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more about #childbirth more comments → PhillyLass: You know what? If I found myself in a subway car with a lunatic like the one described in the NYC incident, I would hope like hell that it was being o... more » i'm a bottle: I'd buy a picture with me standing next to Sarah Palin -- with the credit card I swiped from her purse on the way out. more » Jack_Burton: I almost went to see Palin "for shts and giggles" yesterday, but the images on the TV news of many people camped out at the Costco discouraged me. St... more » PaintedTrollop: If the sport of ski jumping isn't well enough developed for women, shouldn't the Olympic Committee close down the men's program, too? more » yvanehtnioj: Swiss women couldn't even vote in national elections until 1971. How did I not know this? What the what? more » whats_in_a_name: Sarah Palin: learning from amusement parks since 2009. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: If I were to play his DS, would I be having a lesbian affair with his wife? more » bananaballs: Oh my. Don't read the comments on the linked Post article (about the rape) unless you want your blood to boil. I hate my state today. more » deitybox: I don't understand the rationale behind not having the father in the room (if it's a supportive relationship, obvs). I mean, it's their baby, right? T... more » Valkyrie607: I was six when I saw my little sister get born. It was at my mom's doctor's house--she was an M.D. and a midwife who had a birthing center out in the ... more » CollegeCamel: I personally would want whoever put the baby into me to be present. However, he would have to stand with his back to the action, looking only at my fa... more » queen_caribbean: My favorite part of this guy's ridiculous article is the story about the guy who fled to his hometown of Rome after seeing his wife give birth. As if ... more » Anycah: I'm unconvinced by absolutes. I guess if the father is a high strung individual who couldn't stand things being not about him and you being in pain, ... more » I believe in peace, bitch: Men should be there if they want to, they should be there if their partners want them to, and they shouldn't be there if they or their partners don't ... more » AngeSponge: I've been an obstetrical nurse since I graduated two years ago and IMO you can't make a hard and fast rule about men in the delivery room. I've seen s... more » -
#leftovers
Take A Picture With Palin For Only $15 • Man Married To Video Game Takes It On Honeymoon
• Cameras and recording devices have been banned from all of Sarah Palin's book tour appearances, but a spokesman announced people can pose with her and buy a copy later online for $15 and up. • More » -
#noboysallowed
Pros And Cons: The Delivery Room As Man-Free Zone
One guy (okay, doctor) asks, "Could men be more of a hindrance than a help in the delivery room? More » -
#earlyeducation
Babies Delivering Babies
A 2-year-old from Mississippi got a chance to play midwife when his mom went into labor suddenly on their couch. Jeremiha learned first-hand where babies come from as he caught his new brother, Kamron, before firefighters arrived. [NYDailyNews] -
#deliveryroom
Small Miracles
Despite doctor's warnings about her status as the world's smallest mother, Stacey Herald is about to have her third child. Her last baby was 18 inches at birth, more than half her height. [Telegraph] -
#birthofanation
Start 'Em Young
Upon arriving at the Milton Keynes Hospital, an unnamed pregnant woman immediately requested an all-white staff for the delivery of her child. Her request was denied, but hospital officials are launching a "full investigation" into the incident. [Independent] -
#leftovers
Former Victim Sues Men Caught With Child Porn • Obama Daughters Not Yet Vaccinated
• A 20-year-old woman is seeking restitution for pornographic videos made of her when she was eight years old. The abuse was committed and filmed by her uncle, and the resulting videos became "Internet child porn classics." • More » -
#waterbirth
Baby's First Trip To SeaWorld
This strangely mesmerizing video is reportedly from a French documentary film, Le Premiere Cri. It shows a woman taking "natural birth" to a whole new level by giving birth underwater in a pool with a dolphin. [BoingBoing] -
#babytalk
What To Expect When You're Expecting A Kaddishel
For the Yissidhe mother: L'Mazeltov, Your Personal Guide to Jewish Childbirth. Oh! NB: "If intended for a wide readership, including the Orthodox community, it is appropriate that there are no graphic pictures." [Jerusalem Post] -
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#familymeal
Time Writer Grossed Out By Placenta-Eating Wife
For those who've been following the saga of asshole-wit Joel Stein's road to fatherhood, his take on placenta-cookery (aka placentophagy) won't shock you: "when Cassandra's looks fade in her 50s, there's no way I'm putting up with this crap." More » -
#ohbaby
You Are Never Going To Make Everyone Happy With Your Womb, Ever
There's a pretty dramatic scene in the very first Mighty Ducks movie wherein Coach Riley attempts to cut down his former star player, Gordon Bombay, by sneering, "You're not even a has-been, Gordon. You're a never-was." More » -
#deliverance
Popular "Extreme" Midwife Tests The Limits Of Home Birthing
Home births are the hottest trend in baby-making right now, and advocate and practitioner Cara Muhlhahn has never seen so busy, or so harshly criticized, as New York Magazine reports. More » -
#babybump
The U.S. Baby Boom: Blame Bristol! Or Maybe Angelina
Abortion rates are at their lowest in decades, while the birth rate is up. Way up: In 2007 more babies were born in the U.S. than ever before, topping even the boom of the 50s. More » -
#practicemakesperfect
Invention Lets Women "Practice" Giving Birth With A Balloon
An invention filed with the U.S. Patent Office allows pregnant women to partially insert a balloon in the vagina and push it out, in order to practice giving birth. More » -
#leftovers
Sarah Palin Unhappy With Intimate Biography • Fox Cub Prefers Human Company
• Governor Sarah Palin is speaking out against the "fantasies" published in the newly released "Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin." Her camp has accused author Lorenzo Benet of practicing "bad journalism." • More » -
#allyoureggsinonebasket
UK Implements "One Embryo" Rule To Control Multiple Births
The British agency that regulates fertility treatments has issued a guideline for IVF doctors to only implant patients with one embryo at a time, as part of "the struggle to control tragic multiple births." More » -
#mothersatrisk
Pregnant Teens Face Great Risks
A new report released by UNICEF indicates that teen pregnancies pose great risk to the health of the mother, with teens five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s. More » -
#weirdscience
The Silent And Painful Killer: "Childbed Fever"
The feminist and writer Mary Wollstonecraft met her end at the hands of a medical mystery that killed scores of 18th century mothers. Why? More »
