February 2009
23 posts
Mother Kills Newborn With A Kiss →
Remember how we went off on that whole rant about how 1 in 5 women has herpes, and herpes can cause encephalitis, and do you really want to take that risk, etc etc? Well, now the chickens have come home to roost: a 35-year-old woman who contracted HSV in her third trimester kissed her baby while she had a cold sore — and the baby died.
It’s too fucking sad to joke about, but we trust...
Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9... →
Tips for dads-to-be include gems such as “keep a positive attitude” and “get the house ready”. Is this what things have come to? Are men this clueless or does our society merely treat them as children, demanding nothing and creatinga self fulfilling prophecy? It seems you already have one baby; why take on another?
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elizabethanne: You have a child now. One that is probably hungry or wants to be held. You might want to take care of that shit instead of posting the video recording of your baby’s first hiccup on facebook. Especially since the only person gives a fuck about watching your baby hiccup is you. And this justifies my idea for putting birth control in the water and you have to pass a test like...
Pregnancy and Breast Cancer: No link found →
See? The connection between breast cancer and pregnancy does not exisit. I have heard pregnancy can cause breast cancer. I have also heard being childless can cause it. The matter is very confusing, but looks like it has been cleared up. So, just go about your lives and take your pill. This has been a public service announcement.
THE SEX TALK. Or, ew, gross, Mom!
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Amelia was thirteen when her divorced parents sat down across her mom’s kitchen table, asked her to join them, and, after exchanging a glance that immediately made her nerves stand on edge, said the following words:
“Sex isn’t a bad thing. In fact —” another glance — “it can be quite good, with the right person.”
AND THEN AMELIA DIED.
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Bristol Palin: Teen SuperMom →
There is so much about this interview with Bristol Palin that is so incredibly fucked up that we don’t even know where to begin.
We sure as hell will try though.
We are glad this girl has five generations to help her raise her baby (apparently her great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother are chilling out too), but most teenage moms aren’t so lucky. Might Gov. Palin’s...
“The reality is - a baby needs far more than 45 minutes of attention daily - and...”
– Terminal Chaosity: “45 Minutes X 8 Babies = 6 Hours” or “Not Enough Time In a Day For Octuplet Snuggling”
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(via indieandyy)
We here at BBOA have a lot to say about this whole octuplet mess, but this story warranted immediate posting.
If you insist on having children, and you insist on using...
Teens and prenatal care debated →
How is this even a debate!? Of course pregnant teens should be entitled to prenatal care. Individual rights trump everything. Teach your kids about birth control as well…we all need to avoid this mess.
A Personal Reflection On One Of The Worst Kinds Of...
One week ago, one of my very best friends from college (the Texan in Alaska – I’ve written about her before) gave birth to her first child, a gorgeous, tiny, perfect boy she and her husband named Matthew. I was in the middle of getting a new tattoo (heartbreak, impulse, whatever, it’s gorgeous) when the very first picture of this lovely creature appeared on my cellphone. The minute the needle...
Neediness drives mom Nadya Suleman’s quest for... →
Once you have one, you will surely want 14.
Eleven years later...
THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.
(via alexbalk)
Listen, if you have to have children, please vaccinate your children.
I just stumbled across this amusing blog while researching the eating disorder Pica. It is written by a labor & delivery nurse and filled with hilariously frightening anecdotes, including this:
“One of the relatively new (new to our unit, not the medical profession) docs was hanging out at the nurses station the other night telling stories from her previous practice in another state.
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Summer pregnancies produce taller children, study... →
Don’t you dare think of knocking boots in the spring and having a baby in the winter. You will have a short kid, causing him a life time of pain and rejection. You selfish selfish bitch.
Erykah Badu blogs about giving birth to baby girl →
She twittered the birth to be precise. Nothing is safe in this technological era, not even your afterbirth.
One in Four Women Placed On Bed Rest Each Year →
I can barely stand to sit at my desk for several hours a day. BED REST? Are you kidding?
Girl, 21, gives birth after 48 months pregnancy →
Wow…ok, so clearly this is some craziness. But there are doctors out there that have some whack-a-doo theories. Do you want them all up in your hoo-ha?
“Chemicals known as perfluorinated chemicals, which are pervasive in food...”
– Information courtesy of a study performed at UCLA’s School of Public Health, published in Human Reproduction.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT HANGING OUT AROUND DRY CLEANERS IS GOOD BIRTH CONTROL