As I type, I should be packing. My kids are going to stay with my mom for 5 days 6 nights (gulp) and that is because we are leaving for Maryland for my three day workshop with Birthing From Within. I don’t really have to time to blog…but I have to get this out before [...]
Posts Tagged ‘breastfeeding’
Aug 20 2009
not in the mood
I’m not referring to my sex life today. I’m sure I would be in a much more light hearted mood if I were. No, I’m talking about ignorant, uneducated comments regarding breastfeeding. I’m fortunate to be connected with many doulas, midwives and breastfeeding, natural birthing parents on twitter. Thankfully for this connection, I have access [...]
Aug 15 2009
required reading list
So in several posts I have talked about my required reading list for my doula/mentor certification and I have often referred to it as “a stack”. Well here it is, decide for yourself if it’s a stack or not: Doula Book List Birthing From Within by Pam England Birthing From Within Journal The Doula Advantage [...]
Jul 31 2009
informed vs. educated
The difference between being informed versus being educated has been on my mind quite a bit recently. Due to my required reading list for my doula/mentor certification I have realized that many of my experiences as a mother, many based on my instinctual choices, have really just been lucky. Where I once thought of myself [...]
Jul 08 2009
real food
real food for mother and baby; The Fertility Diet, Eating For Two, and Baby’s First Foods by Nina Planck I really loved reading this book. I love the authors approach to living and eating and it resonated with me. I guess I need to be honest and say that another reason was due to it [...]
May 16 2009
change
I remember in high school, there was a girl in our dorm that babysat for a faculty member. This member and his wife obviously were ahead of the times and had had either a home birth or something very natural because the girl came back to announce that on the coffee table was a photo [...]
May 13 2009
i am a hero.
“Don’t be hero, take the drugs” “You’ve been a hero already, just take the drugs and enjoy not feeling the pain” “Oh, I don’t need to be a hero like you…” Last night I was reading some posts on a new networking site for moms. I was reading a thread about pain in childbirth and [...]
