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On the fence and scared

jpolk1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:44 -0600

Had my first very young, and have been through single motherhood. Now married to phenomenal man who, surprise surprise wants us to have kids together. Ok. I knew this going into our marriage. Sometimes I'm really excited about it, and sometimes I'm scared out of pumps! There are days when I look at him and think about how much love our family has to offer a child and how much I miss my daughter, now 10, being a baby. There are a lot more days where I'm exhausted from work, tired of juggling and cannot imagine adding another child, no less an infant, to the mix.

Great Story

DebbieB — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:51:16 -0500

Thanks so much for sharing it with us!

Congratulations!

sassymonkey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:33:44 -0500

What a beautiful name!

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Congratulations

Denise — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:14:33 -0500

And good luck as you begin this journey.

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
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After losing an unborn child to a common virus

Crunchy Carpets — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:53:24 -0500

I am extra paranoid about 'common' things like ANY flus etc...

With school age kids AND a baby at home we are living in paranoia of hand washing, no touching, etc...

I never worried before and never bothered with the flu shots..but will be getting this one for the whole family..mainly to protect the baby

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fantastic!!

debontherocks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:22 -0500

Great post from a great blog. I love Jen!

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Yay Jen!

DebbieB — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:17:45 -0500

This is a great post -- well written and beautifully expressed.

Congrats on the recognition.

Well deserved

Hedonia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:17:13 -0500

So glad your voice is being shared with the world. Go Jen!

Yeah!

kdg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:56:32 -0500

Great post - speaking as someone who had a lactation consultant (or as we liked to call her, the Dairy Fairy) tell me that if nursing hurt, "you aren't doing it right."

Thank you!

jen.scharpen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:25:59 -0500

Thanks so much! I'm truly honored :)

Yes, let's sweep Abortion under the rug

TomtheRedhunter — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:14:12 -0500

Yes yes, abortion is only a small part of what they do, so that makes everything else they do ok.

And as Lila Rose of Live Action has documented, let's not forget that people at Planned Parenthood clinics have a history of covering up statuatory rape. But let's ignore that, too.

Whatever good PP does cannot and does not cover up for those facts. We don't need a pro-abortion organization like PP for pap smears and all the rest of it. Congress should act immediately do defund this organization and give the money to true health organization that do not have political agendas.

whether pregnant or not or

midnightbliss — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:07:50 -0500

whether pregnant or not or we are in constant contact with a pregnant woman or not, we should always take precautions and take care of our selves. One way we can avoid this flue virus is through cleanliness and avoiding crowded places.

Flu Stuff

clearness — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:31 -0500

I know of one child who has had the swine flu. He is two years old. He was really sick for about three days. Then just really sleepy and lazy for about 6 additional days. He didn't want to eat, but would drink water. He drank lots of water. Anyway, now he's fine.

Nobody really knows why some people are so much more effected by this strain, but most people do recover.

I was waiting for this post...

snigdhasen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:02 -0500

Thanks! All docs I have spoken to have insisted that if you are pregnant, get both shots. It's better and no harm done. So...

I really wish that the CBC report is not validated. We are already in a panic mode. That will really drive everyone crazy.

Stats on PP services

Suzanne Reisman — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:14:11 -0500

What's interesting is that I got these stats from PP's website directly - they really tout the other services they offer and how little of the services they perform are abortion services. In a way, though, that makes me sad, too. If there's nothing wrong with offering abortions, then why not say that you performed X number of abortions with equal pride done in presenting the numbers of other services. Of course, they can't do so because our entire debate about abortion is framed by those who think it should be illegal no matter what, and their stats would be used against them.

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