Waiting by the phone like a lovesick teenager, for the UberJob to call back for the Round 2 interview. # Today's version of Chicken Soup for the Entire Family (all of whom are still sick) turned out darned fine, if I do say so myself! # RT @EFF: Why EFF's icon is dark today: http://www.internetblackout.com.au/ [...]
Archive for January, 2010
January 26 2010
Depression Screening? Try Support!
This just in from ACOG: Ob-Gyns Encouraged to Screen Women for Depression During and After Pregnancy “As ob-gyns, we recognize that postpartum depression is a serious health issue that we need to direct more attention toward,” says Gerald F. Joseph, Jr, MD, president of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Postpartum depression is the [...]
January 24 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24
RT @huntpress: New post – Love Your Authors – http://bit.ly/8jGfbo Thank you Dianne Hales! #bellalingua # Huge thunder, lightning, and hail, plus whitecaps inside the marina. Awesome!!!! # the sky is black, the sun is shining, and there's a double rainbow over us! # Barometric pressure is dropping so fast my watch can't keep up. [...]
January 22 2010
Becoming Italian — Part 1, the How
I recently made a comment on my Facebook page about our family being in the process of getting Italian citizenship. The number of questions we received about it, both online and off, told me it was time to blog about it. So la, here we go. First, the how. Italy, ever-gracious and unique among nations [...]
January 20 2010
The Other Side of the Glass
My sister-in-law, Ria, is pregnant with my first niece. I’m totally, totally stoked about it. And as my readers know, I’m a bit of a birth freak. No, really. And when I first found out about Ria’s pregnancy, I swore up and down that I was going to keep my mouth shut, let her make [...]
January 20 2010
It’s How You Do It That Counts
Jonathan sent me this link the other day, possibly in response to my whining: Raising kids may lower blood pressure They turn Dad’s hair gray, but children can now take partial credit for the health of Mom’s heart. A new Brigham Young University study found that parenthood is associated with lower blood pressure, particularly so among [...]
January 20 2010
TrustBirth Conference, Then and Now
The amazing Gloria Lemay put together a video montage of her memories of the 2008 Trust Birth Conference. Startlingly, Yours Truly figures in it. Cool! If you can manage to get to the 2010 conference, you should. It’s amazing.
January 17 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17
Lovely paddle out in the Bay this morning. No baby harbor seals jumping on the boat today, though. #kayak # Vaguely freaking out about running down all the fiddly bits of documentation for our Italian citizenship. Bureaucracy intimidates me. # @jonaiello oh, it absolutely is. You have to really be serious about some things. in [...]
January 13 2010
The Gifting Conundrum
I have been fretting on whether or not to write this post since Christmas. Bear with me, folks. I hate walking the fine line between opinions and manners, and I feel like I there’s no way I can say this without pissing someone off. But since it’s a matter of physical harm, the right choice [...]
January 10 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10
Brilliant! Just say no thank you to privacy invasion for your children. http://tinyurl.com/ychxhnw # Powered by Twitter Tools.
January 9 2010
Birth Advocacy for Husbands
One of the most frustrating things I face, in the battle to help women get the births they deserve, is the fact that it’s often husbands, not women, who have the most paralyzing fear, and because of their fear, they’re willing to condemn their wives to the birth they themselves feel “safe” with. Usually, despite [...]
January 9 2010
Washington Post on Breech
I am so stoked to see a piece of reporting in a major news venue that gets it so very, very right, and also features a friend of mine, the inestimable Christie Craigie-Carter! Obstretricians debate whether Caesarean section is always best for breech babies Some American doctors still do breech deliveries if the mother requests [...]
January 6 2010
Right Banking
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Please read this, and then if you’re banking with one of the Big 4, move. Take Your Money Out of the Hands of the Banking Oligarchs The idea is simple: If enough people who have money in one of the big four banks move it into smaller, more [...]
