Monday, May 16, 2011 at 5:00AM
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Wow. You have outdone yourself with these MEN IN BELTED SWEATERS. I can't really think about anything else now.
Right now, my family is giving thanks that I can't knit.
I did read an interesting article today-- to smart phone or not? I'm due for an upgrade, but I'm also cheap. What to do? http://www.theminimalistmom.com/2011/05/16/my-smart-phone-is-making-me-stupid/
I started my book review on the Goldberg book.
Almost 16 weeks pregnant and starting to feel somethin' somethin'. Yay!
It's International Week for Respecting Childbirth/Semaine mondiale pour l'accouchement respecté, which was started by an organization in France (www.smar.info). The theme this year is: " Birth where you want, the way you want and with whom you want". Is anything happening in your cities to celebrate IWRC 2011?
In Montreal, Dr. Michel Odent is here for a conference and workshop and the organization that supports women in their VBAC choices, AVAC-Info (www.avac-info.org), is presenting the play Birth (BOLD, by Karen Brody). The panel following the play is composed entirely of women who have had a VBAC: a midwife on her way to her second VBAC, a nurse turned doula who had an unassisted VBAC at home many years ago, a researcher who's first birth, a c-section, led her to research childbirth and an obstetrics GP who had two VBACs. The lovely MC for the panel is a TV host who just had a VBAC a few months ago. We're really excited and can't wait for this great event tomorrow night! : )
Empowered Birth Awareness Week!
Lets GO!
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220398101319127
(I think the one in blue is the hottest.) No smartphone here... I got sick of paying $30 a month for the data package. I originally wanted the blackberry to keep up with all the details my brain is too fuzzy to remember, like a palm pilot or whatever, but I never could remember to use it as such. :)
For the record -- and thank GOD for this open forum -- I'd like to say that I have no idea how/why husbands get to have a say in naming babies. For the record, I'd like to say that HE didn't get the vasectomy, HE got laid, and *I* got pregnant and MY body is doing the work -- for this 9 months and however long after that as required by breastfeeding. For the record, the name he wants is WRONG and the name I want is PERFECT. That is all.
Oh, and I don't know what would be worse: the name he wants, or making the child wear belted sweaters. For fuck's sake.
Rachel, I vote "yes" to the smart phone. I finally got one a few months ago. As the blog post to which you link says, I am a texting jerk for sure. I think I can live with that.
I can't wait to read your review and, yes, I will walk to the bookcase and put that book on my nightstand now!
16 weeks already? Wow. :)
Kim, that's right. The name you picked is perfect and his choice is vile. That's what open threads are for.
Being a writer sometimes blows. It's not like putting a hammer to a nail and so there are days when I am super productive, and there are days when it's "all work and no play..." I'm also running low on patience for no reason I can see. I'm not pregnant, though I want to be, and not just because it would be a great excuse for, well, everything. *sigh* I evidently need the practice at being patient.
Sarah, I'm glad you posted that. I followed some links and just got engrossed by the Parto Libre site. http://partolibremexico.org/index.php
Ha, Kim! They very fact that he's arguing about it proves his name is wrong.
So my sister's due with her first in 2 months and *I'm* starting to freak out. How do I gently let my sister know that what the hospital and her OB present to her are not her only options? And how do I learn to let go? It's not my birth, it's not my birth, it's not my birth...
Lisa, I think you do just what you're doing. It's not your body or your birth. Rinse and repeat.
Rachel: I got the very first model of iphone in 2007 and it's still working just fine for me (knock on plastic). So you CAN upgrade and still be cheap and functional.
Sesasha: I'm a writer, too. It CAN blow. That's excuse enough to be pissy and impatient!
Lisa: When I've found myself in the same situation with friends or colleagues, I try to (1) Listen (2) Respect that this is their unique experience and NOT mine (3) if appropriate, might gently remind them "It's still your body and your birth. Take all the official advice with a grain of salt and remember you have options."
As long as I have the forum. I would like to share something that I can't share in many other places:
I'm 32 weeks pregnant. That means I *AM* the very definition of "fucking fat"
that is all.
Kim, I hear you on the naming thing. Though I'm guessing that your husband at least hasn't picked an unpronounceable Welsh name like mine has. :(
I love The Kim Show.
Kim, Thank you! It seems like few people really understand that! I already feel better.
Sarah: Wow! I wish I'd seen that earlier and I would have made efforts to get there (i'm only a few hours away). Man, babies sure cramp my spontaneous birthy stuff. ;)
Rachel: I used to be of the "my phone is a PHONE dammit!" camp, but now I heart my iphone. I use it mostly as a reader, collecting articles on my RSS, and connecting to the Times, etc., apps. And Facebook, because...you know.
Kim: I agree that your show is awesome. I would like to see it picked up for the fall. With my husband, I told him that our first daughter was going to have either the first or middle name of my grandmother, period. I told him that I was willing to "surprise" him when her birth certificate arrived, if necessary. He could pick which name, and what our daughter went by, but that was non-negotiable. :)
Some dispatches from my birth/breastfeeding-land:
1) Was a doula at a great midwife-attended hospital birth, mom delivered out of bed, standing up...awesome! What is up with these midwives? What magic powers do they possess that they can catch a baby in mid-air??
2) While LCing I met a woman who'd just had a VBA2C...I consider it my responsibility as a doula to give any VBACers props, so I gave this woman MAD props. She talked about how she couldn't have done it without her 2 doulas. Loved it!
3) In less fun news, also as an LC just saw my first case of failure-to-thrive likely due to a combination of posterior and anterior tongue ties. From everything I've learned about FTT + tongue tie, it seemed like a classic presentation. Worried that this family will not get the referrals and care they need from peds, speech pathology, etc. since there is zero education and training in these specialties on the effect of tongue ties. :-(
Oh and I vote yes on the smartphone... my favorite parts about having one are the built-in GPS, being able to check my Google Calendar anytime, anywhere, and, um, Words with Friends. Not addicted! Can stop any time I want!