The way I understand this "particularly precious" is that they seem to think that if you fall pregnant spontaneously you can always "replace???" a baby if you lose it but with fertility treatment that may not be the case.
Don't think they have got a hold of the fact you can never replace a lost child, whether lost as early as a miscarriage or much later in life.
Judy
From: "Steve & Janine Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Steve & Janine Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ozmid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: particularly precious Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:31:39 +1100 Having had two babies via IVF treatment, we found ourselves wishing for a dollar for everytime an obstetrician, professor, midwife, family member, or 'woman in the street' had called our babies "particularly precious".... "Why would you want to go to a birthing unit? Haven't you got health insurance, having done IVF? After all, this is a PARTICULARLY PRECIOUS baby"...... Aren't they all precious???? Perhaps "particularly precious", in lay mans terms, means "we are PARTICULARLY scared of the professor who got you pregnant in the first place, PARTICULARLY scared of being sued, etc, etc" Wow... where did THAT come from? ----- Original Message ----- From: Jayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: Re: More from the CT - The OB's have their say.......... > I was wondering how he came to the conclusion that some pregnancies are more > precious than others. > > I thought they paid cash (after receiving payment for each c-sect) for their > acquisitions :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jenni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:44 PM > Subject: Re: More from the CT - The OB's have their say.......... > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > * Letters to the Editor (24/1/02)* > > > > > > Thursday, 24 January 2002 > > > > > > > > > *These women likely to need caesareans* > > > DR BARBARA VERNON of the Maternity Coalition (CT, Letters, January 17) > > > disagrees in part with the sentiments of Dr Heather Munro upon her > > > retirement. As you might expect I find myself totally in agreement > > > with Dr Munro, as I imagine would most practising obstetricians. > > > > > > Since a large number of well educated women, particularly the older > > > ones or those with particularly precious pregnancies > > > > what constitutes a 'particularly precious pregnancy'? & how is one child > > (or one womans birth experience) more 'precious' than another? > > > > > who are more likely to require caesareans, tend to go to experienced > > > private obstetricians for their confinement, Dr Vernon is committing > > > (presumably deliberately) the first sin of statistics, namely, the > > > presentation of data derived from the comparison of dissimilar groups. > > > M. A. STAFFORD-BELL > > > Deakin > > > *More seeking intervention* > > > AS A GP who practised obstetrics for over 25 years I take issue with > > > the letter of Dr Barbara Vernon (CT, January 17). > > > > > > Many women are choosing intervention. Some are primigravidas (first > > > pregnancies) and have heard about the terrors of labour. > > > > yeah the good ole' "terrors of labour". and who the hell are they > > hearing about these from? (ps. are they anything like the "dogs of > > war"?damn it, from now on I'll always think of them as the terriers of > > labour) > > > > > Others have experienced a difficult labour and do not wish to do so > again. > > > > yeah I wonder why........... > > > > > In either case, a vaginal delivery would be desirable from the > > > obstetric viewpoint but in this day of choice they insist on (and > > > receive) a caesarean section. > > > > um, yeah & all the breech babies, the 'your baby is far too big for your > > pelvis (& ends up being 1.5 kg under the obs guess)' situations, the 'I > > dont want to come back at 2am so we'll do a c/s now at 6pm so I can go > > home for dinner' jobs, and my personal favourite, the referral to the ob > > who is so shit-scared of any woman in her power that they will do > > anything to 'help' her out of it. > > > > > > > > Obstetricians do not intervene for other than good, sound, medical > > > reasons (with the exception stated above). > > > > hallo, what planet have you just come from? oh sorry I dint realise that > > making the repayments on the BMW, the 2 storey waterfront 'bungalow' and > > the yearly overseas trip constituted 'good sound medical reasons'. > > > > > > > > Dr ALAN D. SHROOT > > > Aranda > > > > yes I know Im shooting from the hip here, dont flame me, just feeling > > particly cynical 2day, I'll get over it :) > > jennifairy > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > > Visit
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