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hue

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52. 9 months of pregnancy is just the beginning--->then the hours of labor & delivery...

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:07 PM

Feb 2012

the healing of the birth canal & perineum, swollen breasts, sleepless nights...
Oh if men had to go through just one menstrual period all the laws would be changed, child care would be one of the highest paid jobs, LOA for birth would be a year or more....etc.

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As a woman [View all] lindac007 Feb 2012 OP

Sing it, Sister! renie408 Feb 2012 #1

some good gal in a state legislature posed a bill that men had to have roguevalley Feb 2012 #27

And that was followed up this week with something even funnier... RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #29

It was a man, and I agreed with him tech_smythe Feb 2012 #41

Well said & Thank You! nt Ilsa Feb 2012 #2

I am with you!! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #3

As a man... RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #4

agreed. a very private issue to be determined between a woman and her Doctor. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #5

Preach. EFerrari Feb 2012 #6

Thanks for saying this so clearly... prairierose Feb 2012 #7

Absolutely!! sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #8

As a man, I am sick of it too. Let's play "walk a mile in someone else's shoes" for a minute... Taverner Feb 2012 #9

TAVENER NAILS IT!! Skittles Feb 2012 #31

Oh, my. (heart, heart, heart) Are you married?????? Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #35

Thank you for a most excellent reply. Control-Z Feb 2012 #38

That is the sacred key. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #39

9 months of pregnancy is just the beginning--->then the hours of labor & delivery... hue Feb 2012 #52

Yep...I think I just scratched the surface Taverner Feb 2012 #54

Brava!! hifiguy Feb 2012 #10

I wholeheartedly agree... WCGreen Feb 2012 #11

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2012 #12

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #13

I'm a man, and I agree 100% with this OP. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #14

Nicely put!!... one_voice Feb 2012 #15

Agree 100% hamsterjill Feb 2012 #16

hamsterjill, as a middle aged man, I agree with your assessment... Ferretherder Feb 2012 #46

I'm sure you are correct, Ferretherder! hamsterjill Feb 2012 #50

agree AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #17

Very well said Worried senior Feb 2012 #18

amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #19

The "Party of Less Government" still wants the government to tell you what you CANNOT do. MADem Feb 2012 #20

Exactly cate94 Feb 2012 #21

Right on, sistah! peace frog Feb 2012 #22

Amen, sister!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #23

Well said malaise Feb 2012 #24

Meanwhile, there's a fucking penile dysfunction commercial on every 5 fucking minutes! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #25

drives me nuts too. I mute the damn thing... CTyankee Feb 2012 #26

I hear he's ready...well, "all the time!" nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #37

I feel a groundswell of like minded women speaking up, sufrommich Feb 2012 #28

Exactly! I've been really pissed the past couple of days ... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #30

Indeed. WheelWalker Feb 2012 #32

Well said... Spazito Feb 2012 #33

"I am a woman, fully grown with all the capabilities to reason, probably better than any man alive." TroglodyteScholar Feb 2012 #34

Tell it to the world! I am Woman....hear me roar! Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #36

Wow, all these positive responses from DUers. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #40

A long time ago, I moderated a listserv for couples in trouble EFerrari Feb 2012 #42

Heh . . . thanks mistertrickster Feb 2012 #43

You and me both, Darlin'. nolabear Feb 2012 #44

My husband is tired of hearing me say the same thing! secondwind Feb 2012 #45

Yep. Get your nose out of MY business andnyour religion out of MY healthcare! NC_Nurse Feb 2012 #47

Go ahead and say it as much as you want! Chorophyll Feb 2012 #48

It makes me mad too. lunatica Feb 2012 #49

P.S. Fuck Rick Santorum Blue Owl Feb 2012 #51

Amen! n/t ceile Feb 2012 #53