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wanderlustlover

Media Consumption List for May 5th to May 11th

May 12, 2008 15:10

Books
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Art in the City: A Book of Poetry by Mo H. Saidi
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper

TVGirls Guide to 21st Century Sex 1.06, 1.07, 1.08 ( Read more... )

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The Business of Being Born wwinger May 12 2008, 22:28:56 UTC

This one sounds cool. Ally had all of her kids with a midwife and here in San Diego we actually have a birthing center with UCSD Medical system inside a hospital run by midwives. 98% of all births there go well, but for when there is a problem, the regular hospital delivery ward is on the 2nd floor. You're just a skip away if you need help. This is where I'm hoping to have mine.

http://health.ucsd.edu/women/child/pregnancy.htm (see bottom video)
Seems to be the way to go.

:)

Wendy

Re: The Business of Being Born wanderlustlover May 12 2008, 23:08:25 UTC

I am vastly fascinated by it. It's made me move to wanting a midwife and a birthing facility over wanting a normal doctor. That's so nifty that she did and you will. I wish I knew more or could talk to midwife, but I don't really need that sort of thing yet. It's just so amazing.

Your center sounds amazing, especially with the emergency deliveries taken care of upstairs instead of another ride away. Thats brilliant

Re: The Business of Being Born wwinger May 13 2008, 00:25:06 UTC

I need to clarify, it's a birthing center run by midwives within a regular hospital with high respect and collaboration between the two entities. The midwives are all RNs or Doctors with special additional training to be midwives.

Here's the link for the birth center at UCSD. They have a lot of information there.

Interview with Midwife about UCSD Birthing Center and how she's trying to expand this model to other hospitals around the country. Pretty cool. (same as the one linked in previous comment, only more direct link)

I have my first pregnancy appointment Wednesday and I'll request this program then and schedule a tour.

:)

Wendy

bookelfe May 13 2008, 00:05:45 UTC

:O *impressed by that tally of Avatar episodes* Talk to me about Avatar!

wanderlustlover May 13 2008, 00:25:58 UTC

Spoiler warnings to anyone in my comments who is not up to the current on Avatar, because am addressing here ( ... )

bookelfe May 13 2008, 01:00:28 UTC

Extended Avatar rambling is ALWAYS something I am happy to hear, because I am in full and total love with the show. *giggles*

Zuko's tale is predictable, yeah, but I love how the makers totally recognize the predictability and the overANGST and play it up - "STRIKE ME, LIGHTNING!" back in s2 is one of the funniest scenes in the whole series. And I am so with you on Zuko and Mai being adorable, as well as Mai and Ty Lee - the Dangerous Ladies are among my favorite characters of ALL TIME. Yes, all of them, including Azula, the most badass sociopath of all time.

(And I love the choice at the end of the most recent episode an incredible amount. But I am still a tiny bit sad that there will be no more Ty Lee-Azula adorable, either.)

As for the GAang . . . oh, I love them all ridiculous amounts. Sokka and Toph are my favorites, because they play very specifically into types that I like anyways and then do it better - I so often get frustrated when shows have a Xander-type, an unpowered comic relief character, because they so rarely ( ... )

wanderlustlover May 13 2008, 01:17:05 UTC

I do have admit I will be sad to see the dangerous ladies fall apart. (Unless this leads to something random like the creation of my mind of a brand new trio with like Mai, Ty Lee, and Suki.......because, related and not, Suki is alslo among the brilliant of woman I love in this show ( ... )

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