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[DrBee]

I had a golden retriever (Allie) that would regularly clear the coffee table of it's contents with her tail. Both of my goldens would wag their tails so hard they're buts would wiggle all over the place. My black lab/golden mix wags his in a circle when he gets excited.

[kelownagirl]

LOL on the wiggling butts! My golden retriever, Angel, (what a misnomer!) knocked two wine glasses off my table the other night and broke the stems of both. Luckily we'd emptied the glasses already (I have a cat named Allie)

[Lise]

Greetings and love to all--

Margo, I shared your post with my sister, who lived in Israel for 15 years. I told her your DP was a refusnik, and she said, "Oh, good man!" She's been part of a group that hosted Israeli refusniks on a speaking tour in the US. As a consequence of that, and of articles she writes, she's become persona-non-grata for many at her synagogue. If you'd like, I can PM you links to some of her articles about Israel/Palestine.

Salsa, hope your mom is doing better, and glad that TE can have a little part in keeping her mind busy.

Nanci--now I'm curious to know what Mazie turns out to be! Funny about genders, right? I can't imagine Ariel being a boy or Isaac being a girl, but when they were babies, what if someone told me they were the opposite?

Decent night on call, and now, to nap. L.

[Tater]

LOL on the wiggling butts! My golden retriever, Angel, (what a misnomer!) knocked two wine glasses off my table the other night and broke the stems of both. Luckily we'd emptied the glasses already (I have a cat named Allie)

I am so glad my Australian Shepherd has his tail docked or he'd be clearing the coffee table as well! He truly is a 'wiggle butt'!

[chickwhorips]

My golden retriever, Angel, (what a misnomer!) knocked two wine glasses off my table the other night and broke the stems of both. Luckily we'd emptied the glasses already (I have a cat named Allie)

peanut loves wine and always tries to drink mine, if its in hand or on table. kiska is more of a beer dog. i think my dogs are lushes.

[Nanci]

She'll probably turn out to be a male, since I've been screaming at BF everytime he calls her a he, that "She's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I'm so excited- I found a program to measure snakes on a computer...

http://www.serpwidgets.com/Apps/apps.html

Guess what I'm doing the second I get home??

[Brina]

our rotts both have their tails docked. I can't imagine the damage they would do with tails. Our third dog is a spare parts dog (she looks like she was made out of spare parts). When we first got her she was severely traumatized and severely malnourished (less than half of her current weight). One night, about a month after she joined our family we hear this thumping sound. We start ripping the house apart trying to find the source of the sound. It was mamie wagging her tail against the wood floors.

Margo, I cannot imagine what it is like living in your country right now. I have friends there and worry about them all the time.

[Trek420]

Margo, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Yesterday my Mom and my sister who is Duck on Wheels here were at the Hiroshima Day observence in Santa Rosa.

Have we learned nothing?

[DrBee]

[QUOTE=Trek420
Have we learned nothing? [/QUOTE]

Unfortunately not.

[DrBee]

No posts last night??? That's odd.

I finally had the opportunity to try out the new shorts this morning! Yippee! Wow there was a lot of traffic out there today. Anyhoo - I like the shorts! They're not perfect, but they are comfy and better than what I had before

I have switched from Allegra to Clarinex for my skin sensitivity issues. Last night was the first night on the Clarinex - woo was I dizzy! I'm happy to say that I was not dizzy today and felt so much more alert. The Allegra was making me really zoned out.

Today - I go get my eyes checked and get new contacts

Lise - how did the shift go? Any new babies?

[Lise]

I know...a lull in Thread Drift!

No new babies for me on that shift. I am glad to say that I got to sleep from 11:30 to 3 AM, got paged by two patients, told one to come to the hospital, and then slept again until she got there. It makes such a difference to get > 2 hr sleep.

The shift before that--Saturday--there was a beautiful birth of a little girl whose parents are Sudanese. We were in our Alternative Birth Center, so she delivered on a queen-sized bed, with me kneeling next to her on the bed. As soon as the baby was out and crying loudly, the dad jumped up, came around the side of the bed, threw his arms around me, started kissing my cheek, and saying THANK YOU! THANK YOU! It was so sweet. To see a dad so thrilled with the birth of his daughter. I've delivered over 600 babies--I've never been hugged and kissed like that by the dad! I was standing there with a sterile gown and gloves on, feeling very midwestern and stiff! After all the "protective gear" was off, I gave him, the mom, and their friend big hugs as well. Who knew? The Sudanese are huggers! What a blessing. Every now and then I get to be part of a birth like that. Helps me remember how much I love my job.

[Brina]

Lise, I have a kind of controversial question for you. If people prefer, I will delete this off of thread drift.

I assume as a midwife you get the more "alternative" parents rather than the straight and narrow types. What are the circumcision stats among your clientel? I was amazed at the difference in numbers between when I lived in Evanston and when we moved just 10 minutes north.

[Lise]

Lise, I have a kind of controversial question for you. If people prefer, I will delete this off of thread drift.

I assume as a midwife you get the more "alternative" parents rather than the straight and narrow types. What are the circumcision stats among your clientel? I was amazed at the difference in numbers between when I lived in Evanston and when we moved just 10 minutes north.

The rate is low, but not because they're "alternative", but rather because we have a high proportion of Hispanic patients, who generally don't circ their babies. Not the answer you expected, right?! Our practice is the second oldest CNM midwifery practice in the city (oldest is at Cook County Hospital). When the practice started, ~ 30 years ago, it was mostly privately insured couples looking for the "alternative" midwifery experience. Our practice has evolved, and the patient mix is about 60% public aid clinics, 5-10% HMO, and the rest our "private" clinic. Some of the women from the public and HMO clinics are there because they sought us out, but many just walked in the door because that's what their insurance covers. They're happy with the midwifery care (if they don't want to see midwives, we refer them to our docs' clinic), but they didn't necessarily "choose" us for our philosophy. The clinic where I see patients is largely Hispanic, with a fair number of African immigrants, and the occasional American-born of various ethnicities.

If you'd like to discuss the specific question further, let's PM, OK? L.

[Lise]

Here's the deal--last Thursday I noticed that I was having this wierd feeling in my chest, put my fingers on my pulse, and realized that the wierd feeling was my heart skipping beats. No pain, no shortness of breath, but uncomfortable, and irregular. Called the doc's office, am going in today for an EKG and whatever else she wants to do. I've laid off the training for the most part--I did run 3.5 miles Sat, and felt fine.

I'm just trying to act like a grownup instead of a rebellious kid. I want to ride my bike to the doc's, have her say, "It's all in your head" or "It's a benign arrythmia, you're fine", and then go out for a long ride. I have a tri in 11 days, and I'm not training this week. So what! If something's wrong, it's smart to wait and see, and then follow the advice of my doc. Sheesh. I am the worst patient.

Sooo...I'm going to drive to the doc's. Then I can go by the LBS, and buy a bike stand with my birthday gift certificates! I'm also going to get the Celeste water bottle cages to match my beauteous Bianchi. I thought it was silly to get matching cages when I got the bike...and I've been dreaming of them ever since! I saw a picture of a Bianchi with the celeste cages in mimitabby's RSVP pix, and made up my mind. If there's time after that, and I've been cleared by my doc, I'll get a ride in.

Of course I'll let you know what the doc says. L.

[Trek420]

gaack, I hate being a grownup when I want to be the rebellious kid. But good call Lise. Let us know how things work out, I hope you're ok.

So I take it your heart wasn't skipping a beat over anyone?