Comments | amalthia: Breast-feeding

amalthia

Breast-feeding

Mar 08, 2006 23:31

ok...so I'm on the third book in my journey of informed pre-conception motherhood (as I have began calling it).
"So, that's what they're for!"...an already amazing book written by a mother, journalist and lactation expert/consultant. ( click here for venting and controvercy! )

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!!!! ashesngolddust March 9 2006, 16:54:47 UTC

There is not much I can add to this, except to say I agree with all of it. And as women, I think it's good for us to have some degree of anger toward how society thumbs it constantly. I think we have a responsibility to our natural gender identity, and I think we all should raise awareness that yes, being a woman and breastfeeding and everything else is what is natural to us because it literally is in our nature to do so ( ... )

Re: !!!! amalthia March 14 2006, 00:21:13 UTC

Thank you for comenting...i'm glad you agreed with my statements.
I posted this on an LJ forum that I belong to and got a few interesting responses.
I love the fact that I have found a lot of people who are having or planning to have children and feel as strongly about these issues as I do. It's important that the "mission" of keeping things that matter in the forground is not abandoned.
:)

savetheworld504 May 11 2006, 16:34:58 UTC

Which breast-feeding book did you read? I have La Leche League's The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and it is wonderful. I joined La Leche League and have been going to meetings since I plan to go when I'm home on maternity leave. There's a meeting in Lindenhurst.

amalthia May 11 2006, 21:11:14 UTC

Hey!
The book is called "So That's What They're For". It's a really funny and informative read. I shelved it for a while since there are more timely things for me to read about.
:)
I plan to join up and get back into it once I'm actually pregnant.
How are you doing?
Shanon asked me to Doula her birth...so i'm reading up on birth things more...and I have to learn the Bradley Method.

savetheworld504 May 12 2006, 16:24:16 UTC

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Better Birth and Birthing from Within are MUST reads then!!

The first book is important especially if she is thinking of going natural because it talks about epidurals, pitocin and other medical interventions extensively.

The second book teaches you how to have more confidence in your body and trust your insticts when it comes to birthing.

amalthia May 12 2006, 23:16:47 UTC

She is doing a homebirth so all natural is the idea...she has that book I think! (Thinking woman's guide)
I have been "womaning up" so to speak...on the true nature of birth and so on...figuring that a life-time of brainwashing can use as much help as possible to re-program into "Birth is NOT an emergency situation...except MAYBE for the 6% who actually have justifiable C-section scenarios".
I hope to do a home birth when the time comes...and if there is reason to think there'll be complications, I'll have my forcebly educated advocate husband to fend off doctors until they are actually needed.
:)
At home, she'll be able to walk around whenever she wants, rock and sing her pains away...whatever she wants. I know i'm the same way, so I'm looking forward to seeing her do it first.
She's doing pretty good...and her stress has gone down TONS since she insisted on homebirth as her first option.
How has your pregnancy been thus far?

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helena_mae June 5 2006, 00:43:58 UTC

bradleybirth

Just found this and I joined today. I gathered quite a bit from the Bradley method. The method in Birthing from Within is kinda like a hodge-podge of several different methods and so is the methods my instructor is teaching in Lamaze class at Good Sam Hospital.

So far so good. I'm due in 7 weeks and I think I remember Andy saying that your friend is due the same week as me.

amalthia June 5 2006, 12:42:15 UTC

:) yeah...July 23rd.
Excited?
I really love the "3 faces of birth" that Bradley presents...it makes so much sense and really my help a lot of women get the care THEY need from a doctor. (ie: if they are not in phase two, then there is no need to induce)
The pictures are funny too.
;)

helena_mae July 6 2006, 02:27:34 UTC

Shannon didn't have her baby yet, did she?

I'm still pregnant also. Got just under three weeks left...or 19 days!

I stop working on the 14th so I finish out this week- which is a short week. And then next week. Plus I'm working half days next Thurs and this Friday due to my doctor appointments.

I never did read the Bradley method book. Someone also recommended a Hypnobirthing book. I just did not want to read anymore books about babies, pregnancy, or childbirth for a while. Maybe I still will when I stop working.

Soon!

Just wondering how you all are doing!

amalthia July 7 2006, 01:55:04 UTC

Well...the methods are not really something you can just read and do over night. It is a process throughout your pregnancy. I'm sure you and hubby could benifit from anything anyway though! Hypnobirthing was something I just heard about...also gaining in popularity.
Shanon is still 3 or so weeks away too. We are planning a Mommy shower for her next week, so hopefully she will last that long!
:)

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