OliveOilMom
Queen of cans and jars
Joined: Nov 12, 2011
Posts: 6990
Location: Living in Faulkner's nightmare
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| mv wrote: | | We took pictures of the afterbirth, in a tray, and every single person I've showed it to has been grossed out. I don't get that. I was *fascinated*. |
After my third baby was born, we put the placenta in a plastic freezer bag and put it in the freezer for my husband to bury later, under a tree. (Homebirth, we got to keep it) He forgot and it was still in the freezer six months later when we both got sick with the flu and my MIL had to come take care of the kids while we laid in bed hoping for death.
She and I do not get along because she isn't very nice to anyone and she's a hypocrite. That's the backstory. Well, I walked out of the bedroom into the kitchen for some Gatorade (she was bringing my husband some every half hour but I had to get my own and I was as sick as he was and in the same bed with him to boot) I noticed the placenta laying on the counter, still in the bag. I asked her what she was doing with that and she said she was thawing out "that liver" so she could cook it for herself because she knew the children wouldn't eat it. I saiid "Oh, OK" and got my Gatorade and went back to bed.
When I got in bed I collapsed in a mixture of hysterical laughter and productive cough and when I was finally able to breathe again I told my husband what was up in the kitchen. To give him credit, he did think about it for a minute. He seriously considered, but blood turned out to be thicker than water or Gatorade and he went in there and told her to put the placenta back.
It was almost funny, and would have been much funnier if he only his moral compass had been a few clicks off.
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Laney2005
Snowy Owl
Joined: Oct 28, 2009
Age: 30
Posts: 147
Location: Missouri
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| I find it fascinating that so many of us (myself included) are embarrassed about using public restrooms. I was in one just today (dealt with it) and was thinking who in the world made it so it's socially appropriate to go to the bathroom in front of complete strangers, just so long as they have the same anatomy as you. Who thought that up? Yet another thing about humans I'll likely never understand... |
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League_Girl
Proud mamma
Joined: Feb 05, 2010
Posts: 13675
Location: My house
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I never had a problem with public restrooms because they all have stalls and no one can see you on the toilet. Usually people do not peek in through the cracks no do they stick their heads under to see you. I also don't have a problem with single restrooms because they have a lock on the door.
As for me giving birth, my husband or someone took a photo of my son right after I gave birth to him and I have one of him breastfeeding for the first time. I also have a photo of him being on my chest after I gave birth and after the cord was cut. I remember how happy I felt then and it felt like a dream. |
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Samual
Blue Jay
Joined: Mar 30, 2012
Posts: 76
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J4mes
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: May 01, 2012
Posts: 54
Location: Essex, England
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I just use a stall, I wouldn't mind so much if the urinals have those separator things but even then I'd still opt for proper privacy.
Something odd I noticed while I was in California last year; every stall I used there were massive gaps around the door so anyone could just look in, one even had slats so if someone wanted to they could just see right through. It isn't something I've noticed anywhere else so is that an American thing? |
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scubasteve
Phoenix
Joined: Dec 18, 2009
Age: 28
Posts: 993
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| Samual wrote: | | I simply bypass the problem and use the toilet. |
| J4mes wrote: | | I just use a stall, I wouldn't mind so much if the urinals have those separator things but even then I'd still opt for proper privacy. |
Yep.
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2wheels4ever
Just Another Weirdo From L.A.
Joined: May 04, 2012
Age: 41
Posts: 1373
Location: Losing status at the high school
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| Mosse wrote: | | You forgot one thing that a lot of autistic do: Pee with their pants completely down to their knees. You should only pull down a little bit of the front half, an none of the back. |
Going commando has a way of putting the kibosh on that, but sometimes the aftermath gives the appearance that one could have as easily forgone the whole process |
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