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   "carl jones"  wrote in message   
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   > "Larry Caldwell"  wrote in message   
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   >> In article , carljones50   
   >> @yahoo.com (Carl Jones) says...   
   >   
   >> Yes, pregnancy completely trashes their endocrine system.  During   
   >> pregnancy, women embark on a 9 month peyote trip.  If you add the time   
   >> that they recover post partum, the experience can take them well over a   
   >> year.   
   >   
   > Hi Larry!   
   >   
   > Thanks for the message. I don't think it is because of the endocrine   
   > system   
   > at all, but rather a change in consciousness, ;partially because the   
   > mother   
   > becomes more right brain hemishere oriented. I know what you mean by   
   > peyote   
   > trip - pregnancy can have that effect at times.   
   >   
   >> Some women manage to make it a positive experience, others become   
   >> destructive.   
   >   
   > Some identify with great mother goddess images while others feel fat and   
   > ruined.   
   >   
   >  Almost all of them become somewhat irrational.   
   >   
   > This is so. The expectant mother becomes more instinctive, intuitive and   
   > less rational.   
   >   
   >  Men learn   
   >> to be flexible around pregnant women, and hope their personality   
   >> recovers after the kid is born.  In a well functioning society, women   
   >> cluster up and aid the pregnant one in the experience.  The split   
   >> between mysticism and practical advice varies with the group.   
   >   
   > Yes - a great post, Larry. It made me think   
   >   
   >   
   > Carl   
      
   Obviously neither of you guys has ever been pregnant.  Let me tell you, it   
   is a combination of messed up hormones, morning sickness, acid indigestion,   
   a 10-pound ball jumping up and down on one's bladder, having a belly as big   
   as a house, and sleeping poorly because one can never find a comfortable   
   position.  I'd say the miracle of birth is partly that a woman comes through   
   it intact, let alone that her "personality recovers."  Impeding this, of   
   course, are the late nights with a crying baby, frequent feedings, sore   
   breasts, etc.  There is nothing mystical about being pregnant.  It was the   
   ancient creators of the "earth mother" who had a hang-up on motherhood, not   
   the other way around.   
      
   Barbara   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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