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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Nursing in Public Blog Carnival
We’re going to be participating in the Nursing in Public Blog Carnival – so exciting! But I wanted to let you know about it too so that you, my dear Birth Activists, might join…
Posted in activism, Breastfeeding
Tagged blog carnival, Breastfeeding, nursing in public
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Is Breastfeeding “Creepy”?
An opinion piece in Mother & Baby Magazine written by deputy editor Kathryn Blundell has the blogosphere with its collective knickers in a twist. Blundell writes that she never wanted to breastfeed and gladly offered her children formula from the … Continue reading
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I ordered the chicken, they brought me fish…. so I just ate it.
Have you ever been to a restaurant and ordered a dish just to have something else brought to you? Did you send it back? Did you settle for what they gave you so as not to seem annoying, needy or … Continue reading
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Forgiveness
Lately I have a lot to say about forgiveness, mostly of myself. How many times do we as parents beat ourselves up for what we see as our failings as parents. I never knew so much guilt until I became … Continue reading
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Children at a Birth
Lately I’ve been wondering what other people experience with their older children when they go into labor. For my second child I loved the idea of having my first child there during labor. I had a home birth and the … Continue reading
Posted in General
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Just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it isn’t an intervention
To my enlightened sisters who have chosen a midwife Congratulations! I applaud your decision and the time and research you have put into it. By choosing to use an expert at low-risk vaginal birth you have already decreased your chances … Continue reading
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Induction Increases the Risk of C-Section
Well, the journal of duh strikes again – it’s being reported that induction increases the c-section rates for first time moms. This is nothing new to those of us who have been around the birth world for awhile, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Cesarean Section, Induction
Tagged c-section, first time moms, Induction, journal, study
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Cord Blood Banking, a Decision That May Save a Life
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, cord blood banking was one of my two top priorities, natural birth being the other one. Today, cord blood is being used to treat such life-threatening diseases as leukemia and other cancers, as … Continue reading
Modesty?
I threw my modesty out the wide open window when I had my first child, Milo. My friend Micky says that I tend to be a little crass, but who cares about wide open windows when you are in labor … Continue reading
Scopolamine to Scalpels: The Issue the Women’s Right Movement Forgot.
(2 blog entries in one day…this is what happens when I finish up early for the week.) “I am a proud mother of four”. Those are usually the first words out of my mouth when introducing myself to someone. I … Continue reading