A recent episode of The Office featured a scene with a male lactation consultant (forgive me for not getting into details – I’ve never actually seen an episode of The Office). The online community, it seems, is a buzz with talk over this controversial idea. (a MAAAAAAN providing lactation consulting? Really?)
It has [...]
We are spoiled in this country – and we are control freaks. (ouch…what a way to start off a blog post) Think about our typical lifestyle – air conditioning, flat screen televisions, computers with internet, prepackaged foods fill our pantries, at least one car…and these are common even in those considered “underprivileged”. [...]
I went out to dinner with a friend of mine last night, and I told her that I had a poem that had been floating around in my head for the last week or so that I couldn’t get out of my head. She said it was because I hadn’t written it down. [...]
With my latest couple of posts talking about some of the more silly (and sometimes stupid) things that people think or say – I would like to shift things up a bit and tell you about some of the remarkably good things that I’ve seen or heard.
I find it stunningly remarkable that in just 100 [...]
‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ – Mark Twain
I’ve heard some really ridiculous things in my years attending births (and there’s even a website someone else has devoted to ridiculous things that have been heard called “my OB said what??”).
I’ve had a doctor – an OB – hold up [...]
“We have made the hospitals so much more home-like now…there is no reason for someone not to want to come to the hospital.”
While I have another post which gushes about why I love hospitals and OB’s and I love having someplace to take my clients when they are NOT healthy or when they have complications [...]
There have been a few times when I’ve realized how much my job effects my children….like when we had to cancel my daughter’s sleep-over birthday party due to a lice scare in the neighborhood and she asked me if we could just postpartum the birthday party for a week; or the time my oldest son [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
“Being the first follower is an under appreciated form of leadership.”
Please watch this youtube video – you will notice it has nothing to do with birth. It has to do with leadership, followers, creating a movement….
Or maybe it does have something to do with birth! See, this video can be many things to [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
I received my first request for a blog topic this week…and I’m finding it near impossible to write. Anyone that knows me would say that I’m NEVER at a loss for words (and a quick glance at my previous posts would prove their point), and yet I’ve stared at this stupid blank MSWord page [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
I used to watch sports and say, “Can you imagine making a living…playing a game? How awesome is that!” Yet I do believe that my job is infinitely cooler. I get the privilege of playing a role in the most important and transforming time of a person(s) life!! I get to [...]
