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I'm really quite impressed that Mrs. Duggar has only had 3 C-sections.
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We're also being ignorant if we assume that she's going on with this happily, that she isn't under enormous pressure from the doctrine of her church and her husband to do this. We have no way of knowing if it's really her choice, now, do we? She may seem chirpy and happy on her TV show and her blog, but there's also a good likelihood she's hiding the problems so as not to give Quiverfull bad PR.
I just think it's rather short-sighted to dismiss this as just a typical case of a woman wanting lotsa babies. There's a big difference between the motivation behind the Duggars' big brood and, say, Octomom or Kate Plus 8. I think we have a reason to take the Duggars a bit more seriously than the rest of the famous big families.
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Also, I'm VERY wary of judging people's choices based on what their bodies are able to do. Judging them because they're whackadoo Christians, I'm totally down with that.
(note: Not saying that all Christians are whackadoos. Most aren't. The quiverfull folks? Whackadoo city.)
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And I'm not sure why people are so convinced that a uterus can't grow and shrink but don't have any problems with the notion that the stomach does.
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To say it "isn't a religious thing" may be true with respect to the people you know, but my guess is that if you studied families with many children you would find a higher-than-average percentage of conservative religious people. Some, like the LDS Church and the Quiverfull movement, counsel you to have as many children as you can handle. Some, like the Catholic Church, frown on - that's putting it lightly w/r/t official doctrine - birth control.
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That being said, I don't care what this lady does with her uterus but mine is closed for business.
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I've got more, but you get the point. I feel that perhaps you may have misunderstood or are misrepresenting what your OBGYN actually said. Hyperbole is fun and all, but that would be a truly bizarre statement for any doctor to utter under any circumstances. Are you sure she didn't say that it was the stupidest thing YOU could do, personally, for specific reasons?
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You have to admit that saying "having a baby is the stupidest thing a woman can do to her body" is pretty shocking when presented totally without context. And really, I still can't imagine an appropriate context for it. It's just such a weird statement, akin to your doctor saying "your liver is the dumbest organ" or "eyeballs are weirdos." There's a hint of truth, maybe, but overall it just doesn't seem to make any sense, you know?
Next time, please tape record your session so that you can share it with the internet and I can understand, okay? :)
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I don't know if you'll go through what I did, but the thing is, you never know til you get it. It's more invasive than any other hormonal method and you have to pay for it all up front, so if you can't stand it, it'll cost you doubly. I think it's irresponsible to just say "Oh I like mine, you'll be awesome"
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I still have major concerns about women who feel they cannot use birth control for religious reasons and keep having kids. I know a woman who is in her early forties and was advised not to have another child. She is anti-BC and had one anyway. Her uterus ended up exploding....pretty damn frightening. Luckily she was able to recover.
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agreed. i don't even want to have any kids~~ tied my tubes years ago. but this woman can do whatever she wants with her body. why is that any of my business? it's almost like she's being gently nudged into the Freak category of a traveling circus.
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@labeled: *insert sage nod of agreement*
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*daughters
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I'm not giving her props for the division of labor - it is WAY gender-specific. But they're a finely-tuned machine in that house.
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Some theories actually argue that modern women are having too many menstrual cycles and the frequency of menstruation is causing more health issues than would have been seen in the past (and by past, I'm talking evolutionary past, not the recent past). I think this is the main argument for those BCP's that allow you to have 4 periods a year without being unhealthy. So maybe that many pregnancies can be beneficial in that sense.
Just a thought :)
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