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To: Poet who wrote (21)	2/9/2001 1:52:37 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51750

Oh please don't bring that in here. It smells bad. Quick, here's the broom- take it out and bury it in the backyard. And missy, if I have to tell you one more time to stop reading that thread there will be no dessert tonight.

To: Poet who wrote (21)	2/9/2001 2:43:19 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51750

Before I unbookmarked that thread (and X is right, you won't believe how much nicer it is without it) I saw some of those posts about PASS. What struck me was the impossibility of drawing any kind of meaningful conclusions from a survey of women who had had abortions when it is impossible to know what the results would have been without the abortion. How many would have had depression had they kept the baby? How much depression if they had given it up for adoption? How many would have had depression whether they had gotten pregnant or not? How many would have suffered from postpartum depression? What other factors may have been involved-- abandonment by boyfriends, rejection by families, predisposition to or previous incidence of depression, guilt because of those people who waved signs in their faces of little baby parts? How many felt they needed to say they felt bad just because they thought they should? Regardless, I find it very reassuring that the act IS followed by some regrets or sadness. I think this is a good thing, showing thought and introspection! Having regrets does not make a decision wrong. One of my favorite lines from Chariots of Fire is when Eric Liddell tells someone who asks him about not running on the Sabbath, that yes, he has regrets, but no doubts. Today I am off to the Regional Swim Meet. If my son wins, he goes on to State. When you see me next, I may be suffering from Post Swim Meet Stress Syndrome. Is life about avoiding stress? Does that mean I shouldn't go to the meet? Or that maybe I shouldn't even have been a mother? Motherhood--Now that's real stress. And there is never a "post" to it....