Monthly Archives: May 2010

Mandalas, Pregnancy, Birth Art and Beyond

To write my first blog for this site I had a little bit of anxiety/ excitement over what to write and I wanted it to come natural. To aide in my writing process, I turned to what I do naturally … Continue reading

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Is Breast Best?

Is Breast Best?: Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood by Joan B. Wolf is a new book due out in January 2011 from NYU Press. Here are a few questions I have based on … Continue reading

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Conversations from the Waiting Room

I’m actually sitting in a labor and delivery waiting room right now. Oh my, what an intense situation. Heree are sime snippets of conversations going on around me: Dad and grandpa: “Why can’t she hurry up? We’ve been here for … Continue reading

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Breastfeed in the Bathroom?

Seriously, someone needs to explain to Heather W. at Shine on Yahoo, that breastfeeding in the bathroom is not okay.  Haven’t we been through this before like a gazillion times?  Conveniently there is no contact given for her, though the … Continue reading

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Looking for New Birth Activist Bloggers

Birth Activist is looking for a few good bloggers who would like to join us in volunteering to help change birth for women and their families through activism. The requirements: That you’re passionate about this topic. That you provide 2-4 … Continue reading

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Breastfeeding: The Ethnicity Debate

The Office of Women’s Health does a great job of trying to encourage women to breastfeed. They have many great products and services to help women of all backgrounds successfully breastfeed. In making their new Breastfeeding Guide, they sent out … Continue reading

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Mother of Many: The Film

This was a very interesting animated film about the life of a hospital based midwife.  It’s in a film contest.  I’m interested to hear your thoughts.

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How does birth influence how you mother?

One of my midwives used to always say that women parented how they gave birth.  I don’t remember when she first said it, in fact, it was a casual remark that I heard her make many times before I ever … Continue reading

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Stereotyping the Birth Activist

The other day there was a comment on facebook that made me pause.  The basic idea of the comment was that all birth activists were also practicing attachment parenting for their families. This really made me think.  Are we all … Continue reading

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Have you hugged a midwife today?

It’s the International Day of the Midwife and I’d like to give a huge shout out to my midwife, J.   I’ve known J for a long time.  She was not my first midwife, but my longest midwife.  Her first … Continue reading

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