Comments on: Bioshock http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/ By Common Consent is the pre-eminent Mormon blog. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Randy B. http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177719 Randy B. Thu, 01 May 2008 15:41:29 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177719 An amazing story. Thanks for sharing, and let me add to the chorus of well-wishers who are glad mom and baby are okay! I think this is a fascinating idea -- the notion that we may have no real comprehension of our strengths, or weaknesses for that matter, despite extensive prior experience. Interesting stuff. An amazing story. Thanks for sharing, and let me add to the chorus of well-wishers who are glad mom and baby are okay!

I think this is a fascinating idea — the notion that we may have no real comprehension of our strengths, or weaknesses for that matter, despite extensive prior experience. Interesting stuff.

]]> By: kate http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177705 kate Thu, 01 May 2008 12:55:14 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177705 I have something to add to comment 22: Endorphins. Adrenaline. Divine Intervention. I had a very similar situation; after multiple anesthesia options, including extensive labor, epidurals and several spinal attempts, which worked at points, 15 doctors in my room, they finally put me under at the end of my emergency c-section. I'll save the gory details and desperation, but it makes me thrilled that you did not have my experience and are able to enjoy your baby girl. My body eventually recovered, but I learned I'm not elastigirl, and that its a good thing I've never done drugs--anesthesia, massive doses of morphine, etc. have little effect on my body. I have something to add to comment 22: Endorphins. Adrenaline. Divine Intervention. I had a very similar situation; after multiple anesthesia options, including extensive labor, epidurals and several spinal attempts, which worked at points, 15 doctors in my room, they finally put me under at the end of my emergency c-section. I’ll save the gory details and desperation, but it makes me thrilled that you did not have my experience and are able to enjoy your baby girl. My body eventually recovered, but I learned I’m not elastigirl, and that its a good thing I’ve never done drugs–anesthesia, massive doses of morphine, etc. have little effect on my body.

]]> By: Keryn http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177697 Keryn Thu, 01 May 2008 03:49:45 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177697 Reading this story is amazing to me--Wow. Just wow. I'm so glad that you and your baby are well--congratulations. And thanks for a thought-provoking essay about bodies and souls, too. I'm amazed you have such profound thoughts so soon after having a baby (much less in such a manner)--I think my first coherent thought after giving birth to my first was probably three months later! Reading this story is amazing to me–Wow. Just wow. I’m so glad that you and your baby are well–congratulations. And thanks for a thought-provoking essay about bodies and souls, too. I’m amazed you have such profound thoughts so soon after having a baby (much less in such a manner)–I think my first coherent thought after giving birth to my first was probably three months later!

]]> By: Ann http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177696 Ann Thu, 01 May 2008 03:29:34 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177696 Endorphins. Adrenaline. The human body is an amazing thing. Maybe making the jump to immortal won't be as big a transition as we think! Endorphins. Adrenaline.

The human body is an amazing thing.

Maybe making the jump to immortal won’t be as big a transition as we think!

]]> By: Jacob J http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177694 Jacob J Thu, 01 May 2008 02:59:36 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177694 Congratulations to you and J. I cannot even imagine how painful that must have been. You are amazing. Congratulations to you and J. I cannot even imagine how painful that must have been. You are amazing.

]]> By: Tracy M http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177683 Tracy M Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:32:26 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177683 Hooray for babies. Super hooray for strong mamas. Congratulations again- and I'm glad you are healing and your sweet baby is nursing well. Hooray for babies. Super hooray for strong mamas. Congratulations again- and I’m glad you are healing and your sweet baby is nursing well.

]]> By: Mark B. http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177679 Mark B. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:26:44 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177679 Congratulations! You should consider yourself specially linked to that noble woman who bore an ancestor of Julius Caesar (and thus gave the surgery its name). There are those who claim there is no truth to the story, but it was good enough for Pliny the Elder in the 1st Century, and that's good enough for me. She wasn't anesthetized either. Congratulations!

You should consider yourself specially linked to that noble woman who bore an ancestor of Julius Caesar (and thus gave the surgery its name). There are those who claim there is no truth to the story, but it was good enough for Pliny the Elder in the 1st Century, and that’s good enough for me.

She wasn’t anesthetized either.

]]> By: Edje http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177678 Edje Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:12:02 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177678 Congratulations! Congratulations!

]]> By: capt jack http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177676 capt jack Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:44:05 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177676 Congratulations to you both. Congratulations to you both.

]]> By: Jami http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177675 Jami Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:40:18 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/04/bioshock/#comment-177675 Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. It never ceases to amaze me how amazing our bodies can be. Surgery without medication-wow! And you are both thriving. That's wonderful! Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. It never ceases to amaze me how amazing our bodies can be. Surgery without medication-wow! And you are both thriving. That’s wonderful!

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