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Category Archives: Celebrities
It’s a…
homebirth!
Charlotte Church welcomed a daughter late this week in her home in the UK. She had previously talked about a home water birth. All we know now is that it was a midwife attended home birth.
While we don’t normally talk about celebrity births, I thought it was important for the pontential positive press this may attract. Hopefully this one birth will attract the attention of other women who are looking up to ce Continue reading
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Thalia’s Virtual Baby Shower Supports the March of Dimes
As a national spokesperson for the March of Dimes, Latina pop superstar, Thalia Sodi knows the importance of giving every baby a healthy start. Thalia and her husband Tommy Mottola are expecting a little girl in October. She is encouraging fans who would like to present her with gifts, to log on to the first-ever “virtual baby shower” on AOL Latino and donate to the March of Dimes. Her video shows her explaining what a baby shower is for those visitors from other countries; opening presents; and encouraging her fans to send a donation to the March of Dimes in lieu of gifts.
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Nursing in Public (NIP)
Argh! Another breast controversy…when will we ever get over the fact that breasts are used to feed babies – not sell things. The latest “controversy” is over Maggie Gyllenhall breastfeeding her 7 month old, Ramona, in public. (
See photos at Celebrity Baby Blog.) I mean come on people, if you’re that offended by a breast – don’t watch television, avoid public pools and for heavens sake, don’t look at the magazine rack near the grocery check out! Your thoughts? Continue reading
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Girl or Boy?
I was reading the Celebrity Baby Blog and they keep announcing which celebrity is having girls or boys. Though recently I’ve noticed that many celebs are waiting until birth to find out the sex of their baby. Did you want to know the sex of your baby in pregnancy? Continue reading
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Birth in the media
Tina Cassidy had an editorial published in the Boston Globe – worth reading:
Tina has written a new book on the history of birth.
Speaking of the media, there was a story in the Chicago newspaper about a woman who birthed a baby on a flight from Mexico to Chicago:
airplane birth
It’s so sad when they refuse to note that the mother birthed the baby as opposed to commenting twice that she was lucky to have an obstetrician on board. Continue reading
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Pregnancy Discrimination
Can you imagine getting fired because you’re pregnant? I like to think most of us don’t work for places where getting pregnant gets you fired. But then you’ve got the actresses in Hollywood who make a living based on their looks and thin, attractive bodies. So what does that say about how we veiw pregnancy? Are we all destined to become slovenly and horrible looking simply because we carried a child? It really doesn’t matter why we have our jobs or what the jobs our. Our right to have a baby shouldn’t infringe upon our employment aga Continue reading
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Breastfeeding – Reconstructive Surgery Optional?
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is one of a handfull of Hollywood big timers who lives a holistic lifestyle and understands the importance of breastfeeding for moms and babies. So, at first I was put off that she reportedly blames breastfeeding for “changing her shape for the worse”, and plans to have a “boob job” which she considers “reconstructive surgery”.
I tilt toward persuading everyone that breastfeeding is best, and that there are no drawbacks whatsoever. (Ok, I might even glaze over some of the challenges — notice the choice of the word, I didn’t say ‘problems’ ). My knee-jerk reaction was “Shh, Gwyneth! Don’t say that. Some moms won’t breastfeed if they believe your experience is universal.” Which, of course, it’s not! Breastfeeding doesn’t often cause a drastic change in the shape of the breast any more than aging does.
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