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Your doctor is a liar

Someone just did a keyword search for “my doctor said I had to agree to selective reduction in order for him to implant 3 embryos” and found my blog. I hope she comes back again and sees this post, because honey, this one’s for you.
This doctor is lying to his patient in the hope [...]

Posted 13 July 2009 † Brigette Russell § Politics ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

C-section moms to the back of the bus

For years I’ve been reading about how there are too many cesarean deliveries performed in this country, that vain celebrity moms choose c-sections to have smaller babies and preserve their figures or suit the convenience of their schedules or avoid some of the potential after-effects of vaginal birth. We hear repeatedly from natural childbirth [...]

Posted 16 July 2008 † Brigette Russell § ‡ Comments (9) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

No more nurseries?

What do you mean you don’t HAVE a nursery?????
This was my dumbfounded response when I toured the maternity ward (the only one in Santa Fe) where I’ll be delivering next month. The hospital where I had my other three children had one, and since all my deliveries were c-section and I wasn’t [...]

Posted 07 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § History § Personal ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , ,