[Sca-cooks] Nursing and drugs was-Re: Blood donors

[jeanne at atasteofcreole.com]

> Once upon a time, I was a student midwife. And my mentors told me a
> couple of things worth noting: The placenta isn't really a barrier-
> it's more of a sieve. If you drink, the fetus gets a snootful. If you
> smoke, it gets a does of nicotine. If you take an allergy pill, the
> baby gets it too. A good rule of thumb is- would you give this to a
> newborn? The don't give it to the unborn!

My daugthers Gastro-interologist and surgeon used to say, what you eat the
baby eats!

Now my Irish Grandfather used to say an old wives tale was to induce labour
was to drink.  But it was proven in the mid-20th century that all they were
doing is giving birth to drunk babies.  This helped start a huge movement
to stop pregnant women from doing stupid stuff.

Now, if you have a cousin like I do, who every time I slap her upside her
head.  When she was pregnant with youngest Joseph, I think.  She re-started
smoking in her 7th month to 'keep his weight down.'  Baby was almost 9 lbs
at 7 mos preg.  He was born almost 11 lbs.  Nope, no more kids after that
one.

This was around the time I was doing surgery with youngest and living in
Ochsner hospital so I saw pretty much ANY kind of birth defect children can
be born with!!

Yes, to this day I still splap her after I hug her hello!  *sigh*  I do
have to take into consideration she lives in Ala-fu**ing-bama and just made
her final payment on her double wide!  i kid you not!!!

Scarry isn't it?!?!  She's actually related.  and my favorite cousin!!  eek!

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