Golly, Look Who’s Against Homebirths! The AMA!
So, here’s what’s going on…
A while back the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released a statement against homebirths, I wrote and comic-ed about it here: A Mile Away and here: Anti-Homebirth Press Release and Response! and here: Your choice! and here: ACOG Anti-Homebirth Statement! And then deciding that obviously that kind of [...]
Woah! Michel Odent on Men at Births…
This was sent to me a couple of weeks ago, but got moved to the back burner by the Time magazine article…but, here it goes: A top obstetrician on why men should NEVER be at the birth of their child (Thank you Carolyn and Claire!) I have many many thoughts, most of which I’ll [...]
April is STILL Cesarean Awareness Month!
And I suppose Time Magazine is trying to make us more aware of the new trends with their article Choosy Mothers Choose Cesarean (Thank you Cathy, Euna, Kati, and Findley!) yeesh, and arrrrrrrrgh, and grrrrrrrrrrr.
your thoughts?
And this reminds me, now more than ever we need to get our birth stories out into the [...]
And NOW Introducing THICKENED Formula (yum, yum!)
This recently came to my attention (thanks Claire A.!) Cow and Gate Good Night Milk because we all KNOW that the only good night is one in which baby sleeps endlessly, and that if our bodies knew how to MAKE thickened breastmilk they would, because why oh why would a baby NEED to wake every [...]
Oh The Tyranny!
A word usually reserved for the powerful, is in this instance used to describe mothers just like you and me… Wow, except for in my own home I rarely get described as tyrannical, and then only when I’m very very grumpy.
(thanks Antonia!) The Tyranny of Militant Lactivism Oh, please! There’s so much good [...]
The Zoops!
