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- From: dlin@weber.ucsd.edu (Diane Lin)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: "my wife and I are pregnant", revisited
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:16:33 GMT
- Organization: University of California, San Diego
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- Message-ID: <1h80jhINN1ua@network.ucsd.edu>
- References: <1gqtnhINN95@crcnis1.unl.edu> <31323@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> <1992Dec22.151651.13614@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
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- Summary: what shameful treatment!
-
- In article <1992Dec22.151651.13614@afterlife.ncsc.mil> adculha@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Andrew Culhane) writes:
- >[...]
- >Claimer: Most of my friends, acquaintances, health care professionals, and
- >downright strangers were much more determined to downplay my role in the
- >pregnancy than my wife and I were. I went with my wife to all of here
- >pregnancy checkups, and I was always the only man in the office (except
- >for one of the obstetricians). The (female) receptionists, nurses, and
- >doctors ignored me or talked around me to my wife.
- [...]
-
- I feel very sorry for anyone who had to put up with such behavior
- during what should be a joyous time in one's life. My husband
- accompanied me to all the prenatal visits, and my obstetrician (a
- man) included him fully in all discussions. I even brought my
- teenaged nephew in one time with us so he could hear the baby's
- heartbeat, and the doctor was very careful to ask Ben if he had any
- questions about my pregnancy!
-
- --
- Diane C. Lin "Live now; make *now* always the
- dlin@weber.ucsd.edu most precious time. Now will
- (Dylan's mom, 2 years) never come again." (ST:TNG)
-