March 14th, 2010
March: The Month of Gina
The very first day of this month started out with my name in the media, and it seems that the theme of infamy fame has continued to persist. Let’s take a look at who awesome my month as been thus far…
March 1st: Chicago Tribune posts article on my VBAC titled “Fighting for a VBAC.” Smart people from around the country come to defend my choice in the comments section. Rawk.
March 3rd: The Crosley-Corcorans enter homes across the land through our “Radical Parenting” special on Discovery Health. Thousands of visitors flock to my blog to tell me how much I rule (and of course a few homophobic misogynists said I suck, but those people suck, so screw them, HA!)
March 9th: Rita Rubin tells my VBAC story to a room full of doctors, scientists, birth activists, and even the President of the ACOG himself. (see it below)
March 11: RH Reality Check publishes my article titled “Once a Cesarean, Rarely a Choice” – which gets syndicated to many other sites, including Alternet, DailyKos, and The Seminal. I’m told by those who know me best that it’s the best thing I’ve ever written, and I humbly agree. 
March 11th: Ricki Lake shares my article. I nearly die of pride.
March 12th: Northwestern’s Medill News Service publishes a thorough piece on VBACs called “Women Struggle to Avoid Serial C-Sections”, and again, my VBAC story is included in it – with audio (and I’m crying in it… oy.) They say it has also been picked up by Chicago Parent magazine. Holy Big Deal Batman.
March 13th: Ricki Lake follows me on Twitter – and so you know, she is not a twitter whore. She follows approximately 0.01% of the people who follow her (I’m not kidding – 223/21,000).
And some of the greatest news of all this month is that I managed to survive the Stats and Psyc classes that I whined about all over Facebook and Twitter, and even managed to finagle a score of over 95% in each class, which means I get to keep my 4.0 GPA (and do not ask me how I pulled those A’s off when I STILL cannot calculate a Confidence Interval so I have NO idea why I got those scores and I’m beginning to think this whole 4.0 thing is just a dream that I will wake up from soon —- or, I could just be so good that I don’t even know how good I am, which is an equally frightening thought.)
Also, I made some Super-Tastic awesome friends at the NIH VBAC conference, and I know you’re all asking why the hell I have not written a million posts about that whole trip but the truth is there’s just so much to write about, I don’t even know where to begin. I have a draft started, and I promity-promise I’ll get something published soon.
Now I just need to get pregnant this month, and then March 2010 may go down as the Greatest Month in the History of the World.
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Congrats, Gina! And it’s Women’s History Month…
Andrea Owen´s last blog ..My sincerest of thank yous… 
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You are totally awesome! I want to watch your video, but I’m seeing the error that “either the video has been removed from Facebook or is not visible due to privacy settings.” 
Maya´s last blog ..Friday Favorites
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@Maya – Thanks for letting me know. I just fixed the settings and it should be okay now. Let me know if it’s not.
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You totally deserve it, Gina! Seriously. I’ve seen firsthand how hard you work. You’re amazing!
Kristen´s last blog ..The NIH Consensus Statement on VBAC: A Step Forward
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LMAO!! I looked at the twitter screen shot, and I am right next to you on the people Ricki is following… I feel so special not only to be next to you (hint hint, wink wink) but to be followed by her. LOL
Danielle´s last blog ..2011 ICAN Conference Chair
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Gina you freakin rock!
Such awesome news on all accounts and hells yeah it’s women’s history month! Making us all proud!
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You ARE supah dupah wicked awesome!!! Congrats. Love the video.
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Wow Gina. You are super triple duper amazing. Not only do I wanna be followed by a celebrity too! Humpf! But a 95% score in stats?! Wow! I’d love to pull that one off myself!
Melodie´s last blog ..Love – The Secret Ingredient For Healthy Self-Esteem
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Congratulations on everything!
(Although, with all that going on, I don’t know when you’re going to find time to get pregnant!)
Whozat´s last blog ..Ask Me Anything: We’re thinking about using cloth diapers . . .
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@Whozat – Honestly, I don’t know where I’m gonna find time either! I’m trying to remember what life was like when we were newlyweds who did it 3 times every day. Seems like a lifetime ago.
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Yay Gina! This success is so well-earned.
And I am thinking baby thoughts for you.
Amber´s last blog ..Passion, Interrupted
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WOW. Congrats! I also hope you get pregnant this month. Then it would def be The. Best. Month. Ever.
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Hey Gina,
I love that I am one of the “Super-Tastic awesome friends” that you met at the NIH VBAC conference. You are an amazing woman and your VBAC story is truly inspirational. Thank you for The Feminist Breeder and for all that you do! I loved your coverage of the conference and I can’t wait to see what you’re up to next. I can’t believe I don’t get the Discovery Health channel, before I knew it was you on there, I was interested in watching it and now I want to see it even more!
Carrie
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Congratulations!! You deserve it all after all your hard work.
Lauren @ Hobo Mama´s last blog ..Long-term breastfeeding
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Wow, fantastic! congrats and crossing fingers for pregnancy!
If ricki lake follows you she must be cool, so I’ll go follow her!
geekymummy´s last blog ..A different life
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Yay! Both for your month but also on the awesome messages behind it all. So much going on!
Amber Dusick´s last blog ..Intentions…and then real life
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I just saw the “Radical Parenting” tonight and I thought it was pretty cool. I totally stand behind you 100% on the VBAC thing, as much as I know about it, and I will be totally honest and humble here and say I definitely need to do much research on the topic! But I definitely don’t think people should be put through any more surgery/cutting than necessary! I am definitely going to put a lot of thought into the whole “gender-neutral” parenting but for the most part I think I agree. I am hoping for a girl anyway. Anyhow, all I’ve read so far is this post I am commenting on. You are trying to get pregnant with another? Good Luck!! We are currently working on our first!! It’s great to “meet” you and I plan on starting to follow your posts!
-Ariana
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