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I'm posting this here as a favor to an online friend
Liz Paparella is an extraordinary human being. Almost a year ago, she lost a baby in homebirth due in part to the incompetence of her CPM, who also falsified some of the birth records. The midwife in question basically recieved a slap on the wrist -- probated suspension and a $500 fine-- from a licensing board made up of her friends. Since the ( Read more... ) -
Antenatal Depression
So a friend of mine asked me to do some research on prenatal depression for her, and I was shocked to find out that rates of antenatal depression are just as high as those of postpartum depression. No one ever talks about this!! It turned into a post over on my website if anyone is interested: Treatment Options for Antenatal Depression. There ( Read more... ) -
My GOD
The debate on my doula email list is still raging, and they have decided that c-sections should not be called "surgical births," as it isn't really a birth. HOT DAMN! All this time I've been celebrating Jack's "birth" day, when it was really his "surgical extraction" day. *eye roll* This has been going on for a week now, and all of the voices of ( Read more... ) -
More entries at my website
So I've totally revamped the look of my website. I like it a lot better now, actually -- it looks more "birthy." I'm working on trying to get it to rank so when people search for doulas in the area, they'll actually find me. I'll probably eventually have to buy google ads or something, but no money for that right now! So anyway, I'm going to start ( Read more... ) -
My new website!
So I'm actually going to do this doula thing! Chris helped me set up a website/blog. It's not in it's final form, because he's eventually going to pay one of his designers to really kick it up a notch, but it's not too bad. I would LOVE it if you guys would check it out and give me feedback. I know that many of you are my target age (childbearing) ( Read more... ) -
hahaha
I've never really understood the allure of vanity plates. Especially if you're the 23rd person to have the same idea and end up with something like Bkyefn23. What's the point? However, the dentist whose office is next to Chris has hilariously unintentionally freakish fail plates. How can she not see this!!?! -
neener neener boo boo, Rush Limbaugh is a poopy head!!
Is the DNC five??!?
OK, so we all know Rush Limbaugh is an annoying, pompous douchewindbag. But seriously??!? Do you not have better things to do with your time and money? It's just giving him the attention he craves and needs in order to build his empirebusiness. He'll probably fellate himself every time he's driven by the damn thing ( Read more... ) -
My breastfeeding stories
lux_roark has inspired me to apply to be a mentor for adopt_a_mom, so I'm writing out my breastfeeding stories here ( Read more... )
