Honestly, the whole process of Childbirth is quite disgusting

[Zylka]

So why not revolutionize it? We've done so for other major facets of life, so many it would be inane to start to name them. Just look around you.

Anyway, can we not simply start to remove fetuses perhaps w/ placentia and place them in incubators for healthier monitored feeding and resultant growth? At a certain defined stage of pregnancy, before the young woman starts to stretch out to abnormal proportions and emotional distress. And let's not mention the consequences of the final hours, itself. PHEW

Could this be done, in any sucessful way shape or form? Can we beat the way of the animal???

[Richelieu]

But didn't God say that women deserved it?

[The diplomat]

Yeah we could, but why? The natural way is less complicated and it works just fine.

Sure there is a lot of pain and stress, but at the end of it all, when the baby emerges from the womb, there is a tremendous joy and a very special bond that forms between the mother and her new born baby. Your method would eliminate that special bond.

[Immortal Wombat]

Caesarian.

[Q Classic]

i have to agree, it is pretty gross. anybody who had to watch nova's "the miracle of life" in class will also agree.

[CorpusScorpius]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
i have to agree, it is pretty gross. anybody who had to watch nova's "the miracle of life" in class will also agree.

Its only gross when your watching someone elses video of their child being born.
It is totally awesome when you witness the birth of your child.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by CorpusScorpius


Its only gross when your watching someone elses video of their child being born.
It is totally awesome when you witness the birth of your child.

no, thats gross too

[Verto]

Zylka, might I ask how this particular topic came into your head? Anything happen to trigger it?

[Dr Strangelove]

You should go find an obstetrical anatomy book and go look up the structure of the placenta. You'd discover the placenta is an organ actually made up of both maternal and placental tissues. Blood vessels from both approximate in an intimate relationship, yet the blood of the mother and child do not intermix (usually). Miraculously, despite the intertwining of tissues from the two genetically distinct living beings the baby's tissues generally elicit a rejection reaction by the mother's immune system.

We are nowhere near being able to grow an artificial maternal placenta.

[Boris Godunov]

Agreed. And so is the start of the process. :yuck:

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Verto
Zylka, might I ask how this particular topic came into your head? Anything happen to trigger it?

Maybe he was thinking about his own birth?



OK, I'm sorry. That was uncalled for, but it was so obvious that I just couldn't resist.

[Dr Strangelove]

Re: Honestly, the whole process of Childbirth is quite disgusting

Well, in your case ..........
speak for yourself.



Oops, ther I went again. I'm sorry. I couildn't help it. I'll shut up and go away.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Agreed. And so is the start of the process. :yuck:

Conception?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Verto
Conception?

Bingo.

[Zylka]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
You should go find an obstetrical anatomy book and go look up the structure of the placenta. You'd discover the placenta is an organ actually made up of both maternal and placental tissues. Blood vessels from both approximate in an intimate relationship, yet the blood of the mother and child do not intermix (usually). Miraculously, despite the intertwining of tissues from the two genetically distinct living beings the baby's tissues generally elicit a rejection reaction by the mother's immune system.

Yikes! In the clinic I couldn't stop staring at this pseudo cross sectioned, illustrated diagram of a child in the womb for fetal alcohol prevention syndrome. The placentia was all thick with cross cut red/blue veins & arteries, and sac tissue hinted of rich nutrient value by poor abstract stippling.

Hey - so what exactly goes on if the baby and mother aren't sharing blood? I always wondered how some infants come out with HIV if the mother has, yet with this confirmation I wonder how alcohol in the host blood system makes it's way to the infant, as the stuff absorbs like lightning.

Maybe he was thinking about his own birth?

That's disgusting. I was a Caesarian. Well, in any case I just wanted to make an ideological upstart thread to goad particular members - yet this informative discussion could prove much more meaningful!