The Old Folks Home

[getaclue]

Mine were all C sections. They don't cut new territory each time, but do cut out the old scar tissue, so it's thin, and looks new each time.

A good friend of mine had 4 kids. The first, she got there on time, and went through it all. The second time, she walked in fully dilated, sat in a birthing chair, and was back in the lobby carrying the baby, before her husband got all the paperwork filled out. The third, had it's head out by the time they got to the hospital, but they were pre-registered, so they left right after. The fourth, she had on the front seat, right after they got in the car. They hadn't even left the house yet. She and her husband cleaned up the baby, cleaned her up, and they walked into the hospital, her carrying the baby, umbilical cord still attached. Once again, they were pre-registered. They took her in one of the little side rooms, cut the cord, checked the baby over, and sent her on her way. Shortly after that, she got herself fixed.

 

[drumstick diva]

I needn't worry anymore at 71+ no more kids but I would have loved more - was 38 when my son was born

 

[Alaskan]

Had a milk truck driver tell me once that he had never seen any of his kids get delivered, waited in the waiting room, but had to deliver one himself in a snow storm didn't make it to the hospital.
DW had all ours pretty quick but never had her water break until the last one, just leaking, pretty funny. She was about in tears embarrassed soaking wet shoes and feet walking into the hospital.
I watched all of ours come into the world naturally no c section , pretty disgusting if you ask me, I'd have rather never saw it but had no choice, unreal crazy devastating trauma for me... Marines ain't got nothing compared to that ... like watching 'Aliens' up close ... I'd rather gut a deer any day than see that again..
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I thought about that movie aliens ALOT with our first kid.

Mine were all C sections. They don't cut new territory each time, but do cut out the old scar tissue, so it's thin, and looks new each time.

A good friend of mine had 4 kids. The first, she got there on time, and went through it all. The second time, she walked in fully dilated, sat in a birthing chair, and was back in the lobby carrying the baby, before her husband got all the paperwork filled out. The third, had it's head out by the time they got to the hospital, but they were pre-registered, so they left right after. The fourth, she had on the front seat, right after they got in the car. They hadn't even left the house yet. She and her husband cleaned up the baby, cleaned her up, and they walked into the hospital, her carrying the baby, umbilical cord still attached. Once again, they were pre-registered. They took her in one of the little side rooms, cut the cord, checked the baby over, and sent her on her way. Shortly after that, she got herself fixed.

That is fast!

There is one couple in town that I know... they got out of their house... and whoosh! Out came the baby, mom was just standing there on the side of the parking area...

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Oh, they are just so freakin cute! Is that first one a black silkie? And the last one is so tiny!

I just reminded DH about the Guinea eggs. Amish neighbo around the corner has a small flock of guineas. May try to get 6 from him and see what happens. I'd pretty much figured that about quail, which is why I politely declined the egg offer and said 'Me want Guineas' Our friend just shook his head. He'd been NPIP in the past and said he'd done Guineas once....never again. When I mentioned Guinea eggs to DH he reminded me that we were doing Fayoumis this year. I said yeah, Fayoumis AND guineas.

Frankly, insane birds would probably be right at home here.

SGC is that a sweater and scarf that I see on Ripley? You old softy.

9 guineas is enough for me. They live with the chickens and turkeys but keep to themselves mostly. They will break up fights and take on the tom as well

That is Ripley's harness so she doesn't crush her trachea when she pulls. It has loops so she can carry things (like her own poop) but she broke the bag jumping into a tree after a scent. I gotta sew the strap back on today.

 

[Peep_Show]

Never was blessed with children (just as well as the then-husband was not father material.) But was present for both of my sister's kids.

My cousin -- who weighs about 100 lbs -- is a mommy machine! With the last one she had (her third) the water broke on her way to gym class, so she detoured to the birthing center and was home cooking Christmas Eve dinner that night for all the relatives in for the holiday. Insane! (She said all the good takeout places were closed.)

So different from when I was born. They knocked Mom out at the hospital and kept her for a couple of days. None of this "Let nature do its thing and PUSH" for ladies in that era....nor husbands in the room.

 

[Peep_Show]

Wild quail do incubate once the clutch is all laid (about 12-14 eggs.) Until then they're "drop and forage." Sadly, if the dogs find a nest in our backyard, it's all over for a peace-and-quiet existence and hatching as they'll worry the area and not leave it alone. I've incubated quite a few batches of Gambel's Quail which then were rehomed at the Nature Center. Did you know a clutch of wild quail eggs will all hatch out within 90 minutes of the first pip of the first egg?

Raised domestic quail when I was a teenager... Not a cost-effective enterprise, but the eggs were tasty.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Forgive my ignorant question, but what does one usually do with quail? They seem far too small to eat, and the eggs you'd need a ton to equal one chicken egg.

 

[chickadoodles]

Hello all. Spring is springing up here.
How's everyone doing?

 

[bruceha2000]

Apparently quail eggs are a delicacy. I've never bought them but IIRC they want like $6 for 6 at the health food store. No idea why they would be so expensive, given quail start laying around 6-8 weeks. No 5 or 6 months of waiting like for a chicken to start. And yeah it does look like you would need a half dozen to be equal to 1 chicken egg.

The government should subsidize the purchase. I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs.

See they WANT you to smoke and drink because they get a lot of tax money from that, much more than from ice cream. Even though they don't want you to smoke and drink because it is bad for you, especially the smoking part.

We went over the frozen pond again today and watched some snowmobilers. Some were flying across it,

I was doing about 105 KPH (62 MPH) on the way up to get DD1 Saturday. There were 4 people on snow machines riding parallel to the highway. They were going faster than I was. Hope they don't hit a big bump they didn't see. I suspect one would get thrown pretty far and painfully.

Now how am I going to 'splain that one to DH? LOL!

Especially since he thinks you are going to incubate Guinea pig eggs!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Hello all. Spring is springing up here.
How's everyone doing?

snowing like a banshee here, but I'm hopeful spring is right around the corner.

Got the stars bound today, and started cutting for my next quilting adventure: bigfoot.