1369 Awesome CF quotes

 

 

 

Apr. 18, 2003

 

 

"Voluntarily childless women show higher levels of overall well-
being, rate themselves as more autonomous with greater environmental
mastery, and are less likely to have a child-related regret."
from Jeffries S, Konnert C. "Regret and psychological well-being
among voluntarily and involuntarily childless women and mothers." Int
J Aging Hum Dev 2002; 54(2): 89-106.

"According to their own accounts, the women lived happily without
children, though problems arose in their meeting with others (family,
friends, colleagues) who did not accept their choice of life-style."
from Fjell TI. "Voluntarily childless women – wherein lies the
problem?" Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2002 Jan 10; 122(1): 76-8.

"Childless wives have higher mean levels of satisfaction than do
mothers."
from Polonko KA, Scanzoni J, Teachman JD. "Childlessness and marital
satisfaction: a further assessment." J Fam Issues 1982 Dec; 3(4): 545-
73.

"Almost half the women would have preferred an earlier
[sterilization] operation."
from Bordahl PE. "Tubal sterilization. A prospective long term
investigation of 218 sterilized women." Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
Suppl 1984; 128:1-56.

"There did not appear to be a significantly higher rate of regret in
nulliparous women undergoing tubal ligation than that seen in studies
of parous women. Feelings of unhappiness with regard to sterility
were not related to age at the time of request."
from Benjamin L, Rubinstein LM, Kleinkopf V. "Elective sterilization
in childless women." Fertil Steril 1980 Aug; 34(2): 116-20.

"The cumulative probability of regret…was lowest among women who had
no previous births."
from Hillis SD, et al. "Poststerilization regret: findings from the
United States Collaborative Review of Sterilization." Obstet Gynecol
1999 Jun; 93(6): 889-95.

"Approximately 40% of the women who decided for sterilization but had
their intentions blocked expressed regret at the short-term follow-
up, and one-third reported regret at the second interview 4 years
later. Also, women who chose not to be sterilized and then
experienced a subsequent pregnancy were 7 times more likely to
express regret than women who went through with the procedure."
from "Sterilization. Determining a good candidate." Contracept Techol
Update 1993 May; 14(5): 75.

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1370ICQ w/ skye last nite

 

1370ICQ w/A last nite

 

Apr. 18, 2003

SkyeDS: Linda passed early this am.
evile: I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully she wasn't in pain.
SkyeDS: I don't think so, she was on a morphine drip. Yesterday I
took her a lock of TBone's tail and she
cried.
evile: aww. That was very thoughtful of you. It's good to know people
care about you. Even if you're
wacked out on morphine & stuff.
SkyeDS: I"m lucky I didn't get shot for trespassing. Leslie wasn't
there when I went out to her ranch.
evile: yup. They take that kind of thing seriously here in TX
evile: I don't know what to say...sucks to lose a friend. With
cancer...I kind of feel like the quicker it
happens, the better, unfortunately.
SkyeDS: the doctor said she should have gone last Saturday. She
evidently didn't agree.
evile: She was brave to hang on as long as she did. I hope the people
taking care of her estate do right by
her.
SkyeDS: her children are dead set that they're going to.
evile: It's hard to get stuff taken care of when you're grieving.
They're brave, too.
SkyeDS: I really like her kids. They're all just a little older than
me.
evile: It's good that there are more than one. That will help. They
can lean on each other.
SkyeDS: they don't think Mack (her husband) will make it six months
without her. I'm afraid they might
be right about that.
evile: Widowers seem to have a harder time going on. I've noticed
that, too.
SkyeDS: but then I didn't think Gramma would go long after Grampa and
she is.
evile: I guess she's found new reasons to live, things to keep her
going. Men really depend on marriage &
their spouses. More than women, I think, for most of their deep
emotional needs.
SkyeDS: Linda was trying very hard to hold out for the birth of
another grandbaby first week of June
evile: If there are grandkids or other critters that need taken care
of, maybe Mack will stay around.
SkyeDS: I'm taking one of the critters I think, he's keeping one and
adopting the others out, and yes
grandbabies.
evile: As long as the family keeps him in the loop & lets him feel
needed, I think that will keep him
going.
evile: I hope. It would be hard to lose both parents in a short
period of time, hard for the grandkids to deal
with, too.
evile: I can't believe I'm tired again...but I guess I should go to
bed.