Comments on: What is Known About Epidurals and Tattoos? http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/09/what-is-known-about-epidurals-and-tattoos Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephanie http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/09/what-is-known-about-epidurals-and-tattoos/comment-page-1#comment-196 Stephanie Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:41:46 +0000 http://ourbodies.s467.sureserver.com/?p=357#comment-196 Interesting- Two of my friends who have both tattoos and babies (in unrelated incidents) now connect the two as symbols of their own strength; the tattoos are representative of an ability to "keep moving" while documenting phases in their lives, and surviving natural childbirth, by choice in both cases, is representative of its own more obvious strengths. It's too bad these kinds of connections aren't more mainstream--the last thing a particularly young American woman needs is yet another reason to be paranoid about birthing her first child because she "made a bad choice in college" in regard to the artwork on her body. Interesting- Two of my friends who have both tattoos and babies (in unrelated incidents) now connect the two as symbols of their own strength; the tattoos are representative of an ability to “keep moving” while documenting phases in their lives, and surviving natural childbirth, by choice in both cases, is representative of its own more obvious strengths.

It’s too bad these kinds of connections aren’t more mainstream–the last thing a particularly young American woman needs is yet another reason to be paranoid about birthing her first child because she “made a bad choice in college” in regard to the artwork on her body.

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