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What is Reverse Tubal Ligation? Reverse tubal ligation – or more properly, tubal ligation reversal – is a procedure to get tubes untied for women who desire a pregnancy after tubal ligation. There are actually several procedures that can be used to untie tubes after the tubes have been tied. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m at NashvilleIsTalking, a Nashville-centric blog and aggregator run by local ABC affiliate WKRN, this weekend, mucking up the series of tubes. Come on over. Read the rest of this entry »
Someone arrived at this blog from a search for “scrubs for pregnant women.” Admittedly, I never thought of this as a need, because scrubs are so stretchy in the first place. However, I did some searching and turned up a few companies offering maternity scrubs. Please note that I have no experience or ties with these companies and can’t vouch for the quality or fit, and that this list is not exhaustive.
The Washington Post ran a piece yesterday, First U.S. Uterine Transplant Planned. The article examines questions such as whether enough research and animal experimentation has been done to justify attempting the procedure in humans, and whether this is an option that should be available because the uterus is not necessary for life, unlike other commonly transplanted organs such as hearts and kidneys. The transplant would be considered temporary, allowing a woman to bear a child but is not intended as a lifetime replacement uterus, as the baby would be delivered via c-section and the uterus removed at that time. A November 2006 article from New Scientist reported that a physician at New York Downtown Hospital had been approved by its hospital review board for such a transplant, following “the first successful uterus transplant in a non-human primate” (a rhesus monkey) performed at the University of Pittsburgh. Scientists interviewed for that article were also skeptical that the procedure had been properly vetted through research.
I continue to keep this blog up for various reasons (it still turns up in internet searches, and some posts at the new place link back here), but if you want to see the new content, please come over to the WordPress location. From time to time I may post links over here, but my ability to do that has been very limited as of late.
The Assertive Cancer Patient is a relatively new blog, started in August ’06 and written by cancer patient Jeanne Sather. Jeanne writes of the importance of being an assertive patient rather than a “good” patient in obtaining the best medical care. A couple of Jeanne’s most striking posts:
The 33rd Carnival of Feminists is up at “The Greatest Blog You’ll (Probably) Never Read.” Last week’s post on “Pelvic Exams and Informed Consent” is included, as are links to other bloggers’ takes on feminism on Facebook, solo traveling, Barack vs. Hillary, women athletes, advertising, the HPV vaccine controversy, and more. Read the rest of this entry »
Maybe more later.
No, it’s not a travelling lactation show. The Lactivist is solicting submissions for the next Breastfeeding Carnival (a kind of blog post roundup) that relate to breastfeeding advice. If you have recent blog posts on this topic, see the solicitation and contact the coordinators via email.