Travolta and Preston Suggest a "Silent Birth" to Katie!!- Page 2

[Plum]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:45pm

Kelrel, the possibilities for disaster if you refuse to have a needed C-section are endless. What if the baby can't survive a normal birth due to an irregular heartbeat or lack of oxygen? What if her cervix stops dilating? What if the baby's a breech and can't be turned around? How long do they expect the woman to be in labor? What if she gets exhausted? Frickin' morons. Do they want to go back to the days when dying during childbirth was a normal occurence?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:46pm

Madonna had a C section!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:47pm

Plum, at least in those days, the women could scream.

[KelRel]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:50pm

This scientologists are complete and total idiots!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:54pm

The birth atmosphere of the mother-to-be/new-mother and the newly born should radiate with sociableness and comfort and human warmth. NOT SILENCE!

Updated On: 10/7/05 at 04:54 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:55pm

I wonder if they'll try to get the screaming newborn to shut up, too? I mean, you don't want those hideous cries corrupting his or her little infant mind.

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:56pm

They'll give the little alien the Vulcan Death Grip and shut it right up.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:57pm

I personally know of two botched and very tragic home births in the last year.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:03pm

It gets worse:

Scientologists believe in the "Silent Birth" method, in which newborns are neither poked and prodded in medical tests nor even spoken to in the first 7 days of life. According to their theology, because babies go through so much pain during the birth process, newborn babies should not be subjected to any further pain or sensory experiences that could return later in life to haunt them.


NOT SPOKEN TO IN THE FIRST 7 DAYS OF LIFE?

L Ron Hubbard should be shot.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:14pm

There is no "science" involved in that stupid method.

[ally_kay_on_broadway]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:28pm

this is the creepiest thing i have heard all week...

[keggss23]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:18pm

This kid is going to be messed up just from the media circus surrounding tom and katie without bringing all of this aliens crap into the mix.

[mominator]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:31pm

I knew from the get go that Scientology was messed up, but babies, and that includes newborns need to be spoken to, and sung to. I t is how they associate who they are.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:37pm

I was going to post something snarky, but that info about not speaking to the baby for seven days has so disturbed me...

[beacon1]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:57pm

They have heard their parents voices throughout the pregnancy. Hearing them after birth gives comfort and continuity as they adjust to their new environment. They need reassurance and bonding to know they are safe outside the womb.

What a terrible, terrible way to treat a little baby by being silent around them.

[Millie42]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:07pm

So, no tests can be done to make sure he/she is ok?
What a smart idea!

How could a mother NOT talk to their baby!? I can't be in a room with a dog and not talk to it...let alone a child.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:14pm

Quite right, Millie. A parent's (or any adult's) instinct is to communicate with a baby. Why would you go against what nature has prescribed?

[KelRel]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 9:25pm

We wouldn't but then again Scientologists don't exactly follow nature. I mean Scientology did allow Tom Cruise to breed, how is that natural?

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:21pm

We really, really need a voice feature here, because type cannot properly convey my scream of fury at this utter horses**t. How in the f**king hell can you expect a woman to be silent during labor without drugs?! And not talking to a newborn baby? Um, they *CAN* hear in the womb, you know. They're going to wonder where those comforting, familiar voices they got accustomed to went, and they're going to freak out.
With every day, I hate Tom Cruise more and more.

[vbplayer]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:25pm

"Tom needs to have a watermelon shoved up his ass."

No, Tom needs a watermelon to come out of his pee-pee. His a$$ has seen enough action. Then let's hear him talk the talk.

Disclaimer: I am not a fan of Tom, and his last name (Cruise) fits him well.

(Is Pee-Pee politically correct?)

Updated On: 10/7/05 at 10:25 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:26pm

Why bring it all back to Cruise? Travolta was the one who suggested the procedure, and L. Ron Hubbard was the crank who made up this "religion."

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:35pm

Because we hate Cruise. And, if he agrees to this, he deserves to have it brought back to him. I can't even express how disgusted I am with this "practice."

[hot_brdwy_diva]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:45pm

My sister is not into scientology but her religion also believes in having natural births without drugs. She said it wasn't as horrid as what most women make it out to be. And of course if something should even predict anything going wrong they go straight to a hospital.

Don't assume that if a c-section was neccisary that they wouldn't do it and endanger the baby. A natural birth is only an option if everything checks out ok. (like my sis... she had perfect hip shape and alignment... pretty much a perfect birth with no complications)


The "silent" part and no talking is way out there though. Won't that send the baby into like infant depression?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 11:05pm

My wife had three wonderful natural births with limited intervention and no narcotics. (she never screamed - she used many acting exercises.) I support natural child birth and I am a great advocate of the Bradley Method. (PM me). This was our choice. This "silent birth" crap is nonsense.
Updated On: 10/7/05 at 11:05 PM

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 11:17pm

G-d forbidden Katie gets postpartum during this "silent birth"

Honestly, the more I learn about Scientology, the less I care for it