News of the day

[mzrowan]

The first Argentinian gay marriage may not happen today; a judge has blocked issuing the marriage license until the Supreme Court can examine the issue.

Well, that didn't last long -- who had "December 1" in the pool? Microsoft is investigating an issue in Windows 7 dubbed "the black screen of death".

The Beeb shows us photos of a day in the life

Comments

[horsetraveller]

Thank you for the link of the photos of the Congo.

I wonder what they have for "birth equipment" that one woman must wait for if the other woman is having a baby first. I can't think of anything.

Scissors to cut the cord?

[mzrowan]

I wonder what they have for "birth equipment" that one woman must wait for if the other woman is having a baby first. I can't think of anything.

Hm, yeah, with no electricity, that cuts out a lot of what we'd have here, like heart-rate monitors. They do mention the birthing bed -- maybe that's the sum total of their birthing equipment.

[delerium69]

Man, I would so love to see some funding given to these amazing women so their jobs could be a little easier.

[mzrowan]

It's mentioned in the caption on the last photo that this center is now getting funding from a medical aid agency called Merlin. Hopefully this publicity will drum up more donations for them.

[delerium69]

Ah, I missed that - I hope it helps.

[horsetraveller]

What they have for listening to the baby only takes a minute on one person, then a minute on another person (in real life, about 10-15 seconds).

What's kind of funny is the lady who doesn't get to use the bed is probably going to deliver in a more traditional, physiologic method (ie squatting) than the lady told to lie on her back on the bed.