Women to consider themselves 'pre-pregnant'

[samvara]

Forever Pregnant Reactions? Am curious here.

ED: Based on responses; I got this from jupitah.

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Best article so far thank you maharetr. "So why did the WaPo misrepresent this report? Hell, they don’t even mention how important birth control is to this entire project except in passing at the bottom of the article. I think it’s because it’s a political hot potato to openly admit that the two most important steps towards reducing the infant mortality rate and improving the health of newborns in general is to get health care to every woman and to empower women with the knowledge and tools they need to get pregnant only when they want to."

Comments

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

How would they be monitoring this?

I think it's a silly idea to bring in official guidelines regarding this. Like as in dumb. I don't agree with it at all. Sure, if you want to get pregnant, then it's your choice as to whether you suddenly stop eating all these perfectly normal things (unless you have a condition that prevents you from.. whatever) to prepare your body for a possible conception (and be prepared, if you really like it, not to drink caffine for years if you have a problem conceiving...), then that's up to you.

me? sure, take folic acid, make sure you have vitamins and eat all your RDI of veges and stuff... like a normal person. personally, people are going to be drinking and what ever during the first few weeks of pregnancy, cause unless you're super intune with your body, you're not going to know you're pregnant for at least 14 days or so.

So, this would be a negative response to that. (sorry - I decided about this when a friend of mine decided to go on a pre-pregnancy diet, and I thought it was the stupidest idea eva. Just my opinion.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Monitoring... I imagine there could be nasty repercussions in the area of insurance and liability, these are Americans we're talking about after all.