hospital should just shut down their maternity clinic? They are not inspiring much confidence. #strippers
@nerdycellist: So we all know BMI is far from perfect, and the hospital choosing 34 is likely somewhat arbitrary, but I do know that for people above a certain weight and size, special OR tables are needed (that are quite costly), as are special gurneys, and even special surgical instruments. It might just be a case of that here, but if that's so, I wonder why it's just not a blanket ban on all surgical patients (male, female) above a certain cutoff point? #strippers
@curiousgeorgiana: My thoughts exactly. Things can go awry during birth and sometimes there is no warning, so if you're not equipped to handle complications, you shouldn't have a maternity unit at all. #strippers
@formergr: Have you seen the BMI project? You do know that a BMI of 34 is hardly Circus-Fat-Lady / Remove-The-Wall-of-My-House size.
I have a BMI of 38 which is DEATH FAT. I am so fat that the BMI chart indicates I will die from my enormity. I am a size 20. I have absolutely no problem fitting into theatre chairs, standard bed sizes, etc. No special gurneys, beds, tables or scales are neccesary for me. My only complaint are airline seats, but that's more of a gendered complaint from anyone who possesses hips.
Certainly, if a hospital cannot care for me because I have such freakish proportions, they should be shut down. And for those people who require larger scales, beds, chairs, etc, they should acquire some - because some people come in "non-standard" sizes and they are also human beings who may need health care.
This case is one of two things: the staff at the hospital are incompetent, or just want to "punish" fatties - specifically women - by withholding health care. My money's on the latter explanation. I'll bet they have no problem offering incredibly risky weight loss surgery to people over a 34 BMI. #strippers
To be fair, the woman DID sue for both unlawful arrest and the use of excessive force. It was found that she could not sue for excessive force; only unlawful arrest. Which kind of sucks. #strippers
@dancerevolution: See, to me, I would have thought it would be the opposite. Yes, she ran a red light and they have every right to arrest her for that. HOWEVER forcing her out of an ER when she's in labor would seem like excessive force to me. #strippers
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Forcing her out by tackling her to the ground is excessive! At 7 months it should have been very obvious she was pregnant. You do NOT tackle pregnant women to the ground! #strippers
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Not to quibble, but they don't have a right to arrest someone for running a red light. Issue a ticket, yes. The right to arrest was probably from fleeing the police (all the way to the ER).
In other news, I really thought the woman gets arrested while in labor story was going to be very different (like they tracked down an actual criminal) and was shocked! by the story. But then I remembered that this is America, and my shock faded. #strippers
@Kirkat: That's why I'm confused why she's allowed to sue for unlawful arrest when she actually DID break the law (and probably would have been able to get off in court, honestly) but not excessive force which this clearly was. #strippers
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I know, I'm just gobsmacked that anybody would do that. I'm just happy the doctors could help her stop the labour. I think she's allowed to sue for unlawful arrest because you're not supposed to arrest someone who is in a medical emergency. #strippers
I really get annoyed at how little we talk about male fertility. 40% of the time the problem is the man, 40% of the time its the woman, and 20% of the time its both (or they just have no idea). Male fertility does decline with age even though it doesn't drop off the way it does with women.
Before I was born, my parents spent 6 years trying to conceive. This was just about the time that IVF was invented, but it wasn't being used outside of research labs yet. They were just about ready to cut my mom open so they could root around for a problem when my old Irish granny (who hadn't even graduated high school) mentioned to my mom maybe it could have something to do with the pills my dad took. My mom scoffed, if that were possible, the doctors would have asked! But she asked anyway and found out my dad's high blood pressure medicine caused temporary infertility. No one had ever asked anything about my dad's medical history and his doctor had never mentioned that side effect. My dad went off the pills and I was born less than a year later, despite my mom's advanced maternal age of 36.
I don't think all that much has changed since then. If anyone is having fertility problems, they should get their partner into a fertility specialist.
@clevernamehere: Good doctors examine both patients. Times have changed, some. My regular GYN had my husband give a sample for a sperm analysis before she even put me on Clomid. He had another complete work-up when we were referred to an infertility clinic, which is standard at clinics.
I decided that IVF and fertility drugs were being over used when a family member, who already had one kid, decided to use them. She'd been unable to become pregnant after trying for, wait for it, 3 months. Her Doc let her pump herself full of drugs and now she has triplets (would have been quadruplets, but one died in utero). A bit Gosslin-esque.
As for the actual story. That sucks. I mean, really, really sucks. Those drugs can really mess with one's mind.
@fluxus flucker: Shitty doctor. Wow. My clinic will only let you do IVF if you've been trying for 12 months and have unexplained IF or have a diagnosis of IF (because of PCOS, etc.).
Dr. David had valid points, though this is one place where I don't see sexism (which is shocking, because I see it everywhere). I do think docs resort to IVF a bit too quickly because the results are so much better (generally speaking) than other methods, like IUI or ZIFT and GIFT (I don't know if those two are even used any more).
I've been keeping an eye on a duck with a leg problem at the park where I ride my bike.
First off, no one would help because he's white, and techically a 'domestic' duck, unlike a mallard, which is wild. And domestic ducks don't belong at the lake.
But Delano the Disabled Duck (I named him after FDR) has been slowly improving. He couldn't walk for a while, so I brought him food. Now he can amble about -- slowly -- and swim. There are always a couple other ducks -- the same ones -- with him. Delano's posse.
All of the ducks are ruled by a giant mallard with a majestic white chest. His name is BaQuack Obama.
Yes, I need more human friends.
@NewsBunny: So you're saying no aid is available for the white, male duck under the current plan? I think the right-wingers will be squawking about this.
@WashingMyHair: There wasn't much I could do. The city's expert on duck wildlife (I shit you not, this position exsists) said if I was able to CAPTURE Delano, and take him to a vet, maybe the vet could could help him. Or the vet would put him down.
But Delano has been slowly improving since mid-winter. He's going to be okay, in my non-educated view.
I am also friends with Moe the Mallard. He has a band of white around his neck. He's cool, although I'm afraid he's mentally retarded.
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*crickets*
Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week. #strippers
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Maybe I've helped too many friends decorate their babies rooms, but to me it sounds something you hang over a crib. #strippers
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I can't believe they were sitting there at two computers in the same house! I wonder if she managed to keep a straight face at all. #strippers
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What on earth, between women dancing without restraints in a moving vehicle and the distraction that women dancing suggestively is bound to cause for all drivers, would lead them to think that there was any doubt in this situation? #strippers
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That's a BMI of 35.4. And I had a perfectly normal labor and delivery and nobody told me to GTFO. He was just a hungry damn baby and weighed over 9 pounds himself. Neither of us had diabetes or ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL.
F*ck you, Weston General. F*ck you right to hell. If you were my local hospital and you had the balls to try something like this on me I'd just sit on the front doorstep and give birth RIGHT THERE IN THE HOSPITAL LOBBY. #strippers
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At first take I was mad at this, but from the hospital's perspective, this isn't about discrimination.
I was a really early preemie and my mom was a Type 1 diabetic. She was transferred to 2 different hospitals before the EMTs found one that had a doctor willing to assist with the complicated delivery (which lasted 39 hours, go mom!). The first two hospitals did not believe that they were adequately equipped to help my mom, and in addition were not equipped to help a baby that would need immediate life support.
Some hospitals don't accept trauma patients etc-- on the face, this banning certain types of pregnancies seems like a maddening practice, but if the hospital believes mothers will be in danger, they should not treat them.
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It completely sucks for women in that area who will have to travel farther to receive care-- but I hope it's for a good reason and not just the hospital being a bunch of dicks. #strippers
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It seems to me that the hospital is advertising that it cannot deal with any kind of "complicated" childbirth, and if I were of lower than 34 BMI, I would be very hesitant to birth my child in a hospital where the staff may not actually know how to deliver babies. #strippers
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I have a BMI of 38 which is DEATH FAT. I am so fat that the BMI chart indicates I will die from my enormity. I am a size 20. I have absolutely no problem fitting into theatre chairs, standard bed sizes, etc. No special gurneys, beds, tables or scales are neccesary for me. My only complaint are airline seats, but that's more of a gendered complaint from anyone who possesses hips.
Certainly, if a hospital cannot care for me because I have such freakish proportions, they should be shut down. And for those people who require larger scales, beds, chairs, etc, they should acquire some - because some people come in "non-standard" sizes and they are also human beings who may need health care.
This case is one of two things: the staff at the hospital are incompetent, or just want to "punish" fatties - specifically women - by withholding health care. My money's on the latter explanation. I'll bet they have no problem offering incredibly risky weight loss surgery to people over a 34 BMI. #strippers
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In other news, I really thought the woman gets arrested while in labor story was going to be very different (like they tracked down an actual criminal) and was shocked! by the story. But then I remembered that this is America, and my shock faded. #strippers
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However, we couldn't give a fuck about the ones who we DON'T LET deliver here. #strippers
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Before I was born, my parents spent 6 years trying to conceive. This was just about the time that IVF was invented, but it wasn't being used outside of research labs yet. They were just about ready to cut my mom open so they could root around for a problem when my old Irish granny (who hadn't even graduated high school) mentioned to my mom maybe it could have something to do with the pills my dad took. My mom scoffed, if that were possible, the doctors would have asked! But she asked anyway and found out my dad's high blood pressure medicine caused temporary infertility. No one had ever asked anything about my dad's medical history and his doctor had never mentioned that side effect. My dad went off the pills and I was born less than a year later, despite my mom's advanced maternal age of 36.
I don't think all that much has changed since then. If anyone is having fertility problems, they should get their partner into a fertility specialist.
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This Jezegay is thinking that for me it's more like two and a half years.
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That duck isn't the only one! (There's a whole slideshow in the Telegraph.)
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As for the actual story. That sucks. I mean, really, really sucks. Those drugs can really mess with one's mind.
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Dr. David had valid points, though this is one place where I don't see sexism (which is shocking, because I see it everywhere). I do think docs resort to IVF a bit too quickly because the results are so much better (generally speaking) than other methods, like IUI or ZIFT and GIFT (I don't know if those two are even used any more).
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First off, no one would help because he's white, and techically a 'domestic' duck, unlike a mallard, which is wild. And domestic ducks don't belong at the lake.
But Delano the Disabled Duck (I named him after FDR) has been slowly improving. He couldn't walk for a while, so I brought him food. Now he can amble about -- slowly -- and swim. There are always a couple other ducks -- the same ones -- with him. Delano's posse.
All of the ducks are ruled by a giant mallard with a majestic white chest. His name is BaQuack Obama.
Yes, I need more human friends.
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But Delano has been slowly improving since mid-winter. He's going to be okay, in my non-educated view.
I am also friends with Moe the Mallard. He has a band of white around his neck. He's cool, although I'm afraid he's mentally retarded.
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