Monthly Archives: July 2010

Baby’s first political activism

Posted on July 31, 2010 by

Add one more to the list of public places I’ve breastfed: the Massachusetts State House.  I took Bridget there yesterday to try to help out with the midwifery bill. It was pretty exciting.  I’ve walked past the State House many … Continue reading →

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Breastfeeding in public

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

I’ve breastfed in parks, in restaurants, on airplanes, at the beach, in a faculty office at a prestigious university, walking down the sidewalk, sitting in my car in a parking lot . . .  When a baby demands to eat, … Continue reading →

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An elemental force

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

The other day I was watching my baby make a huge mess on the kitchen floor with some herbs we’d just harvested in the garden.  I thought of my friend Lily over at Witch Mom considering lessons in the Elements … Continue reading →

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My outlaw birth

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

I had intended to head to the State House this morning to join in the effort to get the midwifery bill passed here in Massachusetts.  But 10-month-old Bridget slept poorly last night and awoke with a runny nose and a … Continue reading →

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Open discussion: what do strangers say about your baby?

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

In a thoughtful reply to my post about strangers interacting with me about my baby, Christina said, “This post has made me curious about the sorts of questions that other people’s babies get, though.” To summarize what I get: Strangers … Continue reading →

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Tracking the analysis of the meta-analysis

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

So, about that meta-analysis of “medical literature on the maternal and newborn safety of planned home vs planned hospital birth” that got me so worked up the other night, a lot of birth activists are asking questions about how it … Continue reading →

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New ACOG guidelines on VBACs

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

Just last month, Timothy R. B. Johnson and Judy Norsigian in their great Boston Globe editorial “The High Cost of Cesareans” called for many birth reforms, among them: the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [to] amend a recommendation that … Continue reading →

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Eating during labor

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Food justice is an enduring passion for me.  By the phrase “food justice” I mean to signal the ways in which food is bound up with social, economic, and environmental injustice, and how changes can be made to create more … Continue reading →

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Parenting books and anxiety

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

While I was on vacation I spent a lovely, lazy hour in a big used bookstore browsing, while my baby napped in the hand-me-down Ergo carrier I’d received that afternoon. The sign for the Parenting section caught my eye, but … Continue reading →

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Your body, our business?

Posted on July 17, 2010 by

I started this blog and then I went away on vacation.  Oops. Note to self: make plans for the blog if I know I’ll be away. The impetus for vacation was my sister’s gorgeous southern California wedding. Not only did … Continue reading →

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