frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfullt so? (a bit long, but needhelp!)

I really like _The Mother of all Pregnancy Books_ by Ann Douglas. I also
bought _Pregnancy for Dummies_ because it was on sale cheap
I just went to the bookstore, plopped myself down and started browsing
the books. The people didn't mind since I was being careful and I ended
up buying the two books. If you're nervous about reading in the
bookstore before purchase, ask the clerk. The worst thing they can say
is no!
If money is an issue, or even if it isn't, head to the largest library
near you. If they don't have a particular title that you're looking for,
ask them to ILL (interlibrary loan) it in for you. Costs nothing if you
return the books on time! My husband is a librarian and when I have a
particular subject in mind I generally search on Amazon for titles and
then have him ILL the books in for me if they don't have them at his
library. Most libraries have some sort of ILL agreement at least a few
other libraries around the area/state/country...University libraries are
very good as well because most of them are research-oriented.

I don't like WTEWYE very much. I had my copy given to me. Glad I didn't
pay money for it.

Rebecca
EDD Dec 2 2004

zolw wrote:

I do have a book on pregnancy (What to expect when you're expecting).
But I feel that the questions I ask have not been discussed in the book.

In ,
Vicki S wrote:

*I asked:
* *... what female mammal is a queen?!?
*
*And Hillary Israeli responded:
* A cat!
*
*Really! I had no idea. Interesting that you thought it common
*knowledge. I think it is far from that. Anyway, what is the official
*name for a male cat? A king?

I'd call him a tomcat, but there may be some other name with which I'm not
familiar, I suppose.

*human: woman - man
*horse: mare - stallion?

Yep. Or some might say sire, or stud, in certain contexts.

*sheep: ewe - ram? or is that only certain kinds of sheep?

I'd say ram.

*cow (better word?): cow - bull

yep.

*dog: bitch - no clue!

That would be dog

*cat: queen - same!

tom, tomcat.

*deer: doe - buck
*rabbit: doe - buck?

Yep yep

--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large

In xaNsc.21371$wa.20993@fed1read07,
Circe wrote:

*Bóliath wrote:
* Circe wrote:
* Vicki S wrote:
*
* cow (better word?):
*
* cattle?
*
* Cow is the female, bull is the male
*
*Right. She was looking for the non-gender specific term. Since male cattle
*are not cows, cow doesn't apply to the entire set.

Oh, I thought she was looking for the male terms. Ignore my previous post,
then

And btw, just for the heck of it, if I absolutely MUST refer to cows in a
gender-neutral sort of way, I'll probably call them bovids

--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large

(Hillary Israeli) wrote:
Circe wrote:
*Bóliath wrote:
* Circe wrote:
* Vicki S wrote:
*
* cow (better word?):
*
* cattle?
*
* Cow is the female, bull is the male
*
*Right. She was looking for the non-gender specific term. Since male cattle
*are not cows, cow doesn't apply to the entire set.

Oh, I thought she was looking for the male terms. Ignore my previous post, then

And btw, just for the heck of it, if I absolutely MUST refer to cows in a
gender-neutral sort of way, I'll probably call them bovids

with my parenthetical "better word" comment, I was indeed asking if
there is a non-gender-specific term, other than cow, for cattle.
cattle works except it isn't singular, it's plural. right? or is it
like "sheep" and "deer"? i suppose bovids is the word i was looking
for. :-)

then, the other part of my question was indeed "am i right that a
female cow is a cow and a male cow is a bull?"

sorry to be so difficult to understand!

--
-- Vicki
Married DH May 21, 1995. Ima shel Sullen and Chatty, both of whom will
enjoy seeing all the animals at the local county fairs this summer.

I got one ultrasound of Meg at 9 weeks and regretted it. The OB took so
long, it made me nervous, and he had a made up reason for scheduling it
("dating"). I had told him I knew my dates perfectly.

I probably won't get any ultrasounds with my second baby. See
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/ultrasound.asp

As far as I know, not only have they not been shown to have a benefit in
the
third trimester, they've never been shown to cause better outcomes when
used
routinely, period.

-- Dagny
EDD 1/19/05


The only reason I'd do an ultrasound is the reason I did an ultrasound for
this last pregnancy...because I was bleeding and hurting and needed to know
if the pregnancy was in the tubes (it wasn't) or if it was still viable
(couldn't tell on the ultrasound, but it was not.) Wouldn't do it for dates.
Wouldn't do it to estimate fetal size. Nor for nuchal scan or looking for
deformities. Basically ONLY because I thought it unlikely I was still viably
pregnant and needed to make sure the m/c was not going to require surgical
interventions. There are a few situations where I might have a scan at term,
but very few, and usually of the "rule out something disasterous" variety.
Most of the reasons I might consent to a scan involve bleeding.

Jenrose

In ,
Vicki S wrote:

*
*then, the other part of my question was indeed "am i right that a
*female cow is a cow and a male cow is a bull?"

If you ask a farmer where his male cow is, he'll laugh you off the farm.


--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large

Hillary Israeli wrote:

If you ask a farmer where his male cow is, he'll laugh you off the farm.



They're all cows to me.

(Vicki S) wrote in message . com...

horse: mare - stallion?

Actually a female horse is only a mare after it has given birth, I
think. Prior it's called a filly. Stallion is a male horse that has
not been neutered (if it has, it's called a gelding). A young male
horse is a colt.

cat: queen - same!

a male cat is called a tom.

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01

I thought a mare was a female horse 4 years of age or older, regardless
of whether or not she has foaled. Guess I have to go look it up.

Rebecca
(3 cats, 3 goats, 2 people and one pending person...but no horses...yet)

Cathy Weeks wrote:

Actually a female horse is only a mare after it has given birth, I
think. Prior it's called a filly. Stallion is a male horse that has
not been neutered (if it has, it's called a gelding). A young male
horse is a colt.

In ,
Cathy Weeks wrote:

(Vicki S) wrote in message . com...
*
* horse: mare - stallion?
*
*Actually a female horse is only a mare after it has given birth, I
*think. Prior it's called a filly. Stallion is a male horse that has
*not been neutered (if it has, it's called a gelding). A young male
*horse is a colt.

A female horse is a filly until reaching sexual maturity at about 24 mos,
then she's a mare. Unless you're a racing authority, in which case you may
have a different definition (the thoroughbred authority, for example, says
a filly is a filly until she's five, IIRC).

Moving back to cows... a cow isn't a cow until she has a calf Prior to
that she's a heifer. A cow who has only had one calf is usually called a
first-calf heifer, but can also be called a cow. The official veterinary
definition of cow is "female bovid who has had one or more calves."

A "fresh" cow is a cow who has recently calved. To freshen is to calve.

Also possibly of interest: bull calf gestation is longer than heifer calf
gestation. Twin calf gestation is about 10-14 days shorter than singleton
gestation. Winter and spring births gestate longer than summer and fall
births. Older cows don't gestate as long as younger cows. Cow gestation is
about 280 days with a normal range of 270-290 days. No one forces the cow
to go to the hospital and get induced on the 291st day, though. Bos
indicus species on average gestate longer than the bos taurus species, and
take longer to get pg again after breeding.

My mind is full of useless crap. Thank you, national veterinary examining
committee for guaranteeing that I will always have something to discuss at
cocktail parties.

-h.

--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large