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A lot of studies say “you need a natural birth, catch your baby, place directly on your chest, let baby find breast, don’t let anyone touch the baby” so on and so on. Obviously this is an ideal birth. Healthy baby, born the way I would assume any mother would truly want or at least [...]

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My C-Section

by Katie on August 10, 2010 · 14 comments

in Hot Topic,Mommyhood,NICU

A long time ago I once said “I hope I get a c-section because then it won’t hurt so bad”. I was little and said this to my mother who had an emergent csection with me. She informed me it was surgery and labor hurt for just a little while, but surgery would hurt for [...]

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Sideline or Frontline?

by Katie on August 6, 2010 · 8 comments

in Hot Topic,Just Katie

Usually you can find me on the front line. In internet wars that is. In real life, I’m not much of a confrontational person. Unless you are hurting someone I love (like that woman that made my mom cry at work. I didn’t let her get away with that) or have just pushed me past [...]

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Don’t know what the Infantino Snugrider bag sling is? It is a sling that breaks ALL babywearing rules and places your baby in a C position causing their airway to crink, suffocating them. It also covers the baby’s face which could suffocate them, yadda yadda yadda, this sling is bad. It was recalled a while [...]

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There is a dark place in motherhood. It’s called Postpartum Depression. Recently a lot of (big) bloggers have been putting their two cents in on the subject. Beth Ann at The Heir to Blair is a really popular blogger and has recently blogged about her stint in the hospital for severe PPD. Alena from Charmingly [...]

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Rabbi Wrote Me An Email

by Katie on June 7, 2010 · 12 comments

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The Rabbi sent an email to all the people who contacted him regarding the distasteful article I blogged about last night. (PLEASE read that first hehe) Here is what he had to say: Dear friends, Over the weekend our office received many emails from angry women saying I had attacked breast-feeding. One woman even said [...]

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At least that is what this Rabbi dude believes. He wrote an absolutely horrific sexist article on the negative impact breastfeeding has on marriages. The entire article can be read here, but here are some specific excerpts from “Moms, Don’t Forget To Feed Your Marriages” that particularly perturbed and offended me. “…I said, her obsession [...]

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