Whenever I hear through the mother’s grapevine that some woman has gone ahead and had a 4-hour labor and a blissful, natural childbirth, I get a pang of envy and regret. What I would have given for a Butter Birth— a short, smooth labor where everything slides! It’s not that I consciously want anyone else [...]
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The Cult of Birth
May 19th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Birthing From Within · c-section · cesarean · childbirth · PTSD
Still Got Milk?
November 10th, 2009 3 Comments
There were certain things I thought I’d never do when I became a mother. I wouldn’t yell at my children, share my marital bed, or nurse through toddler-hood. As my husband said with authority when we first discussed breastfeeding: “If you can ask for it, then you’re too old for it.” Never say never when [...]
Tags: breastfeeding · c-section · cesarean · nursing · Parenting · toddlers