Tag Archives: childbirth

“Suck Up The Pain” Is Midwife Denis Walsh’s Mantra

Carrie WasterlainJuly 13, 2009 //

If you’re preggers and thinking of having an epidural, think again, says male midwife Dr. Denis Walsh. He claims the pain induced by labor is purposeful, necessary, and will prepare a mother “for the responsibility of nurturing a newborn baby.” Huh, dude?
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Giving Birth Is No Time To Let Yourself Go!

Jessica WakemanMay 6, 2009 //

It’s about time selfish women stopped thinking about themselves when they give birth. Their poor male partners have to stand beside them through all that screaming and crying while their ladies look so sweaty and unkempt! Giving birth is no time to let yourself go, ladies.

Fortunately, now we have Pretty Pushers’ A Dressed Up Delivery Kit. The product site asks, “Who is that unrecognizable monster in the hospital gown? Not you!” The kit comes with Picture Perfect Pink Sheer Lip Gloss and a mirror, a lavender-colored cotton dress, a headband, a lemon water towelette, and massage oil. What, no manicure kit?

Pink lip gloss will be the last thing on my mind if I ever push out an eight-pound bundle of joy. But if you get a Dressed Up Delivery Kit, maybe your baby photos will be less “monstrous” than mine. [$34.99, Perpetual Kid] Keep reading »

Quickies!: Our Wombs Have Sympathy Pains

Annika HarrisDecember 30, 2008 //
  • A woman delivered a 14 pound baby. ZOMG! Two doctors were needed to lift the load out the womb. Every woman is in pain thinking about that. [Fox News]
  • Our own columnist Rachel Kramer Bussel interviews our own Susannah Breslin about sex writing and porn for The Huffington Post. Shameless plug of bitches me love alert! [Huffington Post]
  • Some anti-Scientology person is threatening Tom Cruise’s life. The threat is so severe the FBI has been notified. Maybe the killer is someone that regrets seeing “Valkyrie.” [Perez Hilton]

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    Quickies!: The “Gossip Girl” Spin-Off Already Sucks

    Annika HarrisDecember 11, 2008 //
  • The “Gossip Girl” spin-off is supposedly going to surround the early romance between Rufus and Lily and will be very, very, very boring. [Just Jared]
  • Some women experience orgasms instead of contractions during childbirth. If this was a guarantee (and I was married), I would have had a child a long time ago. [Dear Sugar]
  • You don’t have to worry about going raw because if used consistently (taking a pill every day, not skipping any), your birth control pill will protect you against pregnancy everyday. [Daily Bedpost]

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