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Category Archives: pregnancy/birth
bothersome ideas about ppd
February 13, 2008 – 8:55 pm
OK. I read on Hathor about this bill wherein the US government is apparently going to grant doctors the ability to practically, if not literally, force new mothers to take SSRIs if they “fail” a mandatory PPD screening. Well, yes, as this is clearly a disgusting travesty of Big Brother Evil, I got all ready [...]
because IV tubing and shiny machines (ping!) are too dazzling to compete with actual evidence
February 11, 2008 – 1:40 pm
Despite mountains and mountains of evidence supporting not only the safety of homebirth, but its superiority over hospital birth with regards to normal pregnancies, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued a statement condemning births that take place at home.
Clearly we could be doing more as a country to make sure that we [...]
blog for choice: contemplating the spiritual experience of abortion
January 22, 2008 – 3:59 pm
For some reason I’m feeling raw-emotional today. I can’t think of any meaningful thing to post, but I’m reading Abortion Clinic Days and feeling teary and complex and thinking of my women friends-allies at the clinic and acknowledging the depth and breadth of our patients’ experiences… just sinking back into the memories of working there and how [...]
very good argument against hospital births
January 20, 2008 – 3:06 pm
I don’t know how to link to a specific comment, or if it’s possible, but I just read this in a thread on Feministing about home birth legislation, and I could scream for this mama:
I had a hospital birth with my first daughter…the birth itself went ok, it was the aftercare that nearly killed her. [...]
Protected: dear cow goddess & mamas of the world
December 31, 2007 – 12:37 pm
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
baby e
November 20, 2007 – 3:27 pm
and his mama are peachy He has two middle names! (I love that.) The surgery went well and they are very healthy, in case you wondered. And thanks for the good mojo:) I cannot wait to lose this cold so I can snuggle newborn babyness.
thoughts re: ‘the business of being born’ documentary
November 19, 2007 – 6:52 am
My church screened the new documentary The Business of Being Born Saturday. From an art/critical/analytical stance, the movie is not wonderful; it’s OK. The content was great, and it was empowering to see this information in a film that’s getting some attention, but I doubt that the AMA is going to watch it and think, “Oh, [...]
hospitals & babies
November 12, 2007 – 5:45 pm
This story gives me a small black hole in the pit of my stomach. It brings back the moment I was in the waiting room while the Souster was having a C-Section delivery of her first baby. He is my little Aries elfin buddy boo, is Mr. V. He’s also betrothed to Molly, but don’t [...]
the first flutters
August 16, 2007 – 5:41 pm
Text reads: When I first felt her tiny, fluttering movements I named her Mollybird, as if she had wings shaking me from the inside. My entry for a First Something in the Pulsate Olympics. I wasn’t going to enter, but Bine’s erntry inspired me. Go see.
