Carnival of Nursing in Public Call for Submissions
It seems like we can never go more than a few weeks without a mother breastfeeding her child in public making the headlines. In the last three months alone a Denver, CO mother created a stir when she nursed her newborn daughter at a Colorado Rockies game; a Tampa, FL mother was asked to nurse her toddler in private rather than in the school lobby; and a server at an Old Country Buffet in St. Paul, MN demanded that a mother cover up with a blanket while she nursed her six month old son. A recent study in the UK showed that half of all new mothers try to avoid breastfeeding in public because...
Read MoreLessons From the Car Accident
My husband and daughter were in a car accident today. Yeah, that is not a fun sentence to type. They were on the way to the zoo with another SAHD and his 18 mo. old daughter when they T-boned another car. Everyone had their seatbelts/carseats securely fastened so all the injuries were related to that. Aellyn has ugly bruises on both her shoulders and a rub-abrasion on her neck. She is also limping like an old man but the doctor said she is just sore from the impact with the carseat harness. No broken bones. No concussion. God bless car seats. I feel so emotionally drained by the...
Read MoreSunday Surf! (better late than never?)
What? It is Monday? Oh man. I’m so behind! We’ve had quite a week here and I’m quite behind on my Google Reader so I’m sure there will be more next week when I catch up! Here is some of the great stuff I read this week! You can always see what I’m reading at my Google Reader Public Page. Visit Authentic Parenting and Hobo Mama for more Sunday Surfing! Calling It Quits on Prenatal Madness from Escaping To My Happy Place - I love this article. It encapsulates how I felt about gestational diabetes. If I get pregnant again I’m not sure what...
Read MoreDividing Women: Primary vs. Secondary Infertility
I. Don’t. Have. Secondary. Infertility. Thankyouverymuch. Secondary Infertility, as a medical diagnosis, is new-onset infertility after previously having a naturally conceived, biological child. According to RESOLVE: Secondary infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant, or to carry a pregnancy to term, following the birth of one or more biological children. The birth of the first child does not involve any assisted reproductive technologies or fertility medications. Secondary Infertility, as an infertile community label, is “you have a kid so I don’t want...
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