Archive for the tag 'Cesarean'

April 17 2008

Mother of Sons

As usual, things are nutty in the birth advocacy world. It’s not worth going into the details, but recently, I was questioned by someone who basically said that because I was a mother of sons, not daughters, my birth advocacy work didn’t have the urgency that the work mothers of daughters had. You know, because [...]

March 21 2008

United Healthcare Brochure for First-time Parents

A coworker of mine, whose wife is pregnant with their first child, just sent me this: This makes me unspeakably sad for so many reasons. Here’s my take on it: Labor begins when the baby starts releasing hormones into the mother’s system that say that the lungs are mature and ready to go. Anything that [...]