[lbo-talk] The business of being born

Joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Mon Jun 2 21:59:10 PDT 2008


shag wrote:
> When that sculpture came out of Britney Spears giving birth, a list member
> here, Deb Rogers, noted that a lot of celebrities and wealthy women
> schedule early c-sections in order to give birth before the worst of the
> stretch marks happen and also so that they can schedule plastic surgery
> right afterward. That way, they come out 6 weeks or so after the birth
> date should have been, with a baby actually born earlier, and a body
> thinned and toned by the wonder of surgery.
>
Of course, c sections are far more dangerous than vaginal births and premature birth has some negative consequences for the baby. So I wonder what exactly they think they're "controlling."

Joanna



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