Sputnik Sweetheart

The big news in the birth world today is that “Too many women are dying, giving birth, in the US.”

A report was published a few weeks ago, showing that it was safer to give birth in Bosnia than in California (seriously.)  Now this came out, from Amnesty International, showing some pretty serious & horrifying statistics in the US.

You can read the story on Time magazine here, the story on CNN here, or the full (pdf file) report from AI here.

And once again, we natural birth fanatics say “SEE? Yet MORE evidence to keep OB/GYN’s away from low risk birth.”  Too many medical interventions, too many c-sections, and too many drugs.

National Institute of Health releases statement on VBAC. (It’s safe for most women.)

Cutting Less: VBAC Navajo Style

I wrote a post on Nugget’s blog about using goat milk vs formula.  It’s not an argument I feel like getting into again, with anyone, but it is something I want to put out there.  I gave him his first goat milk bottle today, and he didn’t so much as spit up.  Raw goat milk, at that, I might add.

I stood there, goat milk filled bottle in hand, thinking about the fact that I was about to give my 4 month old baby unpasteurized goat milk.  I thought, “Wow.  That’s kind of a big deal.  Do I want to go this far?  Am I going there?”

Oh, yeah.  I went there.  I am now officially hard core.  And I’m following my instincts.  Anyway, the link to that post, as I’m too lazy to cut & paste it, is here.

Gosh, I’m so glad I’m not a playboy bunny.

Snort.

Case in point, about what I said the other day (regarding, you know… ORGASMS):

Click on picture #4, with Kendra Wilkinson(sp?)

Us
“New Mom Confessions.”
Can we talk about Kendra? Every week, there is some kind of “exclusive” with her. She talked about her body to Ok!; talked about her baby with Llife & Style, had a cornflake smoothie on Ok!, talked about her baby joy to Ok!, etc. etc. etc. Why should we care about this woman? She was hired to wear next-to-nothing and serve shots at a party of the Playboy mansion. Octogenarian letch Hef liked the look of her, so she moved into the mansion. She was 18. Then she became on of Hef’s girlfriends; then she did a Playboy shoot; then she got married and got her own show, then she had a baby, and now we have to read her saying stuff like: “Having a different body was such a culture shock. I’m so used to being hot and being fit.” And when asked how she keeps things “hot” in the bedroom, she answers: “Let’s just say that once you have a baby, everything stops working. Your feelings and your nerves just stop because of giving birth. You have to exercise and get massages to help the blood flow back to certain places so you can feel good again.” Um, what? Is she telling us she can’t orgasm? DO NOT WANT.

See, stop saying things like this and scaring women.  NOT TRUE.  Well, not for everyone, anyway.  HA! I have a better sex life than a former playboy bunny.  GO, ME!