G-diapers, Placenta Previa, and Dale Carnegie

Alrighty...

So, I hope to take this blog more public soon, because I want to share it with the rest of the world. I don't know who I'll be able to help with this, if anyone, but hey...if 10 years from now, one person has benefited from this blog besides me...then God has used it for more good than it was intended for.

Alright, the first thing I've learned is because Janette found this cool diaper site: http://www.gdiapers.com/. Now, ever since watching Captain Pantheist er...Captain Planet when I was younger, I've known diapers don't decay when they're thrown away. They're fireproof, bacteria proof, and they don't decay when wet (which is good because babies piss in them.) G-diapers are cloth diapers for which you can purchase disposable, semi-slowly decaying, flushable liners, or cloth liners, whcih you wash along with the cloth casing. They seem to love pushing the catchphrase, "no garbage; no guilt." Maybe we'll use them...or maybe we'll purchase them from our own business and get a little kickback from them.

Secondly, Janette fears may be suffering from placenta previa, which one of her doctors, Dr. B failed to mention to her. Luckily, Dr. D told her that her placenta may still be sitting low, possibly covering the cervix (that's bad.). Now, for those of you, who don't know what complications this may bring, here's the bulleted point version.
- The main symptom is "painless vaginal bleeding," at at the end of second/beginning of third trimester
- Sometimes it is severe, even to the point of hemmorhaging
- The biggest risk is that the bleeding forces the baby to be born before vital organs develop (read: lungs and heart)
- Normally, the Placenta moves away from the cervix and everything's happy again.
- If it's covering the cervix, even partially, this is called previa.
- When there is a previa, the doctor may put her on, "pelvic rest." That means nothing goes in...nothing...
- It's normally found before bleeding, which is good because it can be monitored and the mom and baby are normally safe (hooray for modern medicine).
- If there is a previa, your wife will, most likely, require a Cesarean .

Bottom Line: a low lying placenta is normally found during an ultrasound. If it happens, be happy your baby is being born in this day and age, when he can be born in a hospital qualified to care for him, or at least transferred to one that is.

Sidenote: I do not say hospital to bash those that desire home-births or use birthing centers with midwives. Those environments are great for caring for uncomplicated pregnancies, complete with healthy women and healthy babies; they focus more on comfort than sterility. That being said, ours has been a complicated one, and we relish...as Patton Oswalt said, "Futuristic buildings full of clean, white sheets...and doctors, with needles full of, 'MAAAAAAAGIC LIQUID," that made the pain not happen...ever."

Alright, now onto personal stuff...I'm re-reading, "How to Win Friends and Influence People," by Dale Carnegie. It should make me into a better man and a better businessman. You'll be seeing me drop passages from it here, along with Bible Verses and quotes from Comedians and Professional Wrestlers...yeah, great diversity huh?

"Anywhoozle," here are the first thoughts from the book I want to leave you with:

"When we are not engaged in thinking about some definite problem, we usually spend about 95 percent of our time thinking about ourselves. Now, if we stop thinking about ourselves for a while and begin to think of the other person's good points, we won't have to resort to flattery so cheap and false that it can be spotted almost before it is out of the mouth."

"Try leaving a friendly trail of little sparks of grattitude on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit."

Hasta Luego