Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called ‘ Hit a Jew Day . Sadly, it progressed to include “hit a tall person day” and, ultimately, “hit a Jew day”. No need to call me a moron, if I were a tall person and I got hit on “hit a tall person day” I would also like to see these children suspended. I’m not sure if this was a real case of Jew hatred, it might just have well been “hit a black person” or “hit a muslim” day if that would have sprung up in their mind at that moment. I think you’re right — “hit a tall person” is just as bad as “hit a Jew”. read more

I was 2 cm for awhile and by the time they checked on me, I was 8cm and they said that they couldn’t give me an epidural but gave me an intrathecal which lasts for 2 hours. With the birth of my first daughter I should say that I requested one at 3 cm because I was in full labor (contractions every 3-5) and was not even dilated yet. I think anesthesiologists just get busy and may not have the time to administer the epidural if too many women need it at the same time, especially if one still hasn’t decided whether to get one or not. I was 4 cm when I got to the hospital, and the first thing I said to my L&D nurse was, “I’d like my epidural as soon as possible, please. We do our best to keep you from the hardest transitional labor if that is what you want but we cannot see the future and we have to make an educated guess about when the best time for you to receive your IV pain med or epidural. With both of my kids, I did an epidural interview at the hospital a couple of weeks before actually going into labor. read more