Take a minute and think of how many people you currently know who are pregnant.

What is your number?  My number is up to 4 and that doesn’t include those that just had their baby a few weeks ago.

The baby boom continues and hospitals need experienced Labor and Delivery, Mother Baby, OB/GYN, Nursery, and NICU nurses to help with the overload of expecting mothers.    The word from our hospitals is that some of them are overflowing patients to other units because they are out of space on the L&D floor.

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Here’s an article from MercatorNet. (H/T ECM)

Excerpt:

Britain is bracing itself for the ageing of its population with the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing that the proportion of people aged over 65 is set to rise dramatically.

[...]The fastest growing age group has been been 85-and-over group –now referred to as the “oldest old”. This group has doubled to 1.3 million since the early ’80s;

By 2033 the number of people aged 85 and over is projected to more than double again to reach 3.2 million. It will grow to will account for five per cent of the total population;

The article is filled with statistics about the increasing number of retired seniors. In Western countries, seniors depend on the government social programs for pensions and health care. A lot of countries had a baby boom in the 50s and 60s so that a large number of of people are retiring. Unfortunately, due to feminism and the sexual revolution, the numbers of new workers has been decimated by hedonism, the breakdown of the family and abortion. So who is going to pay the income taxes needed to provide for the larger number of retirees?

Today, there just aren’t enough new workers to pay for all the social programs. Either the younger generation will have to be impoverished by high tax rates, or the older generation will have to be denied health care. In one sense this actually just, because the same generation of people that introduced their children to feminism is going to face the consequences of their worldviews. Young people were taught hedonism and that sex is recreational. Saving money and having children took a back seat to careers and having a good time here and now.

When a person expects to be taken care of by the government, they don’t save their own money and they worry about having more children to take care of them in their old age. The government started the whole wealth distribution game in order to equalize the life outcomes of people who worked and saved to pay for their own retirement and health care, with those who didn’t work and save. This caused those who were working and saving to slow down or stop, since it was now the government’s job to take care of people.

I also think it is interesting that the left-wingers who complained about “overpopulation” are going to finally find out exactly how badly they miscalculated. There is one group of people still having lots of babies. Muslims. And when they become the voting majority, a lot of multiculturalists will be surprised to see their liberties vanishing. In particular, special interest groups on the left, e.g. – feminists, will have their liberties curtailed. And so, feminism will have set in motion demographic forces that led to its own destruction.

Apparently, Gen X has become the forgotten child of the stalled economic engine, stuck between the Baby Boom and Gen Y.

According to recent research by the Pew Research Center, slightly over half of middle aged workers say they are planning to delay their retirement. You can blame it on the recession and tanking IRAs. But what it means for Gen Xers is that there will be fewer places at the head of the table. And thanks to do-it-cheaper Gen Y’s, very few new seats at the foot. Women may be in the biggest pickle of all.

According to an Associated Press story, those workers who came of age with the Brady Bunch are experiencing new levels of workplace angst:

They’re antsy and edgy, tired of waiting for promotion opportunities at work as their elders put off retirement. A good number of them are just waiting for the economy to pick up so they can hop to the next job, find something more fulfilling and get what they think they deserve. Oh, and they want work-life balance, too.

Sounds like Gen Y, the so-called “entitlement generation,” right?

Not necessarily, say people who track the generations. In these hard times, they’re also hearing strong rumblings of discontent from Generation X. They’re the 32- to 44-year-olds who are wedged between baby boomers and their children, often feeling like forgotten middle siblings — and increasingly restless at work as a result.

It becomes even more complicated for Gen-X women, often navigating unfamliar turf when it comes to the workplace, who have to scramble for any place at the table, as we’ve noted here :

Sure, we women do school well. University structures, especially, support the way we learn and succeed. Overachievers? High expectations? Duly noted and rewarded. But once we get to the workplace? Different kind of rules.

Let’s face it. We missed the socialization. From ancient times, men have been raised to know their job is to slay the dragons, and that they will be alone in doing it. American mythology, too, teaches men that their role is to go, seek and conquer. For generations, men’s roles have been predetermined, and unquestioned: They provide. And workplace — and social — structures have evolved to support the model.

For women, though, relatively new to this world of work, roles are still in flux. We never learned to slay the dragon — we were the pretty princesses waiting back there in the castle — and often, we’re a little confused by the messy nature of reality as opposed to the comfortable fit of school. And so we’re flummoxed. Overwhelmed. We’re feeling our way. Where do we fit in? How do we fit in? Should we fit in?

Then, there’s this: Gen X women are often the ones struggling mightily with work-life issues, figuring out how to balance career and family:

… many women are in a place where they have young children or have begun to think about starting a family. Suddenly, career choice becomes a matter of careful and excruciating calculation: Women raised to be masters of the universe –but still seeking the flexibility to raise their kids – are pulled in opposite directions: Meaningful career? Meaningful family life? Choices become crucial: how will we find that niche that will allow us to find satisfaction on both ends? What if we don’t? Maybe we came up expecting to achieve the male model of success; now we realize it’s impossible. Or we’re agonized and guilty because, with all this grand, amorphous opportunity, we find we don’t want that model of success anymore.

Finally, we’ve pointed out that, when it comes to family, these very same women are often judged in ways that their brothers are not:

Let’s also acknowledge that one of the most significant cons of having children might be the impact on a woman’s career; moms with young children are often passed over for promotions, while childless women of childbearing age are often passed over as well, on the grounds that they’ll likely have children soon. Despite the fact that fathers’ roles have begun to change as they’ve become more involved in child-rearing, work-life balance is still considered a women’s issue. And yet. A recent study by Lancaster University prof Dr. Caroline Gatrell found that some employers see their female employees who don’t want children as wanting in some “essential humanity,” and view them as “cold, odd and somehow emotionally deficient in an almost dangerous way that leads to them being excluded from promotions that would place them in charge of others.”

No wonder the discontent is growing: Promotion? Unlikely. Jump ship? Gotta compete with the new kids, who are cheaper to hire, and more tech savvy anyhow.

On the other hand, the AP story suggests all is not lost for the X-ers — so long as they are willing to do a little reinvention — and pimp out their years of experience for newbie wages:

Jon Anne Willow, co-publisher of ThirdCoastDigest.com, an online arts and culture site in Milwaukee, is among employers who’ve recently been able to hire more experienced candidates for jobs traditionally filled by 20somethings.

They’re hungry to work, she says. And as she sees it, that gives her fellow Gen Xers and the baby boomers she’s hired a distinct advantage over a lot of the Gen Yers she’s come across.

“When the dust settles, they’ll be exactly as they were before and we’ll just have to sift through them and take the ones that actually get it and hope the rest find employment in fast food,” she quips.

Swell. Should you stay? Should you go? Call it a Gen X sandwich, with a hefty dollop of indecision on the side.

Campanha ONS - Baby Boom Brasil 2010

São Paulo – O ONS – Operador Nacional do Sistema Elétrico – Apresentou ontem, dia 11 de novembro, a sua nova campanha de marketing intitulada “Baby Boom Brasil” que será veiculada ao longo de 2009. Os especialistas apresentarão a utilização de apagões e das redes sociais como ferramenta de comunicação para engajar casais reprodutores a criarem o futuro da energia sustentável no Brasil: A utilização de bioenergia provenientes da enchurrada de novos bebês à partir de Agosto de 2010.

No Twitter, os internautas poderão participar de um concurso cultural respondendo “Brasileiros, se não tem TV, fazer o que?” As duas melhores respostas renderão aos autores convites para ver de perto a candidata a eleição do ano que vem, Dilma. Outras informações no site http://apagao.wordpress.com .

Aposta do dia: baby boom em agosto de 2010…

A propósito, Migobaiano sempre atento mandou essa:

- Inglês engravida 12 mulheres que conheceu na internet

Enquanto isso…

- Japonesa é acusada de matar 6 homens que conheceu pela internet

Hay muchas razones para pensar que la generación a la que pertenezco (entre los 30 y 40 años) es una generación perdida. Pero nunca nos paramos a pensar en las causas subyacentes. Ya he comentado varias veces las ideas que me han ido surgiendo sobre la cuestión, pero creo que este artículo resume de forma brillante esas causas subyacentes:

La generación ‘peter pan’ está hipotecada.

La cuestión es que a medida que lo leía no podía evitar reconocerme en algunos aspectos de lo que se iba contando, y reconozco también que algunos aspectos me avergüenzan. Pero tampoco pude evitar ver como muchos de los que conozco se reflejan casi clavados en todas o la mayoría de las ideas que se indican. A pesar de que he intentado de muchas formas diferentes salirme de esas reglas de grupo, es inevitable sentirse identificado al menos con algunas de ellas.

Y el problema fundamental es que esto termina con la conclusión de que, efectivamente, estamos hipotecados. Hay otras muchas cosas en este mundo que nos han hipotecado: el estado del mundo, en general, nos está llevando a una debacle social importante. Y lo más cuestionable de todo es que hemos sido nosotros, esta generación, la que lo ha permitido. Estamos más preocupados por nuestro onanismo mental que en la realidad en si misma. Es más, es la realidad lo que nos empuja a querer evadirnos cada vez más hasta intentar hacerla desaparecer, aunque sea sólo en nuestra cabeza. El mundo sigue estando así, aunque no nos guste nada.

Tope pesimista, ¿no? Pues sí. Y siguiendo la lógica, no sabemos como salir de esta vorágine. Estamos tan subsumidos en nuestra paja mental eterna que ya nos hemos sentado cómodamente para ver pasar la vida sin más. No tenemos donde sujetarnos. Lo que había antes se nos antoja tan asqueroso que no podemos seguirlo, pero al mismo tiempo somos incapaces de crear nuestros propios valores que afiancen una nueva sociedad. Aceptamos los que nos imponen. ¿Qué salida tiene esto? Entiendo las posibilidades, pero también veo que poca gente querrá aplicar las soluciones que den lugar al revulsivo que solucione el problema principal. Por lo menos espero que los que lean esto piensen un poco en ello y sirva para que, de forma individual, cada uno pueda aplicar paliativos a su propia situación. Pero que cosas digo…

I went and asked on Twitter and Facebook about what movies from peoples childhood that they remembered most and always will. Here’s the list:

Pretty in Pink
The Never Ending Story
Ghostbusters
Die Hard
Commando
The Warriors
Flight of the Navigator
Short Circuit
Dark Crystal
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Cool World
Lost Boys
Trading Places
Return to Oz
Full Metal Jacket
Princess Bride
Labyrinth
Batteries Not Included
Hook
Tron
This Is Spinal Tap
The Goonies
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Big
Back to the Future
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
WarGames
Poltergeist
Blues Brothers
Ruthless People
Throw Momma From The Train
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Baby Boom
D.A.R.Y.L.
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Explorers
Field of Dreams
Gremlins
The Burbs
Innerspace
Legend
Splash
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Cocoon
Roxanne
Weird Science
Breakfast Club
Twilight Zone – The Movie
Stakeout
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Critters
Money Pit

From a few of the movies on the list I can gather that some people have a somewhat scary childhood. Also I know that some of the films are from the 90s but sure people were children then as well.

Madres porteñas, dueñas de un récord

Protagonizaron en 2008 un baby boom

Mora, Tomás y Catalina, tres exponentes del baby boom de 2008 en la ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Aunque la mujer parece tener hoy otras prioridades que no son cambiar pañales y ha retrasado la edad en la que decide debutar como madre, no deja de lado su deseo de tener un hijo. De hecho, 2008 será recordado como el año en que hubo el mayor número de nacimientos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, desde la década del 80.

Lo curioso es que este nuevo baby boom es protagonizado, en su mayoría, por mujeres de más de 30 años.

En 2008, 45.122 niños vieron la luz de madres cuya edad promedio fue de 29,4 años. Los nacidos fueron, así, 316 más que en 1986, cuando se registró el pico de nacimientos de las últimas décadas.

Estos datos, proporcionados por la Dirección de Estadísticas y Censos del gobierno porteño, sugieren que la mujer mantiene su deseo de ser madre, aunque ha modificado ciertas conductas respecto de la maternidad, como la de elegir el momento en que quiere tener un hijo.

Uno de los cambios más notorios de las últimas décadas se da en la edad promedio de las madres. Mientras que en los 80 el 57% de las parturientas se ubicaban en la franja que va de los 20 a los 29 años, ahora el 52% de las mujeres que dan a luz tiene más de 30 años.

Las motivaciones de la mujer de hoy para convertirse en madre no son muy distintas de las de antes, cuando la maternidad semejaba ser más una imposición social que una elección de la pareja.

“En general, se homologa femineidad con maternidad. El deseo femenino pasa por otros lugares que no son los hijos; mientras que el deseo de maternidad es algo que se construye a lo largo de una vida. Ahora hay más libertad para elegir ser o no ser madre. Pero cuando se elige serlo, la motivación es la misma que antes, se juegan las mismas cosas”, dijo la psicoanalista Valeria Casali, docente de la UBA y miembro de la Fundación Buenos Aires.

Según la médica psicoanalítica Liliana Novaro, integrante de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina, “la maternidad fue dejando de ser una imposición biológica y social para transformarse en una elección, en un deseo que necesita ser integrado con otros deseos y objetivos. Como la mayoría de las mujeres trabaja, algunas eligen terminar sus carreras y afianzarse laboralmente, y postergar la maternidad para buscar el momento oportuno”.

Encontrar el momento ideal para convertirse en madres es algo propio de la modernidad. La psicóloga Patricia Alkolombre opinó que “tener un hijo es uno de los deseos femeninos que se desarrollan desde la infancia. Lo que hoy cambió, a partir de la anticoncepción y la liberación femenina -dijo-, es que la mujer puede elegir libremente cómo, cuándo y con quién tener un hijo. Para ella es imperante el momento en que se accede a la maternidad. En general, trata de elegir un momento que esté bien en pareja y que se cuente con apoyo ambiental”.

Kit de supervivencia

Este último punto no es menor, ya que, sin un entorno colaborador, muchas desisten de su deseo de tener un hijo o lo postergan hasta que logran encontrar el equilibrio necesario. Desde que se casó, Giuliana Di Marco tuvo como prioridad formar una familia. Hoy está a pocos meses de lograrlo, ya que a fines de diciembre será madre por primera vez de un varón, León.

“Siempre estuvo entre las prioridades formar una familia, pero para eso quería alcanzar cierta estabilidad económica. Yo tengo 29 años y aunque mi proyecto era quedar embarazada después de los 30 años para terminar de estudiar, la maternidad me llegó en un buen momento, con padres y suegros jubilados, que me dijeron que me van a ayudar en todo. Es que no quiero dejar a mi bebe con un extraño”, contó.

El kit de supervivencia de la madre actual no sólo incluye padres y suegros colaboradores, sino una pareja comprometida con la crianza del niño, algo que también forma parte de la modernidad: “En general, las mujeres de hoy comparten con la pareja tanto el sostén económico y afectivo de la familia como la crianza de los hijos”, dijo Novaro.

Pero, contrariamente a esto, también hay cada vez más mujeres que se animan a tener hijos solas. “Alrededor de los 40 años, cuando el reloj biológico apremia -agregó Novaro-, deciden ser madres y afrontar solas, o con ayuda familiar, la complejidad de la crianza.”

Pero así como la maternidad hoy es una elección, el no tener hijos también lo es. “Esta decisión era impensable en otra época, ya que la ausencia de hijos se vivía como un sentimiento de inferioridad y vergüenza; constituía un estigma social. Si la decisión se toma luego de reflexionar profundamente y de un modo maduro, no habrá costos que pagar”, opinó Novaro.

Según Alkolombre, aún hoy persiste una cierta mirada sobre la mujer que decide no tener hijos.

“Como la maternidad se puede elegir -opinó-, esto demuestra que no hay instinto materno. Y que ser madre es algo que se construye en forma cultural.”

Fuente: Diario “La Nación” del día domingo 18 de octubre del 2009

born 10.19.09 8lbs 8oz baby girl

Announcing another new Magellan family member -

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Congrats Heather + Alex!