Comments for Finding Eve: A Young Woman's Guide to Gynecology and Obstetrics http://findingeve.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:54:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Doula by Alyssa http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/doula/#comment-297 Alyssa Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:54:33 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-297 Another excellent post! I never really knew the full range of what a doula does and am seriously considering looking into this if and when I become pregnant. Another excellent post! I never really knew the full range of what a doula does and am seriously considering looking into this if and when I become pregnant.

]]> Comment on Doula by findingeve http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/doula/#comment-295 findingeve Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:01:12 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-295 I strongly agree with Nicole! I should also point out that <em>A Baby Story</em> and <em>Bringing Home Baby</em> are less than completely informative and often do more harm than good. I merely mention them as instances in popular culture in which a doula is easily recognizeable. These two shows leave out a lot (and I mean a lot) of what goes into the prepartum and postpartum stages of a birth. Maybe we can cover a lot of those omissions here on the blog over time. Thanks for the input Nicole! I strongly agree with Nicole! I should also point out that A Baby Story and Bringing Home Baby are less than completely informative and often do more harm than good. I merely mention them as instances in popular culture in which a doula is easily recognizeable. These two shows leave out a lot (and I mean a lot) of what goes into the prepartum and postpartum stages of a birth. Maybe we can cover a lot of those omissions here on the blog over time. Thanks for the input Nicole!

]]> Comment on Doula by Nicole - YourBirthRight http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/doula/#comment-294 Nicole - YourBirthRight Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:18:10 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-294 Hello, Let me start by saying I definitely agree with you in the invaluable role that a Doula can play in a woman's labor and delivery. It is definitely important that a woman pick the RIGHT doula not just any doula and the DONA website is a great place to start the search and the interviewing. I would have to say however that I would encourage you and your readers to actually avoid shows like A Baby Story and Brining Home Baby. Unfortunately, while these shows can be "entertaining" to some they do more harm than good when it comes to educating the public re: pregnancy, labor, and childbirth. There are many blogs hosted by doulas and many other resources that give factual information not to mention doula's themselves who can better give information on what they do and how they do it. Hello,

Let me start by saying I definitely agree with you in the invaluable role that a Doula can play in a woman’s labor and delivery. It is definitely important that a woman pick the RIGHT doula not just any doula and the DONA website is a great place to start the search and the interviewing. I would have to say however that I would encourage you and your readers to actually avoid shows like A Baby Story and Brining Home Baby. Unfortunately, while these shows can be “entertaining” to some they do more harm than good when it comes to educating the public re: pregnancy, labor, and childbirth. There are many blogs hosted by doulas and many other resources that give factual information not to mention doula’s themselves who can better give information on what they do and how they do it.

]]> Comment on Diet and Gender Determination by Nick Searcy http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/diet-and-gender-determination/#comment-291 Nick Searcy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:26:08 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-291 Of course, nearly everything I've seen about gender determination has either been anecdotal or aimed at selling something. There was an interesting study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B where the pre-conception diets of mothers were compared to the eventual sex of their children and certain factors such as eating breakfast or eating more nutrients were said to tip the scales slightly (something like 5%). Anyway it wasn't rigorous, but it was based on the theory that Y containing sperm aren't as hardy as X containing sperm and therefore any factor that influenced the environment in the vagina would be able to influence which sperm win the race. I personally think that a simple survey of fraternal twins could shed some light on the debate. If twins occur in a very even spread: 25% male-male 50% male-female 25% female-female, then I think it would be very unlikely that such factors influence the sex outcome. If there is a significant effect of any external factors, then the female-female and male-male pairs should be (at least slightly) more common than just 25%. Of course, nearly everything I’ve seen about gender determination has either been anecdotal or aimed at selling something. There was an interesting study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B where the pre-conception diets of mothers were compared to the eventual sex of their children and certain factors such as eating breakfast or eating more nutrients were said to tip the scales slightly (something like 5%). Anyway it wasn’t rigorous, but it was based on the theory that Y containing sperm aren’t as hardy as X containing sperm and therefore any factor that influenced the environment in the vagina would be able to influence which sperm win the race.
I personally think that a simple survey of fraternal twins could shed some light on the debate. If twins occur in a very even spread: 25% male-male 50% male-female 25% female-female, then I think it would be very unlikely that such factors influence the sex outcome. If there is a significant effect of any external factors, then the female-female and male-male pairs should be (at least slightly) more common than just 25%.

]]> Comment on Health Information Online by Mike http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/health-information-online/#comment-282 Mike Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:29:15 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-282 Just passing by.Btw, your website have great content! Just passing by.Btw, your website have great content!

]]> Comment on History of the IUD by Alyssa http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/history-of-the-iud/#comment-46 Alyssa Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:12:57 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-46 My OB/GYN is actually pushing for me to have an IUD inserted but I refuse. It just doesn't sound like something for me...and the fact that she told me that her practice has had IUD perforate a patient's uterus. EEK! My OB/GYN is actually pushing for me to have an IUD inserted but I refuse. It just doesn’t sound like something for me…and the fact that she told me that her practice has had IUD perforate a patient’s uterus. EEK!

]]> Comment on History of the IUD by Emilie http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/history-of-the-iud/#comment-41 Emilie Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:18:46 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-41 I think one of the reasons that Mirena is less popular than the pill or condom is because you have to meet certain criteria in order to be able to get Mirena. You have to be in a marriage or long term committed relationship to one person and have at least one child. The doctors at the OB/GYN office I go to will refuse a patient for not meeting one or both of the criteria. The only reason they'll let you have Mirena without having a child is if you are over 35. An important thing to note for moms is that Mirena is great contraceptive while breastfeeding. Breastfeeding alone is not a good contraceptive. Mirena does not affect the milk supply or harm the baby and is actually recommended by kellymom.com. Copper based IUDs like ParaGuard are not recommended to breastfeeding moms as one of the possible side effects is copper poisoning, a condition that can be passed on to the child through milk. I think one of the reasons that Mirena is less popular than the pill or condom is because you have to meet certain criteria in order to be able to get Mirena. You have to be in a marriage or long term committed relationship to one person and have at least one child. The doctors at the OB/GYN office I go to will refuse a patient for not meeting one or both of the criteria. The only reason they’ll let you have Mirena without having a child is if you are over 35.

An important thing to note for moms is that Mirena is great contraceptive while breastfeeding. Breastfeeding alone is not a good contraceptive. Mirena does not affect the milk supply or harm the baby and is actually recommended by kellymom.com. Copper based IUDs like ParaGuard are not recommended to breastfeeding moms as one of the possible side effects is copper poisoning, a condition that can be passed on to the child through milk.

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]]> Comment on The First Oophorectomy by Alyssa http://findingeve.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/the-first-oophorectomy/#comment-34 Alyssa Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:09:32 +0000 http://findingeve.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-34 Wow...who knew? Wow…who knew?

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