The Bump doesn't understand the term "Feminists" apparently...

Janimal · October 2011

This is from the email I got from TB about being 37 weeks.

your body is changing

Today brings two beautiful words: full-term. Now, whenever baby's born, he's likely to thrive. Also thriving? Your nesting instincts, which are behind those sudden urges to bake, clean, or embroider a onesie. (Feminists, take your issue up with nature, not with us.)

Umm...so feminists aren't supposed to like baking I suppose. And I guess it must be going against "nature" to be a feminist, huh.

(I consider myself a feminist. And I consider whoever wrote this to not understand what feminism is and shouldn't be writing about feminism to a group of women.)

rubycitrine · October 2011

According to TB, I'd better turn in my feminist card, because I like to bake and cook. I also like to wear makeup and shave my armpits. LOL

It's sad, because the word 'feminist' has been hijacked and rehijacked by so many groups with various agendas. TB is proof of that. Or maybe they've just hired ignorant interns to write their eblast copy.

phelpsam · October 2011

How much you want to bet a MAN wrote that one?

MrsCaddyshack · October 2011

phelpsam:
How much you want to bet a MAN wrote that one?

My thoughts exactly!

mandapanda78 · October 2011

I do most of the cooking and cleaning in my house, plus I plan to be a SAHM. Where do I turn in my feminist card?

MrsG.060708 · October 2011

I love to bake, I do most of the cleaning and cooking and I'm a SAHM...guess I need to turn mine in too!

Janimal · October 2011

I'd also like to know who is embroidering onesies.

littlewinnie15 · October 2011

Janimal:
I'd also like to know who is embroidering onesies.

I cannot tell a lie, I would *totally* embroider some onesies if my sewing machine had the setting and I had the know-how! Embarrassed

sarahjames9 · October 2011

Janimal:
I'd also like to know who is embroidering onesies.

haha!

MommaErica · October 2011

Eh, blow it off. The Bump clearly doesn't know what "full term" means either. I realized The Bump was a dumb place to look for information the first time I read through their pregnancy check list.

Kit15 · October 2011

littlewinnie15:
Janimal:
I'd also like to know who is embroidering onesies.
I cannot tell a lie, I would *totally* embroider some onesies if my sewing machine had the setting and I had the know-how!

Me too...if it were not for the same reasons AND the fact I already have a large pile of unfinished baby knitting to get done! Embarrassed

littlewinnie15 · October 2011

MommaErica:
Eh, blow it off. The Bump clearly doesn't know what "full term" means either. I realized The Bump was a dumb place to look for information the first time I read through their pregnancy check list.

You've mentioned this before, but almost EVERY source I've found states that 37 weeks is "full term". Including the National Library of Medicine, which says:

At birth, a baby is classified as one of the following:

Premature (less than 37 weeks gestation)
Full term (37 to 42 weeks gestation)
Post term (born after 42 weeks gestation)

(I posted the link to the site the last time this came up....)

Anyway, not to get all semantic-y, but I think there must be a little grey area on that definition....

MommaErica · October 2011

littlewinnie15:
MommaErica:
Eh, blow it off. The Bump clearly doesn't know what "full term" means either. I realized The Bump was a dumb place to look for information the first time I read through their pregnancy check list.
You've mentioned this before, but almost EVERY source I've found states that 37 weeks is "full term". Including the National Library of Medicine, which says:
At birth, a baby is classified as one of the following:
Premature (less than 37 weeks gestation)
Full term (37 to 42 weeks gestation)
Post term (born after 42 weeks gestation)
(I posted the link to the site the last time this came up....)
Anyway, not to get all semantic-y, but I think there must be a little grey area on that definition....

Maybe lay sources aren't as picky. Every textbook I've ever used has defined it pretty clearly. There is a difference between term and full term. Maybe it is "semantic-y" of me to harp on it but, the level of scientific literacy in this country is so abysmal, I always feel like I'm contributing to ignorance when I let these things go.

littlewinnie15 · October 2011

MommaErica:
littlewinnie15:
MommaErica:
Eh, blow it off. The Bump clearly doesn't know what "full term" means either. I realized The Bump was a dumb place to look for information the first time I read through their pregnancy check list.
You've mentioned this before, but almost EVERY source I've found states that 37 weeks is "full term". Including the National Library of Medicine, which says:
At birth, a baby is classified as one of the following:
Premature (less than 37 weeks gestation)
Full term (37 to 42 weeks gestation)
Post term (born after 42 weeks gestation)
(I posted the link to the site the last time this came up....)
Anyway, not to get all semantic-y, but I think there must be a little grey area on that definition....

Maybe lay sources aren't as picky. Every textbook I've ever used has defined it pretty clearly. There is a difference between term and full term. Maybe it is "semantic-y" of me to harp on it but, the level of scientific literacy in this country is so abysmal, I always feel like I'm contributing to ignorance when I let these things go.

Eh, we all have those things that get under our skin. I just never knew there was really a different between "term" and "full term" until you mentioned it...in all of my pg books, it seems to refer to 37 weeks as "full term". I bet you're right though, lay sources probably aren't as picky to distinguish between the two terms.

Bananappeal145 · October 2011

Really? Ugh. I suppose I'll have to hand in my feminist card as well. I purchased a bra today instead of burning it.

Liz1485 · October 2011

MommaErica:
littlewinnie15:

MommaErica:
Eh, blow it off. The Bump clearly doesn't know what "full term" means either. I realized The Bump was a dumb place to look for information the first time I read through their pregnancy check list.

You've mentioned this before, but almost EVERY source I've found states that 37 weeks is "full term". Including the National Library of Medicine, which says:

At birth, a baby is classified as one of the following:

Premature (less than 37 weeks gestation)

Full term (37 to 42 weeks gestation)

Post term (born after 42 weeks gestation)
(I posted the link to the site the last time this came up....)

Anyway, not to get all semantic-y, but I think there must be a little grey area on that definition....

Maybe lay sources aren't as picky. Every textbook I've ever used has defined it pretty clearly. There is a difference between term and full term. Maybe it is "semantic-y" of me to harp on it but, the level of scientific literacy in this country is so abysmal, I always feel like I'm contributing to ignorance when I let these things go.

I don't remember where I heard it but I also read or heard that "full term" was 40 weeks, not 37. It was a couple of weeks before MommaErica mentioned it the first time.

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