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About Me

I'm a 27 year old SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) to four year old Jenna and two year old Justin. Wife to Sanitation man Billy!!! I had a C-section with daughter Jenna and a VBAC with son Justin. Best informed decision I ever made along with the one to question circumcision. People I can not emphasize this enough, RESEARCH YOUR CHOICES. For me that meant specifically regarding having a VBAC v. repeat cesarean and the circumcision debate. WHAT'S POPULAR ISN'T ALWAYS RIGHT. Just because someone else does something, that doesn't neccesarily mean that that is the right choice for you or for anyone else for that matter. Things were done a certain way for a long time and then when those things are disproved and no longer have any validity to it, people still want to hold on to it for all its worth. CHANGE IS GOOD PEOPLE, don't be fearful. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIVES. I also frequently blog about things that matter to me ( breastfeeding, circumcision, cesarean and vaginal births and other subjects), so if you aren't pro-breastfeeding, anti-circumcision and a birth activist, you might want to look the other way, because I tend to be VERY STRONG in my opinions. Thanks and have a great day.
2 Years Breastfeeding award!! Sapphire baby!!
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Michelle and Billy's 6 year Anniversary

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My opinion on circumcision is this:

My Interests

Medically UNNECESSARY Cesareans suck...Just to clarify

Pregnancy
Labor
Childbirth
I'm pissed, I erased my written interests by accident. I'll get back to it another day.

I'd like to meet:

People like me with some of the same values, ideas, morals....Where are the cruchy mommas? I need those friends, since I really don't have any IRL. I need to talk to the mommas that breastfeed, keep their sons intact, co-sleep, babywear and believe in AP. Who else eats granola and wants to share?

Save the Earth, plant a tree! For every virtual tree you plant, a real tree is planted.

Music:

Truthfully, I love dance music. Untz, Untz, Untz. I love the way it feels going through my body. Sometimes, I like to drink and write while listening to that type of music. I feel it move through me like it has its own spirit. And no, I'm not some wacked out druggie. I just really feel it. I love singing and cleaning listening to music. It can be very cathartic.

Breastfeeding links..Clickable so go there NOW!!

Kellymom.com

LaLecheLeague.or

Breastfeeding.com

TheCowGoddess.com

Make your own Blinkie

Movies:

Routine Infant Circumcision

This video is provided here as an educational resource for healthcare professionals and parents/guardians who are interested in learning more about what circumcision entails. Actual surgery on a baby done by a doctor in a hospital is shown, so viewer discretion is advised. More about this video can be found at the link above.Additionally, if you are interested in learning whether foreskin has any purpose from a medical perspective, you may watch that video here: http://...com/ybm7bc The first one that I think of is Contact with Jodie Foster. I love thinking that there is more out there and I'm not talking about Aliens. The universe is such a huge place and we are so close minded when faced with the possibility that there is someone out there who made us. I'm not afraid to believe.
Circumcision links....Read before you decide
NoCirc.org
Cirp.org
NoHarmm.org
Circumstitions.com

Television:

Hahahahah is what I say to T.V. We hardly watch that anymore. I used to love TLC's Baby Story, but as I got to know birth better and better, I started realizing what a crock of shit that show is. I've written to them before about how they continue to perpetuate birth as something that is done to women and not something that women do. I would love to see more natural births on that show. But I don't watch it anymore, so if someone does see a natural positive birth, please tell me...thanks!

Books:

Currently reading:

Hypnobirthing by Marie Mongan

I have been reading alot about pregnancy and childbirth lately but I read other things also. Pretty much anything else I can get my hands on. I love to read. I'm a nerd. That's how my mom used to punish me when I was younger, she would take my books from me. I would be hiding in the bathroom reading when I was supposed to be getting ready for school. Luckily, Jenna has the same love of reading. "Mom, wanna read?" Over, and over and over all day.

My Blog

Michelle, MIA ?

If you could guess one reason why I have been MIA, why do you think it is?No, I'm not pregnant.No, I haven't been in drug rehab.No, Billy didn't ban me from Myspace because I didn't clean the house pr...
Posted by Michelle on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:02:00 PST

Damn buttwads making issues where there are none

Some assholes are trying to make homebirth illegal! Can you belive the balls??? I have a lot of friends that have homebirthed, so the mother's that have had a homebirth please sign this, so ...
Posted by Michelle on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:04:00 PST

Quick rant

Jenna today had her "Stepping Up" ceremony in Pre-K. It was just a celebration of her graduating Pre-K and getting ready for kindergarten. Very cute, but very disorganized and chaotic when refreshment...
Posted by Michelle on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:55:00 PST

Of course hospitals do poorly, there is money to be made off of formula..duh

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25124745/Hospitals do poorly on breast-feeding support1 in 4 medical centers gave supplements to healthy newborns, study reports ATLANTA - Most U.S. hospitals don't do ve...
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:08:00 PST

Its a start

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24387268/ Breast-feeding rates hit new high in U.S. Three-quarters of new moms nurse their infants, at least briefly, CDC says ATLANTA - The U.S. breast-feed...
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:50:00 PST

A woman who circd her 2 other boys realizes the truth about circumcision

With permission I took this from this woman's blog:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.vi ewprofile&friendID=69890701I had Austin and Jude circumcised. Mitchell is 6 weeks old now. I t...
Posted by Michelle on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:47:00 PST

What babies dont need

The number one thing that babies don't need is...drumroll...wait for it....CRACK COCAINE. Yes, folks, I said crack cocaine, and the sad, sad part about this story is that I am not joking. While at a b...
Posted by Michelle on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:10:00 PST

Alternate dreams

I have been thinking lately that if I wasn't what I am (mother, wife, doula, childbirth educator-in-training, ICAN chapter leader) and I had all the resources in the world that I needed (money, educat...
Posted by Michelle on Sun, 25 May 2008 05:08:00 PST

Children of Men was not researched properly

Anyone watch the movie "Children of Men?" It was supposed to have rave reviews, so I watched it the other night. I got annoyed by two things. One, when the woman is giving birth, she chooses to lay do...
Posted by Michelle on Tue, 20 May 2008 01:54:00 PST

Interesting news out of China

http://yesboleh.blogspot.com/2008/05/chinese-policewoman-hel ps-quake-effort.html Chinese Policewoman Helps Quake Effort by Breastfeeding Jiang Xiaojuan, Jiangyou County Public Security Bureau in Sichu...
Posted by Michelle on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:57:00 PST