So, I know we all have very personal ideas about birth, but I have been reading Ina May's Guide to Birth and loving it. I found a video on Youtube where she kind of gives a synopsis of a lot of what she covers in her book. She is talking about another book of hers, Birth Matters, but it's similar information. I thought some of you might be interested in watching. Personally, I find the stories and information comforting and empowering going toward my first birth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHW17Dx8ajY&list=PLtGu5biJ13jnar-AzTZF2UDfvIFy2Ysfl#t=654.64873
I just watched this and wanted to share for those who haven't seen this yet! Been on bed rest for three weeks, so I've spent a lot of my time binging on birth stories and watching stuff like this.
I was always super afraid of pregnancy and labor, and my mom (along with other women) talks about how excruciating it was for her and laughs at me when I say it won't be like that for me. Here's to empowering ourselves and having a fearless labor!
If you would like to read about some far out births from a hippy commune in the 70s, I recommend Spiritual Midwifery! It's a realllllly unusual perspective on birth. Even crunchy granola type birth stories from today have a really different vibe (<--- see, the terminology is getting to me!). Here's a quote from the book:
Ina May: This is a good description of how to handle the energy of the rushes [contractions] of childbirth
Mary: I laid down on the bed and began to rush and everything got psychedelic. I began having beautiful, rushing contractions that started low, built up to a peak, and then left me floating about two feet off the bed. Michael was lying beside me and going through the rushes too. I saw that I could breathe very deep and fast and rush higher with the contraction. The contraction would carry me and I would breathe harder and harder and then we would peak-- it would slip off and leave us floating. It felt wonderful, and we were having a beautiful time. As the contractions got stronger, it felt like I was making love to the rushes and I could wiggle my body and push into them and it was really fine.
I read Ina May's 'Spiritual Midwifery' way back in the first trimester. It was by far the most powerful and illuminating book I've read during my pregnancy, and I've been a voracious reader. The movie had commentary from many of the midwives from the book, and I loved seeing the faces of all of them now that they're older, with still the same smiles as the pictures taken in the 70's.
What books or movies have you read or watched that you would recommend?
I've seen so many recommendations for this book. For the most part I'm finding the book empowering as I want to avoid an epidural and as many interventions as possible. The advice on the importance of a calm environment during labour is resonating with me. However I just finished the chapter with the medical advice and at best it's quite outdated if not entirely incorrect at times. I'm reading an eBook so I'm not sure when it was published, but there's some 2017 references so it appears to be updated more recently.
Anyone else finding this?
I don't work in labour and delivery or in the US, but I do work in healthcare. I have a difficult time believing that Demerol (meperidine) is the most commonly used narcotic in L+D. She also states that amniocentesis is standard for anyone over 35. Again I'm not in the US, but that is absolutely not the case where I live. It's definitely making me want to take anything she says with a grain of salt.
Gaskissic would be RB12 in terms of half-PPR points per game scoring this year.
The rollercoaster scoring of both of these guys was interesting so I figured I'd combine them into one Frankenstein RB which is realistic based on ADP. You just needed to believe in the even/odd system to make it work!
| Week | Myles Gaskin | J.D. McKissic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.10 | 0.80 |
| 2 | 6.60 | 17.80 |
| 3 | 8.90 | 4.80 |
| 4 | 0.30 | 14.40 |
| 5 | 26.90 | 1.20 |
| 6 | 2.40 | 15.00 |
| 7 | 15.70 | 7.60 |
| 8 | 7.00 | 13.30 |
| 9 | 12.70 | BYE |
| 10 | 5.00 | 5.90 |
| 11 | 17.10 | 5.50 |
| 12 | 18.20 | 20.10 |
Does the gas man have any value still? Was offered him for 2.10 is it worth a shot?
What the hell happened to this guy? He went from leading the backfield (albeit while being incredibly inefficient) to 3rd on the depth chart behind Duke Johnson and Philip Lindsay practically in the blink of an eye. Dude only had 4 TOUCHES last night, compared to 13 touches for Duke and Lindsay each.
I don't think anybody expected him to remain the starter going into next season, but damn what a fall from grace. Is there even any hope for him as a JD McKissic or Gio Bernard type back? Tua doesn't check down to him anymore and solely targets Waddle in the short passing game.
Love me some Gaskin, and the fact that our Oline is shockingly awful is still a massive obstacle to the run game.
But damn, Gaskin has to hold some accountability on the lack of run game.
He can’t pass block, holes missed, and on short yardage he just gets bullied at the line.
I will also contend he is a dynamic, twitchy, fast RB and contributes to the offense - definitely feel conflicted.
But based on what we’ve seen with Duke and Lindsay not sure he should be RB1 or part of the future plans of the offense.
Am I the only one who feels this way?
The guy is extremely talented, but his o-line is garbage, his QBs are garbage and his playcalling is garbage to the point where he has so many points taken away due to penalties and just overall team incompetence.
Are there any other players in fantasy history that have been this frustrating? Maybe Montgomery last year until his late season surge or every Jets runningback for the last 10 years
