*DISCLAIMER: This is not a post about mothers who use formula. This is not a post about mothers who choose not to breastfeed, or who cannot breastfeed for medical reasons. If you fed your baby formula and you are prepared to get defensive over what I’m about to convey, please stop and read this sentence. THIS IS NOT ABOUT MOMS...
We’ve been planning for HH to have a vasectomy for years. We knew as soon as we were done having babies that would be the birth control method we’d utilize. I will not consider an IUD because I have scars inside my uterus, and the idea of having a foreign object near them totally freaks me out. Hormonal birth control...
Disclaimer: I know that the WIC system helps a lot of women and children who would be otherwise unable to eat. I know that I am privileged to have the education and resources to critically analyze this program. I also know that I am privileged to have the means to reject this program without me or my baby starving to...
Earlier this week, Beka Economopoulos, an organizer with the Occupy Wall Street movement, got a big surprise when her planned hospital birth became an unplanned taxi cab birth in a matter of minutes. According to the couple’s statements in the video, shot by her videographer husband and fellow Occupy Organizer Jason Jones, Beka began having contractions only 35 minutes before...
If you’ve never seen the gossip mag TV version of TMZ, I’ll break it down for you. The basic format of the show is that cameras film a staff meeting of sorts where they all report to their boss on what’s going down with the celebs for the week. They discuss the week’s stories, intermingled with short clips of some...
I’ve often noticed various moms around the internet complaining about women who complain about having an oversupply of breastmilk. These moms are under-producing, and feel that women who complain of oversupply are only doing it to rub their hyperlactation abilities in the low-producers’ faces. They equate it to a billionaire complaining about having too much money. To these under-producing moms,...
For a long time, for a whole lot of reasons, I kept my mental issues out of my internet spaces. Part of me just didn’t want to deal with my own feelings about it. Part of me knew I’d be judged and looked down upon. Part of me knew I’d get too much support (the kind that makes me more...
