I’m not a birthing professional, but I’ve had three births at home and because I’m in that community, I hear A LOT of these types of stories.

Thank you for this.

Not at all. I understand that’s not what happened here, but it may have started from some medical reasoning. That’s the point when my doctor suggested a c-section.

I had a c-section and was back to work 8 weeks later not feeling completely normal, so no. I never said it wasn’t enough of a reason, I’m just wondering what her circumstances were.

As a L&D nurse we use fetal monitoring to determine how a fetus is “coping” with labor. There are three categories of tracing of a baby’s heart rate - Cat I is a sign that a fetus is well oxygenated at that moment, Cat II is indeteminant, the fetus could be fine or it could be compromised, we can’t tell. Cat III…

I’m With The Band was EVERYTHING to me! It came out in 1987. I was 15 years old and already a groupie at that time in the same spots she frequented. It was so surreal to me then. I must have read that book a hundred times. Pamela is awesome.

I’m rarely impatient for an album, but I keep having to look up this one up to double check the release date.

I am so here for this. I have no idea why, but I love it. It’s a nice little story that seems to pop up every time I need a little frivolity and I want them to get married and live happily ever after.

I’m sad I’ll never hear Tom Petty sing live again. But I am really sorry that Tom Petty the grandfather didn’t get to hang out with his granddaughter like he wanted to once off the road. That sucks.

Bowie was shocking, Prince was devastating, and Petty is abandonment.

AMEN, I SAY TO YOU, AMEN.

Everyone needs to get Chicago’s name out of their mouths after mass shootings.

Interesting fact — my husband is a firefighter in Santa Clara, CA, where the new 49ers stadium is, and when they were first training to provide medical/emergency care for events at the stadium he learned that hands-down, statistically the most dangerous and violent events are country music concerts. Even more…

I want to punch all of the reporters pointing out that he doesn’t “fit the usual profile” not only because of his age but because he is white. Some of them have practically said straight out that it can’t be terrorism because he is white. But of course, most acts of terrorism in this country have been committed by…

If only a good guy marksman, who just happened to be in the area, with a high power scoped sniper’s rifle who had a clear view into the 36th floor room of the Mandalay Bay room where the shooter was perched, had been there, then all of this could have been avoided.

Just need to point out that, once again, white dude killing dozens of innocent people, but the “Muslim Ban” is what’s going to keep us all safe.

Marriage is declining because women don’t NEED men anymore. We don’t have to put up with the average/bad ones who treat everyone like shit (and vice-versa with men no longer needing women). We only need to get married when we find one we WANT who also WANTS us. And in my opinion, unless you’re rocking my world in bed,…

Requisite comment about how Ohio fought on the side of the Union to defeat Lee. But I guess racial resentment trumps history.

wait, why do we hate Trainor? I mean in a world of things to hate she’s gotta be pretty benign

How do you rotate a house? Like, you’d have to pick the whole thing up, right? And what about all the pipes and sewer lines and.... I cannot even get my head around that.