Reading a doggie medical book, saw that vets do both. Each of course can be life saving in its own way, and both come with small but real risks. Our twins were CS's , with mom quite in shape but at rish for being in mid forties. So I thought I'd bring up the topic, among all the titillating blogs, forums and poetry.
Of course you are right Pk. As with breast feeding. Here in the states, until recently, up to a quarter of births in some places were CS's, probably far too many. Pressure from nurse midwives, GP's, Pediatricians, public health folks and others have finally reversed the trend. Active research might show that early exposure to mom's bacteria by natural birthing sets the immune system so as to avoid the recent Rise in various auto immune diseases. The microbiome is part of us.
It's nothing abnormal nowadays and it's down to how healthy the mother is... Many I know had kids in their forties... Wouldn't an old father material damage the poor kid genes? It's pure nonsense to think the man can become a father in later age but a woman can not be a mother... Young age doesn't mean you are healthy and your genes are great...or that your kids will be blessed with them...
And it's not a war between the young and the older ones... But sometimes I think youngsters forget we've been there and done it ourselves...and thought the same way...
Thanks, all. CC, me man, you need to work on that judgemental anger. Otherwise, great posts. I'm hardly a liberal, ask miss loulou. Pk, yes, roberta and I are friends but no longer an item. Mother of the girls. I agree, that the forties are not ideal for a first pregnancy, but she's a marathon lady, and a serious black belt holder in Tae Kwon Do Karate. Nuff said. But bot older dad's and moms carry increasd risks of problems.
deviant_sliceunknown, Tyne and Wear, England UK2,252 posts
Vierkaesehoch: Reading a doggie medical book, saw that vets do both. Each of course can be life saving in its own way, and both come with small but real risks. Our twins were CS's , with mom quite in shape but at rish for being in mid forties. So I thought I'd bring up the topic, among all the titillating blogs, forums and poetry.
Natural. Everytime. It's only right that you should get a measure of our suffering.
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