Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there) To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 18:16:26 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "Gabby" wrote in message news:11i829il6k7l47f@corp.supernews.com... > > "DawnK" wrote in message > news:dQOUe.184$6Z3.134@fe06.lga... >> >> "Gabby" wrote in message >> news:11i73bgcuk1mib0@corp.supernews.com... >>> >>> "Sharon" wrote in message >>> news:11i72mp2bjbb151@corp.supernews.com... >>>> >I was astonished at posts on some ER boards about how irresponsible >>>> >Kem >>>>> was to be sliding down Carter's hallway and skating whilst pregnant; >>>>> I >>>>> think those posters must have watched the very shows to which you >>>>> refer. >>>> >>>> I remember that slew of misunderstandings too! And heaven forbid, he >>>> took her ice skating. >>> >>> They'd all have been horrified to see me biking to my prenatal >>> appointments. If I hadn't had to carry a suitcase I'd have biked to the >>> hospital to deliver. ;o) The receptionist used to have a cow each >>> time I came with my backpack on. "Mrs. M., you're going to fall off >>> that bike and hurt that baby!" "Hey, I don't know how to drive and I >>> don't feel like walking, so get off my back!" >>> >>> Gabby >>> >> >> I remember being warned about lifting my arms above my head, when I was >> pregnant, because that could cause the cord to wrap around the baby's >> neck. Now, how was I supposed to change IV bags, if I couldn't reach >> above my head? LOL! >> >> Now, Emily did have the cord around her neck, but I'm sure it's not >> because I was lifting my arms way up in the air! > > I remember hearing that old wives tale long before I got married and > pregnant. My question? "Arms above my head is my normal sleeping > position, how am I supposed to stop that??" > > I actually tried to find the connection between my arms and the cord that > would cause that to happen -- never did figure out how they thought that > was happening. Relegated that 'fact' to the same garbage bin as the one > about getting TB if you took a bath or went swimming while you were > menstruating. My father freaked when he found out I was in the tub after I > started my period. He angrily asked my mom "Didn't you tell her what > would happen????" I had to explain some facts to her. > > Gabby > Getting TB, because you took a bath, or went swimming, during your period? I never heard that one before! Doesn't quite work that way, since TB is a respiratory thing! Dawn .