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Comment on Why Every Woman Needs a Golf Caddy for Labor by Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:09:16 +0000

The only problem with this analogy is that very few of the average guys I know actually have a caddy. So it makes it appear only those with money need a doula.

Comment on Husbands and Home Birth by teaching men about birth or how it all began. « bitty bird.

teaching men about birth or how it all began. « bitty bird. — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:28:24 +0000

[...] just read this blog post about husbands’ roles at a home birth and was immediately thankful for how wonderful and [...]

Comment on Placenta Encapsulation and Ingestion by It's Now Trendy To Eat The Placenta... Really | Crasstalk

It's Now Trendy To Eat The Placenta... Really | Crasstalk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:01:26 +0000

[...] This website includes information for placenta frugal-ness: http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/07/placenta-encapsulation-and-ingestion/. [...]

Comment on Do Nurse-Ins Work? by Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:52:45 +0000

Firstly, let me say that I support breastfeeding 100%. Anywhere. Anytime. No limits on age, whatever. Breastfeeding is not obscene and should be seen no different than any other normal every day activity. On the subject of nurse-ins: I get the point. I just think nurse-ins have been overused. Someone makes a comment to a mom in a store – nurse-in time! Someone gives someone the side-eye? Nurse-in time! This particular instance was probably one of the most warranted I’ve seen. I took part in a nurse-in at the Lexington, Kentucky Applebees before I even had kids because a situation occurred and it spun out of control, even at the corporate level. The problem is that because the nurse-in was the go-to lactavist method for a while, it’s lost it’s power.

Comment on Do Nurse-Ins Work? by Robin

Robin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:32:10 +0000

Hi Deb,

Thanks for the comment. I don’t think we weren’t effective. Who is to say what effective is? Do we have to stopped and talked to about breastfeeding? If yes, we were successful. I personally am nursing a toddler who is too large for me to carry and nurse anymore – I had few choices of where I could actually nurse her. Nor could we have congregated together without being obstructive, which is not the point IMHO.

Comment on Do Nurse-Ins Work? by Deb

Deb — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:28:02 +0000

I think your “nurse-in” would have been more effective if the women nursed in places other than the coffee shop. Middle of the toy aisle? Over by the TVs? Next to the diapers? Those would have been more effective places, IMHO. (And, yes, I breastfed my kids until they weaned themselves at 1 and 3+ years, respectively.)

Comment on Harassing Breastfeeding Mothers by Do Nurse-Ins Work? | Birth Activist

Do Nurse-Ins Work? | Birth Activist — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:39:57 +0000

[...] past week there were mass nurse-ins all over the country to protest a mother who had been harassed by Target in November. My first inclination was excitement, I’m all about the activist activity. I [...]

Comment on These Could Be Breastfeeding Ads by Robin

Robin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:11:27 +0000

Hi Deb!

I completely agree with your reasons. With my public health background I went looking for a water charity for some of the reasons you state and thinking largely about diarrheal diseases. I didn’t even think about it from a breastfeeding standpoint until I saw that graphic. I also learned in my public health and environment course that a nursing mother doesn’t require MORE water than any other woman. I thought that was an interesting point. Thanks for sharing!

Comment on These Could Be Breastfeeding Ads by Deb

Deb — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:03:38 +0000

I also donate to Charity Water, but for a slightly different reason than you do. To me, clean water is the answer to lots of our world’s ills. In many societies, women and children are the ones who have to fetch the water, leaving their bodies broken early. If they have to take time to fetch water, they can’t go to school, and societies progress when women get educated. Dirty water leaves people sick from parasites, including making them anemic, and complicating pregnancies. So, while I certainly see the importance of breastfeeding and not using dirty water to make formula, I see clean, readily available water as so much more.

Comment on No Room at the Inn – Christmas Inductions by Emily

Emily — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:01:21 +0000

You forgot:
6. I want a tax deduction for this year.
7. I want to use holiday time instead of vacation days.