STINKY FISH

So this morning I fixed my usual eggs and toast and to my surprise they stunk like fish.... So do not tell my cousin Anna (she does not like waste) but I threw them away. Then later today I went to get a drink of water from the tap, poured it out because it smelled like fish. Made a Salad for lunch could not eat it....guess what smelled like rotten, stinky fish. So I made myself a Pb&j instead (my taste buds have turned into the taste buds of a 7 year old child).

I am hoping this fish faze is going to go away soon because it is the most disgusting thing that has ever happened to me. Maybe tomorrow everything will smell like cheese cake and chocolate that would be much better.!!!!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY

Well yesterday was Billy's B-day. He did not get a cake (i bought a crappy one), he did not get a present (it should be here today), and he did not get a B-day dinner (i was so tired and we kind of got in a fight...my fault but i am blaming it on my tiredness).

I know I am a bad wife however, I figured I had an excuse(extreme reflux and exhaustion). But in all fairness Kitty (our cat) did not sing to him or get him a present either.

So Happy Birthday Billy hope today is better than yesterday. I bet you will feel better when we go to our baptism class tonight because I know how much you love going to church.

MY 12 WEEK CLASS IS OVER

Before I start on my Bradly Class let me let everyone know, how a mother and father decided to give birth is completely up to them and I am not telling anyone there is a right or wrong way of doing things I am just letting you know about how I am doing things. However, I still love the comments because I know one "Garg" imparticular who thinks I am crazy.... That is OK to each his own!.

So Billy and I finished our Bradley class last night and I am very glad. So I figured I would just let everyone know what I got out of it and why I have decided to go this way.

At first I decided to do the class because I was on the fence about drugs during labor I knew I did not want to use them however I did not know why. Well now I have done my research and I have taken my classes and here are the conclusions I have come to on, why I am going to do a Bradley Birth.

1.) Schedule: I love a schedule, and the sooner my baby is on a schedule the better. So one of the quickest ways to get your kid on a schedule is establish feeding. If you have a birth with out an epidural or pitocin (pitocin will keep your milk from coming in, in a timely manner) your baby will be much more alert and will be able to feed when it comes out of the "baby box."

2.) You will be able to walk around after giving birth and you will be able to get back to normal(walking will move your blood around and contract your uterus back, nursing will contract your uterus back also so for all you ladies that want their tummy to flatten out I recommend nursing if you can). If you have an epidural you are going to have to wait until the epidural wares off to walk around and even go number 1 or 2 (if there is any number 1 or 2 left). Not to mention when you have an epidural it is a vicious cycle of epidural (which slows the labor down) pitocin which speeds the labor up (and makes your contractions 3x's as worse as they really are), epidural again because you had pitocin, oh yeah here comes the catheter because now you will not be able to go to the bathroom by yourself.... wait there is more constant fetal monitoring (now you are strapped to the bed because they have to monitor the babies heart beat because the pitocin or the epidural may make your baby go crazy)..... wait there is even more, now you need an IV so not only do you have a tube in your "potty area" you have a tube in your hand and you have a band around your tummy to watch the baby. So do not plan on going any where until the baby is out of the "baby box."
3.) women who are not induced and do not receive an epidural only have a 10% change of having an Cesarean while women who have an epidural and pitocin have a 37% chance of having a Cesarean.

4.) I just can not bare being tied down to a bed

5.) giving birth in the squatting position opens your pelvis up 40% more than laying in a bed therefore easier for Mr. or Ms. baby to "head on out" you can not give birth in the squatting position if you have had an epidural because your legs are numb.

Now these are the reasons I have decided to go with the Bradley Method....however, I have not done it yet I may wimp out and decide to let the nurse stick that big ass needle in my spine!!!!! Now all I have to do is figure out if I am going to cord blood bank or not!!!!

Oh yes these reasons I have just given are not the reasons the Bradley teacher will tell you "you should try a Bradley Birth" these are my reasons. Bradley goes much deeper into what pitocin will do to your child, what an epidural will do to your child, what excercies you should do (every pregant women should do pelvic tilts this one is a must), what to eat (80 to 100 mg of protine a day and try to buy as much organic as you can) and how to establish a bond with your child. So if you ask a Bradley teacher "why should I do a Bradley Birth" they will not even address what I just blogged about.

Next baby topic "Baby Wise" how to get your baby sleeping thought out the night!!!! By the way if you do the Bradley Method and then do "Baby Wise" the Bradley people will think you are mean (Baby wise is a very strict schedule to get your baby to sleep and eat)!!!! So again to each his own!!!!

MILO

What is wrong with this picture? My parents are in New Orleans and my brother Daniel is whith them however, Daniels girl friend (Randi) is taking care of my parents dog. She sent me a picture of the MOO MOO HEAD after his bath. By the way Randi, you should charge my parents for this service because it is no easy task to watch over that dog. I recomend charging 1500 dollars a day or maybe 3500 a day!!!!

TO CORD BLOOD BANK OR NOT TO CORD BLOOD BANK

So at beginning of pregnancy one of the first things the nurse asked me was are you going to Cord Blood Bank? HMMMM well, first of all what is it and why? She really did not know so she gave me some info and I did my research (I did this research back in Aug.) I came to the conclusion there is a .005% chance that I would use the cord blood so why not donate it to someone who has a life threatening illness and they can use it. So easy breezy!!!!!! Ah no it is not easy, it is very hard to find someone in my area to take it. Now if I lived in a big city with a research/teaching hospital that would be easy they would come get it personally. So now what do I do, do I bank or do I throw away.

I have a hard time throwing away something like that, it would be like throwing away blood, or a liver (way maybe not as extreme as a liver those are pretty important) so what do I do..... If anyone knows anything about donating cord blood please let me know I do not understand why I can ship my cord blood to a bank but not ship my cord blood to a research hospital? Also I found some info (who knows if it is lagit) that if your kid does not use it there is a 75% chance that it will not be able to be used by someone in your family.

I am also feeling guilty about donating the cord blood beause eveyone is making me feel guilty for not banking it. So what would you do? Oh yeah and the only place you can find info on cord blood banking is from the cord blood banking institutes themselves (and they have some serious sales people they call you once a week if you sign up on their website to get info).

WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO?

Before I start on my Vaccine soap box I just want my readers to know I will Vaccine my child......The question is what Vaccines are necessary.

After working for the "Drug" industry for a year I am leery on their intentions. Bottom line to them is money (nothing wrong with money, I like money however, what comes first health or money). The drug companies find sneaky ways to teach Docs how to use drugs off label (ever hear of Cytotec, OBGYNS use this to induce labor.....watch out ladies this drugs side effect is "ABORTION" if you look in the PI it will state do not give to pregnant ladies...yet it is widely used, also known as miso, or misoprostol), they have lobbyist to get insurance, Medicaid and medicare to make their drugs mandatory first choice for scripts, they have drug reps that spend 250-300 a head on dinners to promote their drugs. So that being said I have to know my shit before I make a decision with drugs.

So now I have to find out what Vaccine does my kid really need? What is actually bad about a vaccine, is it the quantity of vaccines we give children or is it the content of the Vaccine? Oh yeah and when you do research, where do you get a reliable source of info(I am not a Dr. I do not understand all that crap)? If you go to Barnes and Nobel there are a bazillion books on vaccines? If you go to the Internet you find the radicals that say do not vaccinate or you must vaccinate (I want the person that says vaccines should be done al a cart for example the whooping cough is now making a come back so I will get that vaccine and so will my kid).

Oh yes just to let you peeps know I am not knocking the pharm industry (well maybe a little) I like them I need some of those drugs (especially tazorac after pregnancy is over my face will be line free again). If I ran a drug company I would run it pretty close the same way they do now,(however I would take away a lot of the drug reps and spend more money on educating nurses and docs on their field and drugs) again if you are a publicly traded company bottom line is profit and you do want the companies to make a profit so they can continue R&D (because I want them to come up with a pill that will make me look like I am 24 again).

So the first vaccine I have to make a decision on is hepatitis B: you contract hepatitis B either though blood or sex. Well as far as I know my baby is not sexually active and I do not have hepatitis B, so should I wait? Why does my kid need this? More than likely he/she will not get it from a blood transfusion since they check blood now, so the only way he/she would get it would be thought sex and since my kid will be perfect I will not have to worry about that until he/she gets married (you know since I was perfect).

Driver

According to Fox News Obama drives a Ford Escape. Thought this might be interesting info to the "Obamanites" out there.