If you’ve pre-ordered your book, you probably have it already (though there are a few more orders sitting here- because I ran out of The Milk of Hathor book- so don’t panic yet ;o) it’s coming, I promise!)

I even received a bit of a review:
“I just got your new book in the mail today. I started nursing my baby and dove right in but giggled so much that she woke up (she was doing that sleep nursey thing) to my odd vibrations.” - Shannon H.

see, it’s funny!!!!!

Order the New Book Now!
Have you been dreaming of a new Hathor book? Well, here it is! It’s got a ton of comics, ALL of the first zines (if you remember the good old days of the almost 4-times-a-year Hathor zine, well then you’ve been around here a LONG time, howdy!), and more writing than you can shake a stick at, whatever the heck that means! If you pre-order the book now you should have it in your sweet mama hands in about 3 weeks. Hey, that’s no time at all for something this cool!

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I was looking up something completely unrelated (wanted to know how much oxytocin a BABY produces at birth and when breastfeeding) and found this article, which fits quite nicely- and perhaps a cursory search would find much much more, huh?

Maternal hormone protects baby’s brain during birth

although I don’t have the time, ALAS! gotta try and finish this book Zines, Slings and Other Do It Yourself Things is being held up at the printing stage because the ‘form’ I fill out on the computer is broken. I’ve been waiting for it to be fixed for 3 weeks now and today is the day. It’s supposed to be done. So right after I post this I’m headed there to finish the book. But! I’ve been totally side-tracked by a website that promises to send you expedited birth certificates for a hefty fee, I filled out my request on February 2, so here we are in Mid-March and I have YET to hear anything. Well, come to find out the process stopped because of some snafu on their side. Yeesh! and finally, I know that I need to do my taxes but since these things seems to go in threes I’m going to wait for the third thing to be something else. I don’t think I could bear to have my taxes get bogged down in computer troubles. Of course this sort of evasive tactic may not be so easy to explain to dearest husband…who would like the taxes done soon, thank you very much. oh well. Perhaps I’ll just dive it, what could go wrong with taxes, right?

I’m glad everyone is enjoying the birth series! couple more to go!

Love,
Heather

Pre-Order the New Book Now!
Have you been dreaming of a new Hathor book? Well, here it is! It’s got a ton of comics, ALL of the first zines (if you remember the good old days of the almost 4-times-a-year Hathor zine, well then you’ve been around here a LONG time, howdy!), and more writing than you can shake a stick at, whatever the heck that means! If you pre-order the book now you should have it in your sweet mama hands in about 3 weeks. Hey, that’s no time at all for something this cool!

Buy The Book!

So, you’ve probably noticed that I’m posting a lot of comics without giving you any musings to comment on, but that’s because I’ve just finished my third book. Oh MY! And things get a little crazy around here when I’m in the last moments of a book, the crazy uploading, the frantic typing, the standing around the computer and swearing at the screen. yes indeedy, do. fun fun fun ;o)

So, probably (I’m aiming for having the first batch at the Trust Birth Conference in two weeks. See, yet another fabulous reason to buy your tickets now! Everyone who’s coming, drop me a line and maybe we can get together for dinner Saturday evening- by that I mean we’ll go do an early bird special somewhere that loves kids ;o) you’ll be seeing the Buy the New Book link in the next 2 weeks yippee! It’s called Hathor’s Zines, Slings and Other Do-It-Yourself Things. (the book I promised about birth stories is coming next ;o)

But, in the meantime, while I haven’t been paying a whole heck of a lot of attention I notice that two subjects of former Hathor comics have taken out advertising space on my little ol’ blog. Drum roll please: On the left we have Baby Talk magazine; you know, they put a breastfeeding baby on their cover and all hell broke loose? And on the Right, (occassionally) The View! Famously Anti-breastfeeding! Now, being a mother with a family who’s trying to run a business, I feel that if the view wants to give me money then okay- free comics for stay-at-home- mothers isn’t really incredibly lucrative without the sponsorship. BUT in fairness they did deserve my derision not so long ago. So, I thought for fun, I’d dust off those old comics and re-run them so that you can enjoy the irony. (no need to click on the ads, those spaces are pay-a-flat-premium fee, not pay-by-the-click ;o) The baby talk ones are there too…

Love,
Heather

On the left:
Baby Talk Cover!
Baby Talk Magazine

and on the right (occassionally ;o)

The View!
The View Action Alert
turn off the view!
Rosie Calls Breastfeeding Mothers Crazy on the View

edited on Feb. 22 to make more sense…

If you have a birth story (preferably unassisted, but if it’s assisted it shouldn’t focus on the midwife- not that she’s not totally AWESOME, please don’t understand, I LOVE midwives! - too much, I’m looking for birth stories that focus on the mother, the baby and the birth process.) please send it in to be included in the next Hathor book (I’m too poor to pay you, but will happily give you a couple of the books and my undying gratitude!) Plus, you’ll be in print! My friend, Gurumama, is going to be editing the book so I’ll be passing the stories along to her and she’ll be in touch about whether they’ll be included or not…Please forward this widely!

Here’s what you can do to make the birth story exactly what I’m looking for:

1. remove the paragraphs where you’re making your decision to birth at home, or birth unassisted. for instance in my birth story of Gwyneth Kai, I’m going to remove the first paragraph where I blather on about wanting a birth that was free of interventions. For the sake of argument, lets agree that the audience for this book already WANTS a birth that’s free of interventions. Let’s ASSUME we live in a world where ALL women want no interventions. It’s a given. How would you start your birth story then…probably at the first contraction, huh? Okay, start there.

2. If you’re telling an unassisted birth story or an assisted birth story, let’s just call it a birth. Take out all the qualifiers and just birth that baby!

3. fear is fine, but how ’bout a little bit about how you ‘rise above’ the fear? And don’t forget to include those moments when you weren’t afraid. I like to read birth stories where the laboring mother ‘just knew’ what to do. It comforts me, and when I gave birth the third time I was able to tune into my instincts because I had read so many birth stories by women who ‘just knew’.

and 4. if you think your birth story can do all of this but it includes an intervention anyway, heck, send it in. Interventions happen, as do transfers, it’s how we FEEL (and write) about them that matters. Can your birth story tell how you transfered to the hospital and delivered your breech baby into the hands of some strange doctor, but still, wow! isn’t birth great?! and wouldn’t you do it again?

So, that’s what I’m looking for…please send them in! hathor at thecowgoddess.com or in the comments below.

xox,
Heather