The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

From your second to last post, "I deliver babies." (So I take it you're an obstetrician.)

However, mothers deliver babies, birth attendants (midwives, nurses, doctors) assist, or stand by, watch and encourage, as the case may be.

(And sometimes they meddle too much and cause delay in the natural birth process, or even cause harm. And yes, they save lives, too.)

Sorry, but as a home-birther, this is a big deal to me.

And yes, especially as a mod, on someone else's blog, I shouldn't have noted this, and will now see myself out. Bad mod, bad mod.
 
From your second to last post, "I deliver babies." (So I take it you're an obstetrician.)

However, mothers deliver babies, birth attendants (midwives, nurses, doctors) assist, or stand by, watch and encourage, as the case may be.

(And sometimes they meddle too much and cause delay in the natural birth process, or even cause harm. And yes, they save lives, too.)

Specifically NOT an obstetrician.
However you are absolutely correct about the rest.
More accurately I should say "I attend deliveries." But that didn't flow, in a literary way, with the whole "babies" pathos of that post. "I attend the delivery of babies" sounds forced.

Perhaps, "I catch babies"? Which can be more literally true considering that the lithotomy position with half of the bed removed can literally catapault the neonate into mid-air over a tile floor if you have a determined (usually multiparous) mom (who didn't really need that epidural that she insisted upon that necessitated all the monitors and caused the lack of mobility that landed her in such an unnatural birthing position).

JaneQ
 
Specifically NOT an obstetrician.
However you are absolutely correct about the rest.
More accurately I should say "I attend deliveries." But that didn't flow, in a literary way, with the whole "babies" pathos of that post. "I attend the delivery of babies" sounds forced.

Perhaps, "I catch babies"? Which can be more literally true considering that the lithotomy position with half of the bed removed can literally catapault the neonate into mid-air over a tile floor if you have a determined (usually multiparous) mom (who didn't really need that epidural that she insisted upon that necessitated all the monitors and caused the lack of mobility that landed her in such an unnatural birthing position).

JaneQ
Obstetric nurse!

Give me da cash.
 
Specifically NOT an obstetrician.
However you are absolutely correct about the rest.
More accurately I should say "I attend deliveries." But that didn't flow, in a literary way, with the whole "babies" pathos of that post. "I attend the delivery of babies" sounds forced.

Perhaps, "I catch babies"? Which can be more literally true considering that the lithotomy position with half of the bed removed can literally catapault the neonate into mid-air over a tile floor if you have a determined (usually multiparous) mom (who didn't really need that epidural that she insisted upon that necessitated all the monitors and caused the lack of mobility that landed her in such an unnatural birthing position).

JaneQ
Oh, it's the mom's fault that epidural choice was dangled in her face, for sure.

Yes, "catching babies" is a much better term. Thank you. It flows fine.
 
OMG. I never thought about relating it to myers-briggs.

Depending if I am in a people liking mood or a NOT people liking mood? When I take it I am either Lisa Simpson (INFJ) or Mr Burns. (INTJ)

http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/1073009

I suspect is an "I" thing. Now I have to go think about that. Thanks for the new HeadThink! I'll have to chase that new Shiny around in my head now. :)

GG
I’m an INTP so, again, an “I”. Interesting idea to mull over :)

Sorry that was so random, coming from so long ago. Just to add that I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and it’s given me a lot to think about.
 
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I’m an INTP so, again, an “I”. Interesting idea to mull over :)

Sorry that was so random, coming from so long ago. Just to add that I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and it’s given me a lot to think about.
No worries :)
Glad you are enjoying it.

I've been thinking that as we are coming out of the pandemic-haze and I am approaching my retirement horizon and entering a new decade of my life (having recently turned 50 :cool: ) that maybe I should try again to be more social...but it always feels like work. Introvert me has a hard time leaving my lovely library cave to seek out people to share conversations with - hence why a forum community feels so comfortable.

Just saw that a new member here is from Pittsburgh - I haven't looked into the poly-PGH social scene in a while....Hmmm
11/1/23: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/p...cuss-being-out-in-a-traditional-town-24846295
mentions CNM Social Club in Lawrenceville...
 
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