Today was another doctor visit -- all is well, with Ziggy in the 130-140+ BPM range. As we're into full term territory, we'll be visiting the doc again on Monday (if nothing eventful happens before then), at which time she can take a closer look at Ziggy's progress with a fetal monitor and other gadget goodies.
Incidentally, demonstrating once more that every hour, day, and week of the year is allocated to some kind of motivational awareness event, happy World Breastfeeding Week! (August 1-7) Yes, while walking to a lunch in Bellevue, I saw a large banner hanging from the hospital overlooking the freeway, proclaiming the event. Apparently it celebrates the 1990 signing of the "Innocenti Declaration", which sounds to me like a Harry Potter spell name, and reads like, well, like the kind of document that would be signed at a World Health Organization event. There are WBW kits, t-shirts, onesies, bookmarks, and even an excellent door-hanging do-not-disturb sign (to the right). This is all goodness and helps promote visibility of another best-for-baby medical opinion flip flop in the last 20-30 years (see also: in what orientation the baby should sleep, foods/drinks during pregnancy, medication during labor, etc.)Just a minor rant about a few billboards around Seattle we've seen, which offer somewhat more judgmental messages about both breastfeeding and circumcision. While billboards are fine for promoting and selling products (well, maybe except that Zune campaign that neither said 'Zune' anywhere on the sign, nor mentioned what the device actually did), the parenting ones seem a little more Big Brother-ish, creepy, and antagonizing. It's fine to cite the positives or to offer assistance resources, but it seems less appropriate to make blanket and potentially guilt/stress-inducing judgments. We've had friends struggle with medical and comfort issues (for baby and mother alike), and a stark billboard doesn't seem to do anything positive here. I say stick with good messages that actually carry some reasonable information, like the one for WBW.
There, that's the end of my rant for today -- I'm going to go drink some formula now. Kidding!
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It appears that those stark and creepy billboards are part of a national campaign by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health...Big Brother indeed!
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