finally a scientist with a brain + KK engaged

If you're in the loop on pregnancy news, maybe you heard that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have narrowed down the "full term" label.  Instead of being considered full term at 37 weeks, they've changed it to 39 weeks.  You can read the full article here.

FINALLY.

Here's why this makes a heck of a lot more sense (and I'll try to be polite):  Women who are ignorant to their situation or those who don't have much of a "backbone" tend to take their doctor's words to heart without asking questions, or they take in the plethora of internet information out there very literally.  So when they hear that they're "full term" at 37 weeks, it makes them much more likely to schedule a medically unnecessary delivery because they think the baby's ready.  Please tell me you've noticed how many women already have a pre-determined date for their delivery?  What the hell is going on with that?  One of my favorite bloggers has a due date of April 28th but a delivery date of April 21st.  This is someone that I respect and agree with almost 100% of the time, but are you kidding me?  To seriously schedule a delivery date?  Now granted, she has to have cesareans and I do not know her medical history, but I sure would like to know because it boggles my mind.

Let me back up just a bit by saying that in any case where there is a medical issue of some sort, (high blood pressure, etc.) obviously inductions can be and are necessary.  The same goes with cesareans - they can and are necessary for certain situations.

Let me give you an example of a cesarean that I don't believe was necessary:  someone very close to me had a baby who was breech for weeks heading up to her due date.  The doctor told her there was a less than 1% chance that the baby would turn on its own.  (Now I didn't go to medical school for 12 years but I've heard plenty of breech babies turning within hours of spontaneously laboring down.)  So here's this girl:  huge, uncomfortable, very ready to give birth.  She gives in and decides a c-section on her due date is the best option.  Now all her babies will be cesarean births and she has to deal with that painstaking recovery over and over.  There is a possibility that she may have had to go through all of that (even a couple weeks later), but can we just let nature do it's thing, pa-lease??

Here's my issue with inductions:  so many times they lead to cesareans.  I suppose that's where all the pre-determined delivery dates come in.  I'm not kidding, I know more women (these days) who have cesareans than they do vaginal births.  I'm not saying that a vaginal birth is in any way "better" than a c-section, because it's not - a birth is a miracle however it happens.  But come on, to electively choose a cesarean?  It's a surgery!  With all the same risks involved in any surgery!  And there are all those women who have had cesareans for an actual medical reason that have got to be thinking why would you choose this if you don't have to?

Anyways, I'm so so happy with the new terminology for what constitutes a "full term" baby.  Even my own doctors keep telling me "Well, when you reach 39 weeks we can talk about inducing you."

No thanks.  I'll let God be in charge of that.

By the way, I tried searching up an awesomely beautiful pregnancy picture from Pinterest for this post and these are a few that popped up:

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Something else everyone's talking about:

Kim & Kanye are engaged!  Not going to lie, I'm kind of excited - just because I really enjoy seeing people in love.  I mean, what's not celebrate?  Who cares if Kanye is one of the most arrogant idiots on the planet?  He loves his baby, that's obvious, and I love me a good baby daddy.  Congrats you two lovebirds!