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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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 Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| Gord wrote: |
Context, missy. He was talking about travelling to Korea to give birth to a child, as this is a thread talking about travelling to other countries to give birth to a child.
Context is what keeps our sentences working together towards a common goal. If we choose to ignore context, then we could ramdomly quote single sentences and give them new meanings all the time. Like this:
There was an extra free fifty paintballs for me too that I was given just by showing up early.
See, without context we cannot maintain a continual conversation along a common theme.
So now that you have been enlightened to how context work, keep the information in hand and remember it for next time you wish to reply to something out of context. Without context, sentences are meaningless! I also accept your apologies in advance for your outward hostility and namecalling you have done towards me. |
It's called a tangent Gord. This usually happens in normal conversations and message boards. But I'm guessing from your last paragraph here, that you knew that already. It seems quite clear that your replies to Corporal are nothing more than badly-disguised flames to get back at her for this above mentioned "namecalling". |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Real Reality, Childbirth in Korea.. interesting topic..... I was wondering, for those who have given birth in Korea, how open/co-operative are medical professionals with regards to including the parents in the process, answering questions, respecting birthing options, pain management wishes, fathers presence in delivery room etc... Are hospitals sanctuaries?, and medical practitioners quasi-dieties? Can patients make eye contact with doctors in Korea?, or do they have to prostrate themselves before the holy snakes and staff? |
I'll try not to gross anyone out with my answers. At least at the hospital I was at, they had no problem with my husband being in the room with me (I did tell them before he was going to be there, though, whether they liked it or not). And during labour, at first when I wanted an epidural (needle in your spine, pain killer) the nurses tried to tell me they didn't have those in Korea. I was like, "that's very funny, now give me the damn needle". When I started puking on them they decided I wasn't joking about how much it hurt and they called the epidural guy in. Other than that, they weren't very good about letting me know what they were doing BEFORE they did it, which was my major complaint. The nurses also tried to prevent me from showering/washing up after giving birth. I had to show them I was physically prepared to walk down the hall myself to the bathrooms if they didn't assist me, and after that they grudgingly relented, still convinced that somehow I was doing myself a great damage by cleaning myself up. 
I definitely felt that I was given more latitude because I was a foreigner, overall. |
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steroidmaximus
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: GangWon-Do
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:35 am Post subject: |
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you may have mentioned this before Corporal, but did you have a natural birth?
I was surprised by the amount of 'care' that was showered on my wife; they treated her as if she were seriously invalid. Don;t move around, keep the windows closed for 2-3 weeks, no showering. . .personally I thought it was doing more harm than good. BUT. . .my wife expected it, and towed the line, despite my research and annecdotal evidence to the contrary. Oh well.
Our bill? less than 600000 all told for the delivery, but there were some tests that cost a pretty penny. . . .
More in tune with the OP, at the college I work at, all three of the female full timers in the English dept. have delivered their kids in the US. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| How do you mean natural? Unmedicated? If so, then no I didn't. And I only stayed in the hospital two days, and after that I did whatever I wanted. I showered like a madwoman lol! |
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