tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post5668809680949306554..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: You want to stick that WHERE?!?Rixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-3417996384871424252011-03-28T16:30:44.659-04:002011-03-28T16:30:44.659-04:00Well, as far as I know, enemies used to be hung up...Well, as far as I know, enemies used to be hung upside down on the outside wall of the fortress. To die due to failing of blood circulation + drying and what not. And to scare other enemies.<br /><br />Sorry if this is too scary, but so was your birth story.K.http://katakoob.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-61342276061231290142011-03-22T12:09:35.256-04:002011-03-22T12:09:35.256-04:00Alll of them reallt gross and prob designed by a M...Alll of them reallt gross and prob designed by a MAN! I would refuse every one, and I had some major or minor tears with all of my births! Just part of life and they really don't bother you too much. I tried to take the survey but it said this:<br /> Your request cannot be completed. The following error message was returned:<br /><br />The survey you requested: "1449/maternawomensurvey.htm" does not exist.<br />For questions regarding the survey you were attempting to complete, please contact the owner of the survey, Materna Medical, directly.<br /><br /> I tried to contact them but they haven't responded yet! <br /> Much love, LisaLisaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09522420008436130132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-62064204742141090922011-03-21T08:15:52.539-04:002011-03-21T08:15:52.539-04:00What Andrea said. I think you and I are close in a...What Andrea said. I think you and I are close in age and I can't fathom what you mother went thru during your birth. My mother gave birth to me in a hospital in San Diego without meds. I'm not sure of her pushing position, but she got a glass of wine afterwards.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828516083662339236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-894309582216915172011-03-20T22:46:02.804-04:002011-03-20T22:46:02.804-04:00Seriously. Just bad. I'm a doula in Rochester,...Seriously. Just bad. I'm a doula in Rochester, MN, by the way, and Mayo is getting better! No upside-down birthing, and they now have birthing tubs with waterproof wireless telemetry so even VBAC moms can labor in tubs. They still make you get out for pushing, though. Some multip is going to end up actually delivering in the water eventually; it's bound to happen and I know a couple of the midwives wouldn't mind that, either ...Jacksprathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011835160602138636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-43470941170773350492011-03-20T21:54:22.883-04:002011-03-20T21:54:22.883-04:00I was recommended to use an "epi-no". It...I was recommended to use an "epi-no". Its like the materna but you use it over the course of weeks in conjunction with you perineal massage. <br /><br />I wish I had tried it.All Torn Up Insidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-5732446329565735642011-03-20T08:20:44.871-04:002011-03-20T08:20:44.871-04:00Actually, for the Materna medical device, it's...Actually, for the Materna medical device, it's less an inflatable dildo and more a medieval choke pear. Love me some technologies!MissMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729921037376899221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-42116458043122872672011-03-19T21:24:05.186-04:002011-03-19T21:24:05.186-04:00But ladies won't mind all these devices becaus...But ladies won't mind all these devices because they'll have epidurals so won't feel them stuck up their bits. ;)Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-52437087922356444522011-03-19T14:22:25.150-04:002011-03-19T14:22:25.150-04:00Is that an alliteration about your mom being upsid...Is that an alliteration about your mom being upside down? Seriously, that's gotta be one of the craziest scenarios I've heard with the possible exception of the centrifuge for delivering babies. ~CBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-79423539303684041512011-03-19T09:56:40.580-04:002011-03-19T09:56:40.580-04:00If anyone ever suggested similar contraptions be u...If anyone ever suggested similar contraptions be used on a penis, there would be men rioting in the streets. <br /><br />And your mother deserves some kind of medal or badge for managing to give birth upside-freaking-down. Extreme!Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-86952765124078947422011-03-19T05:05:35.487-04:002011-03-19T05:05:35.487-04:00I actually used something called the Epi-no before...I actually used something called the Epi-no before my first birth, which is similar to the vaginal dilator shown, but you use it at home (and use it yourself). I still don't know if that is the reason I had no tearing with that or the next birth, but I found that using it helped prepare me more mentally for the birth as well. It basically helped me practice relaxing the pelvic floor a few days before I passed a baby through it. When the time came to deliver my daughter, the sensation was familiar though much more intense than it had been with the Epi-no. I didn't use it for the second birth because I felt like I didn't need it or as my friend so elegantly put it "if I stretched it any more, they would have to put me back together using duct tape."<br /><br />In the case of the Epi-no, it can also be used to help rebuild strength after the birth as well (it is also marketed to help with incontinence in women).AstroYogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400073176867653214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-48251960153233499152011-03-19T00:08:56.790-04:002011-03-19T00:08:56.790-04:00One of my biggest pet peeves is how we, in oh-so-e...One of my biggest pet peeves is how we, in oh-so-enlightened modern society, have this habit of looking into the past, or to "other places" (like developing countries) and thinking, "Gasp! Thank goodness we know better these days/here in America" or what have you. Uh...hello?! <br />That is really something. Out of some bad science fiction.svnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-18530975667849977392011-03-18T23:18:25.763-04:002011-03-18T23:18:25.763-04:00no thank you! These are horrifying.no thank you! These are horrifying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054477095408594991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-15019809684832580842011-03-18T22:52:34.141-04:002011-03-18T22:52:34.141-04:00All of those are really gross!All of those are really gross!Angoraknitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352728587683485241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-5047102549852894122011-03-18T22:46:34.886-04:002011-03-18T22:46:34.886-04:00Note that it "requires" 1-2 hours of tim...Note that it "requires" 1-2 hours of time. Oops, yet an other great reason not to push yet! Your vag stretcher hasn't done it's job! Gaaaa!MidWifeMadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889598968127408525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-50453654322516109782011-03-18T22:19:23.290-04:002011-03-18T22:19:23.290-04:00Oh my gosh, that's scary! Especially what hap...Oh my gosh, that's scary! Especially what happened to your mom! Crud like that makes me very glad I gave birth at home, even if the Naval Hospital continues to give me hell about it.Urban Earthwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506933556277171020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-81637242417678838272011-03-18T21:20:39.422-04:002011-03-18T21:20:39.422-04:00I had a second thought which got lost in the shuff...I had a second thought which got lost in the shuffle, and that was that it could be apt and entertaining to satirize obstetric interventions as an S&M fetish. But I'm going to stick with the notion that such a satire would be unfair and insulting to S&M. Those interventions have the flavor of control and sadism, but not of the spirit of respect and mutual benefit that underlies edgy sexual expression of the modern variety.Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219389314912724524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-84792567372806366972011-03-18T21:05:01.220-04:002011-03-18T21:05:01.220-04:00It's all so insane as to be laughable, but it&...It's all so insane as to be laughable, but it's also so depressingly indicative of the prevailing attitude that there is something wrong with birth, wrong with our bodies, and all we need to do is fix it using machines.<br /><br />If these people weren't trying to stick all this crazy stuff in women's bodies I'd actually feel a little sorry for them: they're so misguided.darlene mcleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388221011175331452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-80738419653616684792011-03-18T21:00:06.235-04:002011-03-18T21:00:06.235-04:00On third thought, that could be much too insulting...On third thought, that could be much too insulting to the bdsm community. After all, any self-respecting kinkster practices SAFE, SANE and CONSENSUAL play.Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219389314912724524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-86241494498225447582011-03-18T20:50:29.661-04:002011-03-18T20:50:29.661-04:00On the plus side, I see the burgeoning of a fascin...On the plus side, I see the burgeoning of a fascinating new fetish.Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219389314912724524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-75106434529939544822011-03-18T20:12:02.665-04:002011-03-18T20:12:02.665-04:00All I can say is that I think the people who think...All I can say is that I think the people who think these are a good idea should be required to personally test the products. Oh my aching head.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420743201482766706noreply@blogger.com