Comments for It's Dilovely http://itsdilovely.com Just write. See what happens. Fri, 18 May 2012 17:13:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on BANG Movie Review: The Business of Being Born by Carrie http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/17/bang-movie-review-business-born/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Carrie Fri, 18 May 2012 17:13:28 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2659#comment-1683 Guess I know what DVD I'll be renting asap! (My guy won't be able to handle it though!) I felt such a sense of pride and accomplishment that I was able to bring my child into the world on my own terms (natural, even though My Midwives were a mite concerned it wouldn't be that way) and literally sat there repeating "I did it, I did it" for what seemed like an hour! (you know how the first hour blurs with the shakes and the stitches and the exhaustion....was probably only 10 seconds!) Birthing - in any form - is a true miracle and reminder of how good God is!! Thanks for the reminder Di! Guess I know what DVD I’ll be renting asap! (My guy won’t be able to handle it though!) I felt such a sense of pride and accomplishment that I was able to bring my child into the world on my own terms (natural, even though My Midwives were a mite concerned it wouldn’t be that way) and literally sat there repeating “I did it, I did it” for what seemed like an hour! (you know how the first hour blurs with the shakes and the stitches and the exhaustion….was probably only 10 seconds!) Birthing – in any form – is a true miracle and reminder of how good God is!! Thanks for the reminder Di!

]]> Comment on BANG Movie Review: The Business of Being Born by Auntie CL http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/17/bang-movie-review-business-born/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Auntie CL Fri, 18 May 2012 14:14:15 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2659#comment-1682 that's good to know! i had dreamed (earlier on) of having home births, though midwives were hard to come by in the early 80s. i have had many many reasons to be thankful for our health care system, and couldn't even have considered having a child in the US! but i am really happy that doulas and midwives are available now, because that de-pathologizes birth, een for the doctors, to some extent. in general, childbirth isn't a medical emergency, and i am glad moms and midwives have begun to reclaim it as a beautiful intense family event. yay for you! that’s good to know! i had dreamed (earlier on) of having home births, though midwives were hard to come by in the early 80s. i have had many many reasons to be thankful for our health care system, and couldn’t even have considered having a child in the US! but i am really happy that doulas and midwives are available now, because that de-pathologizes birth, een for the doctors, to some extent. in general, childbirth isn’t a medical emergency, and i am glad moms and midwives have begun to reclaim it as a beautiful intense family event. yay for you!

]]> Comment on BANG Movie Review: The Business of Being Born by diblog http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/17/bang-movie-review-business-born/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 diblog Fri, 18 May 2012 12:57:43 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2659#comment-1681 Auntie, you are one of the people I think of with thanks for the surgeons, since who knows how many of the three of you would have survived without them? Very grateful. And I'm really glad that we live in a province where the medical professionals seem very well aware of how important it is to help and encourage the bonding to happen, no matter how the birth went. I know many moms my age who have had C-sections, and things have gone very well for all of them. Auntie, you are one of the people I think of with thanks for the surgeons, since who knows how many of the three of you would have survived without them? Very grateful.

And I’m really glad that we live in a province where the medical professionals seem very well aware of how important it is to help and encourage the bonding to happen, no matter how the birth went. I know many moms my age who have had C-sections, and things have gone very well for all of them.

]]> Comment on BANG Movie Review: The Business of Being Born by Auntie CL http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/17/bang-movie-review-business-born/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Auntie CL Fri, 18 May 2012 02:56:52 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2659#comment-1680 boy o boy. I can't agree with you more about the whole health-care-as-big-business schtick in the U.S. And about the medicalization and even pathologizing of childbirth. However, as a two-time C-section mom who felt pretty bonded with her kids, i have to defend that: i understand that in my case, without a section, both mom and child would have died in childbirth, despite my up-to-then lifetime fantasies about perfect natural childbirth being undoubtedly my destiny. And yes, i investigated VBAC for the second birth, but alas, the bits that didn't work weren't going to. Got two miraculous kids, though! You say: "It just doesn’t get more real, more raw, more human than that." - and i agree, sort of, except that all mammals and even some reptiles do give birth to live young. But i also say it doesn't get more miraculous than that. You and i both know through experience some of the potentially and actually fatal hazards that can and do occur during that perilous journey from conception. When you think about the number of maple seeds that turn into inch-high seedlings in the spring, compared to the number that grow into mighty trees, it's amazing that there is so little waste in the reproduction of human beings. If only each amazing infant could indeed be as cherished and carefully nurtured before and after birth as yours! boy o boy. I can’t agree with you more about the whole health-care-as-big-business schtick in the U.S. And about the medicalization and even pathologizing of childbirth.
However, as a two-time C-section mom who felt pretty bonded with her kids, i have to defend that: i understand that in my case, without a section, both mom and child would have died in childbirth, despite my up-to-then lifetime fantasies about perfect natural childbirth being undoubtedly my destiny. And yes, i investigated VBAC for the second birth, but alas, the bits that didn’t work weren’t going to. Got two miraculous kids, though!
You say: “It just doesn’t get more real, more raw, more human than that.” – and i agree, sort of, except that all mammals and even some reptiles do give birth to live young. But i also say it doesn’t get more miraculous than that. You and i both know through experience some of the potentially and actually fatal hazards that can and do occur during that perilous journey from conception. When you think about the number of maple seeds that turn into inch-high seedlings in the spring, compared to the number that grow into mighty trees, it’s amazing that there is so little waste in the reproduction of human beings. If only each amazing infant could indeed be as cherished and carefully nurtured before and after birth as yours!

]]> Comment on What makes mothers? by Auntie CL http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/13/what-makes-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Auntie CL Mon, 14 May 2012 02:19:42 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2453#comment-1677 good questions, good answers, good more questions! my mother -- well, i just wish i could have been or could be as good a mother to my children as she was to me. she loved me, taught me, protected me, supported me, encouraged me, held me close, let me go, celebrated me, scolded me, nourished me, sang to me, played with me, helped me, nursed me, never held me back, levelled with me, was there for me, understood me as much as she could, and did all these things anyway even when she couldn't, and most of all was a truly wonderful example of good living: generosity of spirit, optimism, love between wife and husband, care for the earth and its inhabitants, seeking out the joy in life and letting go of the sad stuff soon enough. courage and honour, steadfastness, keeping the ability to find delight, even now when her life is so diminished. wow. what a woman! what a mother! that's just for starters... good questions, good answers, good more questions!
my mother — well, i just wish i could have been or could be as good a mother to my children as she was to me. she loved me, taught me, protected me, supported me, encouraged me, held me close, let me go, celebrated me, scolded me, nourished me, sang to me, played with me, helped me, nursed me, never held me back, levelled with me, was there for me, understood me as much as she could, and did all these things anyway even when she couldn’t, and most of all was a truly wonderful example of good living: generosity of spirit, optimism, love between wife and husband, care for the earth and its inhabitants, seeking out the joy in life and letting go of the sad stuff soon enough. courage and honour, steadfastness, keeping the ability to find delight, even now when her life is so diminished. wow. what a woman! what a mother! that’s just for starters…

]]> Comment on What makes mothers? by Mama http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/13/what-makes-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Mama Mon, 14 May 2012 01:47:45 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2453#comment-1676 Tears. Sighs. Thank you! You and your siblings were and are awesome kids. I loved it all - and I'm still loving it. More about my mom later... Tears. Sighs. Thank you! You and your siblings were and are awesome kids. I loved it all – and I’m still loving it.

More about my mom later…

]]> Comment on The Hunger Games and the Tough Questions by koolkid http://itsdilovely.com/2012/03/30/hunger-games-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1675 koolkid Fri, 11 May 2012 21:45:49 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2571#comment-1675 Me aswell,i loved the hunger games book. I was facinated and yes of course, im a petta girl also;) Me aswell,i loved the hunger games book. I was facinated and yes of course, im a petta girl also;)

]]> Comment on Baby #3 is getting the groove on by diblog http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/09/baby-3-getting-groove-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 diblog Thu, 10 May 2012 19:38:01 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2666#comment-1674 I'll have to look at the picture again - I actually think it might be left, but I'm not good at knowing what I'm looking at. Or if the ultrasound image is actually in reverse? I’ll have to look at the picture again – I actually think it might be left, but I’m not good at knowing what I’m looking at. Or if the ultrasound image is actually in reverse?

]]> Comment on Baby #3 is getting the groove on by diblog http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/09/baby-3-getting-groove-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 diblog Thu, 10 May 2012 19:36:44 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2666#comment-1673 Oops, sorry for the suspense! xoxo Oops, sorry for the suspense! xoxo

]]> Comment on Baby #3 is getting the groove on by diblog http://itsdilovely.com/2012/05/09/baby-3-getting-groove-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 diblog Thu, 10 May 2012 19:36:19 +0000 http://itsdilovely.com/?p=2666#comment-1672 I think the new grad did fine, for the most part. Lisa was the exception to the rule, actually - the techs are usually very un-chatty. I guess they probably work hard at showing no feeling, because they're not usually allowed to divulge anything, good or bad. Left-handed... we'll see! I think the new grad did fine, for the most part. Lisa was the exception to the rule, actually – the techs are usually very un-chatty. I guess they probably work hard at showing no feeling, because they’re not usually allowed to divulge anything, good or bad.

Left-handed… we’ll see!

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