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In reply to the discussion: Me vs CP and DU (the long story, for those who don't know it) [View all]sibelian
(7,804 posts)6. I remember.
(((((Ida)))))
You are SO AWESOME! Am I allowed to feel proud of you? I do! I feel so proud that you carried on with this while DU was howling at you, that was VERY revealing.
BRAVO!!!!
I've long been amazed at the way pregnancy is treated by medicine and I think I said at the time to you that I have sisters and they and my mother gave me radically different and sometimes horrifying stories about their pregnacy experiences which was enough to me to see that there's a long way to go before women are taken even vaguely seriously in this area of human existence.
It's utterly, utterly BAFFLING to me, the attitude. Who's your main source of information about child development? THE MOTHER. Who's the person who gets TOLD the most about child development? THE MOTHER. BACKWARDS! ALL BACKWARDS!
Anyway I think I said all that when we talked about it at the time.
You are totally fricken heroic, Ida, I'm so pleased you stuck to your guns.
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i'm curious if you mean that you want her to make lots of money off the study she's been posting
CreekDog
Dec 2015
#132
Thank you, Ida, for putting your story out here. I guess you'll just have to continue step by step.
NBachers
Dec 2015
#23
No- some of it's just trying to find a right & acceptable way to say shitty things to people.
NBachers
Dec 2015
#126
Lol! There is truth in that. Maybe we do it with our political beliefs, too?
IdaBriggs
Dec 2015
#129
Been awhile since I've seen your name. I'll be watching for your posts
Half-Century Man
Dec 2015
#26
SO interesting. Great share. I am not a member of the preemie community, but am an avid medical/
joanbarnes
Dec 2015
#36
My preemie is celebrating his 53rd birthday today! Glad all is well with you...n/t
monmouth4
Dec 2015
#38
No, because cerebral palsy by definition is an incurable permanent mobility disorder.
IdaBriggs
Dec 2015
#117
This is something far more people in this thread need to read and understand
mythology
Dec 2015
#109
Who is going to fund research that challenges the paradigm and won't make a profit for anyone?
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#124
People like IdaBriggs figured out how important folate was in avoiding birth defects
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#121
A simple prophylactic, low risk intervention for premature infants would be worth millions
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2015
#133
No, it really wouldn't, because it involves preexisting supplements -- not some new drug.
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#134
She ISN'T touting this as proven. She's reporting how hard she's been working to get attention
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#136
It took the American Academy of Pediatrics 14 years and 15 studies before they finally
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#137
Can you link to your 501 (c) 3? I can't find it with the IRS lookup tool or Charity Navigator.
LeftyMom
Dec 2015
#138