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...couple weeks before delivering her second baby Rocco, Madonna found herself in a "pre-partum" depression: "I get to the end of my day sometimes, and I think, 'OK, I'm pregnant. I'm fat. I can't exercise. I can't wear cool clothes. I don't feel like dancing. And there's absolutely nothing remotely cool or cutting-edge about me right now. I've become a domesticated cow. Sometimes I burst into tears just thinking about...
...twins' parents might be surprised to know that this aspect of their position against the separation takes a page from the abortion rights handbooks. The pro-choice stance, which is theoretically anathema to these parents' beliefs, holds that if a pregnant woman feels unable to care for a child, she should not be required to carry the fetus to term. Jodie and Mary's parents argue against an ostensibly life-saving procedure because they are worried that saving one child could result in severe financial and emotional hardship for the family. In their minds, it's better for both children...
...Sensibility" browses the back room of the canon to find what was really on early modern minds. Some may say the basics never change--man, woman, etc.--but "Sex and Sensibility" calls out a host of whores, hermaphrodites, and pregnant nuns to bring 18th-century gender perplexity out of the funky armoire...
Having just four menstrual cycles a year may not be as unnatural as it sounds. Studies of ancestral societies in Africa and Australia suggest that historically women have spent most of their fertile years either pregnant or nursing. As a result, they averaged about 150 periods between puberty and menopause, compared with 400 in developed countries today. Indeed, the risk of such modern medical ills as endometriosis is believed to increase with the number of menstrual cycles a woman goes through...
...lives. Similar laws that provide those choosing between abortion and adoption a greater sense of confidence in the adoption process might encourage more women to make that choice. Abortion counseling can make those options known to the mother, but we must strengthen the nature of choices available to a pregnant mother to make that choice real...