GWOB
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I am a natural childbirth momma that never followed any particular method. I just thought of all those thousands of generations of women who popped out their kids without the benefit of expensive classes. While I appreciate modern obstetric practices (as it applies to saving women's lives), I just reject the majority of interventions science says women need in order to give birth. If you want to be a childbirth instructor, I'd say to channel the survival of the human race without modern obstetrics. Yes, I thank God for modern obstetrics and the many lives they save each year. I just don't think any births are exactly alike. IMO, a good childbirth instructor will focus on empowering women, not selling a particular brand of birthing. Just my humble opinion,
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This really is a hard one. My in-laws have each been married 3 times. Mil is done with marriage and just has a boyfriend. We love him, but he is not officially living with mil (they're not Facebook official). We usually buy a couple gift for fil and wife #3 (because we love her). Mil? Since nothing is official, we just buy a gift for her and hang out with the boyfriend, showing him lots of love and acceptance. I'm not sure there is a Miss Manners rule on these types of situations.
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People do what they think is best for their kids. While we may roll our eyes at the parenting decisions of others, it really is none of our business. Tattling to someone's momma because you do not agree with their parenting decisions just makes you look petty. Sorry to be harsh, but there it is.
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Oh man. My mil has an almost live-in boyfriend. We do not buy him gifts, though we really like him. I voted kilts.
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I am so sorry to hear of the difficulties you have experienced. Hopefully everything will be better from now on. Thanks for the eye candy!
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Also, Geaux Irish!!! :p
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GEAUX TIGERS!!!
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Cupcakes are merely a frosting-delivery mechanism.
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All babies should be celebrated. I didn't have a real baby shower until I was pregnant with my third. I say go for it.
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Yep! If you all give me time, I will do my best to get everything just the way we like it!
Hmmmm...Can you put kilts in the background?
It was worth a shot :p
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I'm hunting for one... I removed my shotgun wielding nuns. I'm thinking of just putting some flowers up...
I miss the shotgun-wielding nuns!
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I wouldn't let my 5yo watch cartoons at 8am. There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Praying for you, Steven, and your entire family.
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i like to change because i get tired of my old screen names. i emailed asking for my name to be changed but no one replied so i have a new account. i am sure again in a year or so i will change it up again. it's not just screen names, i change emails and arrange my homes all the times.
Don't change your name! I was a Navy wife to a Chief! I will always remember you.
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Yay! I am so glad so many of you are pushing hard to improve your education. Right now I am reading "Outliers". Economics is a weak subject for me. I have a few Great Courses coming in the mail (Luther, History of the Supreme Court, Joy of Math). I am been drooling over Coursera for a while now. I just need to pick something. I love hearing about what everyone is studying. Maybe something you guys are reading will inspire me.
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Thank you ElizabethB! Now that I have your approval I feel a wee bit better about my incessant complaining.
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Does relearning math by doing AOPS with DS count? We sit down every morning at 7:30am together to do the lessons and problems together...as in both of us working the problems on paper and discussing them and helping each other (or consulting the solutions manual) as needed. I'm hoping to go through all of the AOPS books and be a math whiz some day.
Joann, any sort of learning counts. This is a thread for moms who just want to educate themselves in order to provide a better education for their children.
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Yay! My first double post on the new boards! (I get excited over the smallest things when dh has not been home in forever.)
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But! My dh has been working 12+hour night shifts for almost 2 months! Can I be just a smidge bit discouraged? It will get better in about 5 days. Then, all will be well. February? Bring it on.
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Aww shucks! People noticed my maniacal ravings. I feel special.
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I changed my name! I kept my avatar and siggy. Can you guess who I was? (Probably not. I wasn't that noticeable)
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Yay! I'm not the only one!
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Stacey, I'm Cajun. That should speak for itself ;).
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This board includes self-ed, right? So where are the moms who want to improve themselves in order to provide a richer learning environment for their children? Can we truly discuss self-ed topics here? I know, though I was always in the "gifted" program K-12, I have some incredible gaps in my education. While I love the high school home-ed threads, I want to see some threads about moms trying to fill in the gaps of their own education. So can the self-ed moms get a little support here?
Natural childbirth mamas... is Bradley still "in"?
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Meggie, labor is not clinically painful. "Pain" indicates something is wrong. Labor is incredibly intense. It is real and in your face. There is usually nothing wrong with a laboring woman. Usually. I think a good childbirth instructor teaches a woman the difference between "pain" and "intense". Finally, after 2 natural births, I had a midwife who recognized the difference. She was amazing. I want to give her a trophy for talking me through the birth of dd5. That birth was my most empowering. I just wish more obstetricians would empower women. Yes, I am absolutely a complete believer in interventions if necessary, but I just wish medical professionals would not discount the power of a woman's body.