Childbirth Smackdown: It
We are a Nation doped up on hypocrisy and anesthetized to the double-standard wherein one group is pardoned for the same actions for which another is condemned.
One where the reputations and records of baseball immortals like 7-time Cy Young award winning pitcher Roger Clemens, All-time Home Run Champion Barry Bonds and former Viagra Spokesperson Rafael Palmerio are tarnished forever for a SINGLE positive drug test or for the ALLEGED use of performance enhancing drugs; yet it
Unlike some previous posters, I’m down for freedom of speech. Your lack of a vagina dosen’t change that.
I guess when you give birth your sense of humor dies…we’re all very proud of our women for all the pain you go through, but this was an obvious satire of how ridiculous our government is, not an actual cheap shot at women taking hormones or pain meds…its just sayin whats next Congress? your taking baseball players and putting them on trial, why not take pregnant women who take the same drugs…some of you need to take your heads out of your asses
What??! No medals for natural childbirth?! I totally did it for the medal. I figured I didn’t get mine because in all the excitement I forgot to mail in the form.
I thought this was freaking hilarious! But now I feel so ashamed….
Seriously. No one gives you a medal if you go without an epidural during birth. You don’t get a better baby for it, or a freaking parade.
Loved this.
Hi, I work on an international discussion programme on BBC World Service radio in London and today (Wednesday) between 1pm and 2pm East Coast time in the States we are talking about dealing with pain and are especially interested in hearing from people who believe in the use of things such as epidurals. I was wondering if you would be interested in taking part in our discussion. If so, please send me your phone numbers to martin.vennard@bbc.co.uk and I will call you back.
Many Thanks
Martin Vennard
BBC World Service radio.
Is this a joke? Next you’ll want to eat all the Irish babies.
Shelley….that is called ‘rugby’
Shelley, I DID try to do it with out drugs (even wasted money on the shiny pretty birth center with stupid midwives). I just want 78 million now.
McGlory 13 – I’m so right there with you. As soon I they sign me to a 5 year, $78 million contract, I will totally give birth without drugs.
Rachel – Ha! You are so right, I never thought about that. The “natural” way to play sports would be without a cup. And without shoulder pads and helmets too. Pussies, indeed. Have you ever seen a show on Fox Sports called Sports Science, or something? There was one about cheap shots, and some idiot VOLUNTEERED to take a tennis ball in the nuts that was shot out of one of those automatic tennis ball shooter machines at 50mph. He did it for $50. I know it’s gotta be on You Tube somewhere. Ha…I knew it. You gotta watch this. Men, watch at your own risk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHegV7jaY10
OMG. Sarcasm flies over the heads of so many.
I thought it was funny but in the “oh, you poor thing, you have NO idea” sort of way. It’s like me trying to describe the pain of being kicked in the nuts and how that’s NATURAL and you shouldn’t use a cup during sports, you pussy.
I guess there is a reason this site is called babble…
I’m confused. Everyone wants a drugless birth but will take scads of anit-depressants, which cause birth defects, when they feel shy at parties? It is okay to maim or kill your fetus because you have to take drugs to feel better but you cannot take a quick acting, safe pain releiver during labor.
Maggie’s Mommy, (great taste in daughter names, by the way, I too am mothering a Maggie), the women of the ‘Derby actually, well, “goaded’ is such a negative word, let’s say encouraged the guys in doing this because it was even more ludicrous to have them debate this than it would be for the women. I’m about to give birth (via lovely, druggy, druggy c-section no less), in about a week and I thought it was funny and mcglory’s comment was spot on.
I’m calling Sen. Mitchell right now.* Very funny.
My epidural wasn’t intended to enhance anything. The enhancement was exactly what I didn’t want.
Yeah, yeah, so this was supposed to be funny, but I’m with Maggies’s Mommy. Not funny.
New rule – if you aren’t capable of giving birth, you aren’t allowed to comment on it. Period. I don’t care if it’s a joke (which it better be). Not funny.
Sure, if we start paying women to pop out the kiddos the same salaries Major League Baseball players get.