I'm having a BABY!

So your knocked up and having a kid. You know what I say, big frickin' deal. So are a billion other people. You know what I wish, I wish that before you had a baby, or before you conceived a baby, or before you even unzipped your pants, you would be forced to sign a public knowledge release on all the crap that can go wrong after you say "Oh God, Oh God, OH GOD!!!"

Since no one out there has been honest enough to tell everyone about the odds of crap going wrong with the whole "having a baby" thing, I shall list some of them off for you. You might think twice before sending the "one eyed wonder worm" into battle without a helmet after this.

Odds of having twins - 3 in 100

Odds of a breech baby - head not coming out first causing complications - 3 in 100

Odd of having a stillborn baby - 1 in 105

Odds of having a premature baby - 3 in 100

Odds of having down syndrome - 1 in 900

Odds of having heart or circulation complications - 1 in 115

Odds of a cesarean birth - about 1 in 3

Odds of it growing up stupid - about 1 in 2 (OK, I made this one up!)

In an average week in the United States:

•	79,584 babies are born.

•	10,056 babies are born preterm.

•	6,511 babies are born low birthweight.

•	536 babies die before reaching their first birthday.

I know there is a lot more information on the odds of crap going wrong with having a baby, I'm just having a damn hard time finding it out there. I'm a little disappointed I didn't find exactly what I was looking for. So take these few facts in account and if your planning on having a kid, go do some more research on your own. Or better yet, lets get that contract going that you sign saying you understand that a bunch of crap can go wrong when you decide to have a kid.

I guess I'm not trying to promote all doom and gloom, just that it's not all peachy and perfect in the world of childbirth, even with all the technology today. Things can and do go wrong, and this isn't a new car you take back to the shop because it's under warranty, its a HUMAN BEING!! So just think for a moment about the responsibility of having a child that might have a lifelong disease, or be handicapped, or who knows what else. Babies are pretty damn innocent and the odds aren't great, but hey, as long as there are odds, it can, and will happen. Do you still want to roll the dice?


Todays RBV:

Genesis 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.


This is just nuts. God created EVERYTHING, including man! But when Adam and Eve had 2 kids, one of them killed the other. Wow, that worked out real well there God!! Good foresight in that plan. You seen all was good and so you rested?? I think maybe you should have put in a few hours of overtime on that seventh day myself.

Honestly, I believe everyone from my Dad's, Dad's, Dad's, Dad's, Dad probably didn't commit murder. But the Bible is saying that the one of the first children on PLANET EARTH killed the other one out of jealousy? What the hell way is this to begin the population of human beings? How F-d up is this story?? Oh yeah, I forgot, IT'S A STORY, not the truth!!