Strollerderby
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Want to have a doula or labor coach to assist at your birth? Interested in drafting a birth plan with your partner? Don’t have your baby at the Aspen Women’s Center in Provo, UT.
The center has posted a sign in their entryway that reads:
Because the Physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care about the quality of their patient’s deliveries and are very concerned about the welfare and health of your unborn child, we will not participate in a “Birth Contract”, a Doulah Assisted, or a Bradley Method delivery. For those patients who are interested in such methods, please notify the nurse so we may arrange transfer of your care.
Let’s try that again, shall we: You, the woman who is about to go through one of the most challenging, painful experiences of her life, had better not have any opinions about how you would like to be cared for during that ordeal. It’s imperative that you keep your personal support network out of the way too. We absolutely can’t have anyone in the room who might advocate on your behalf.
They sound like a cult, cutting women off from their loved ones, their professional support and their own intention and intuition. Sadly, they also sound like too much of mainstream medicine.
On the one hand, the honesty is refreshing. I’d have preferred a sign like this above the front desk to the runaround I got trying to have my baby at the so-called “birth center” nearby. A birth center that transfers over 50% of its patients to the attached hospital. As Naomi Wolf reveals in Misconceptions, many hospital-based birth centers are cozy fronts for labor and delivery departments. They’re used as marketing tools, not spaces for women to actually give birth to real babies.
At least the folks at Aspen tell it like it is: they don’t respect you, your own concern for your baby’s health, or your wishes about how you’ll be treated while you’re in labor. If you want that kind of risky care - the kind of risky care that reliably gets better outcomes for baby and mother - go elsewhere.
You know what to do, ladies of Provo, UT. The writing is on the wall: Notify the nurse so they may arrange for transfer of your care.
Photo source: Amy Gates, BlogHer
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Famecrawler
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
The curtain has been pulled back on the Britney Spears fraud machine! Apparently, the astoundingly creative and musically innovative Ms. Spears mimes the lyrics to some of the songs in her heavily-choreographed Circus Tour. What a shocker. Australian fans are supposedly outraged.
After her first show in Perth, Australia, reports are going around that Britney is “extremely upset” by negative media reports that Aussie fans walked out on her show because they were appalled at her stiff, fake performance.
Say’s Britney’s rep:
“Britney is aware of all this and she’s extremely upset by it… She’s a human being. I’m embarrassed, with such a big international entourage here with Britney, to be part of the Australian media when I see that kind of totally inaccurate reporting.”
If you’re reading between the lines, it sounds as if Britney’s promoter is basically asking people to cut Brit some slack because she’s fragile (emotionally and psychologically). It’s certainly not good news for a mother who’s battling back to get custody of her kids after years of psychological breakdowns.
Really? Who over the age of 14 is surprised that Britney lip-syncs on tour? It’s hard to believe that anybody would really be surprised by this, much less outraged.
Even Britney’s toddlers know that. Sheesh.
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Droolicious
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Ahoy! Stock up on pirate booty as well as Barbie, Toy Story, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, and all your favorite Mattel brands with this massive pre-holiday sale. 30% off everything at Mattel.com with this coupon code, good through November 12.
I’m partial to the timber-shivering pirate ship building set (above,) which starts as one ship and can be converted into 30 different ships. Plus, the pirate ship comes with a giant squid. Argh.
Use coupon code MATTEL30 through November 12, 2009, for 30% off toys and more.
MATCHBOX MEGA RIG Pirate Ship Building System, originally $39.99, 30% off at Shop.Mattel.com
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Adam Sandler was spotted on a family stroll the other day. Here he carried his little twinkle toes, his three-year-old daughter Sadie. Sadie wore a pair of pink glittered flats and knowing that she has a thing for princesses, odds are that she is wearing a pair of the Disney Princess Glitter Ballet Flats available from Target right here for just $12.99.
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