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Carrie

I stand in the eternal line of women who have birthed before me and women who have yet to birth. I a

About Me

I am a Mama and a wife........... We have our second Baby on the way, IT'S A GIRL!! :) I am a BIRTH DOULA, Breastfeeding Activist, Animal lover, and a gentle Soul. I love to cook and am addicted to the food network :) I am looking foward to a natural Earth Mama birth with this baby. I never got a birth at all with my son so this will be my first birth and experience having a baby, vaginally, at least... Luke was a C-section birth, for reasons the OB gave me, "the baby is too big to fit through my pelvis" I am in LOVE with my HUSBAND,my Son, Nature, the Fall, and my family. Anything else you want to know just ask :)This documentary was made by my Doula teacher! In the near future it should be shown on HBO! Click on the link to learn more about it!!!I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Helping women have a powerful birth experience, playing with my now three year old, being pregnant with number two!! dancing, photography, hiking, enjoying a nice glass of wine (pre-pregnancy) , hanging out with the husband, going to the winery (they have awesome food there! All fresh and local produce supporting the small farms in our community, aka SLOW FOOD!) , fishing, exploring the woods :) I can go on and on!

I'd like to meet:

Friends old and new, Mom's like myself ,other Doulas, Lactivists, and anyone who is birthing, breastfeeding, and natural friendly!!!!!

Music:

Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Tori Amos,Joan Osborne, Dire Straits, Rob Thomas, Tinsley Ellis, Matchbox Twenty, Dixie Chicks, Trisha Yearwood, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith, Sublime, Dave Matthews Band, mostly anything really, my tastes are all over the place! I even love classical :) I play the violin and paino.

Movies:

Eurotrip (Scotty doesn't know!), Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Simply Irresistible, American pie 1 & 2,American Wedding, Can't Hardly wait, National Lampoons (all the old ones), Practical Magic, The Notebook, Love Actually, What Babies Want (educational video about childbirth), Coyote Ugly, Love Stinks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, all The Harry Potter movies, The Abyss, The Goonies, The Mummy movies, Teen Witch, Road Trip, The Joy Luck Club, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Pirates of the Caribbean any classic and newer Disney movies (I collect disney movies) The Messenger the story of Joan of Arc, Meet the Parents & Fockers, Star Wars (all) after all it is my and my son's name sake! LOL And Most recently, Barney, The Wiggles, and Sesame Street! LOL (guess why)

Television:

Scrubs, BUFFY, Smallville, Reba, SuperNatural, Angel, CSI Miami, How I Met Your Mother, King of Queens, Yes Dear, Good Eats, 30 Mintues Meals, Really ANYTHING on Food Network, South Park, Insomniac with Dave Attell, Drawn Together, The Daily Show, the Showbiz Show, VH1 shows like totally 80's, and anything on E!
Buffy: You are the Slayer! You have great strength
and you'll protect your friends ant any
cost...you'll even die for them. However, you
must learn that a Vampire Slayer is supposed to
kill vampires, not sleep with them!

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Books:

Baby Catcher by: Peggy Vincent , Blessingways, A guide to Mother-Centered Baby Shower Celebrating Pregnancy Birth and Motherhood, by Shari Maser CCE. , The Doula Advantage, Silent Knife and Open Season by Nancy Wainer Cohen The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer, Spiritual Midwifery and Guide to Natural Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin, The DaVinci Code, ALL V.C. Andrews books, Anne Rice,

Heroes:

My husband, SuperMan, Angel, Buffy, Ina May Gaskin, Henci Goer, and any birth and breastfeeding advocates.

My Blog

Update on Baby Girl

Ok,  so I am now 42 weeks and 2 days pregnant!!!  My Midwife refuses to let me go any longer in this pregnancy...... She is concerned over the over-all health of baby and I if she lets this ...
Posted by Carrie on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:06:00 PST

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Ok all my doula, midwive, natural mama, healers, and pagan friends!!!!! I am still pregnant!!  No surprise, it's comfy in there!!  I don't mind still being pregnant, I don't feel too uncomfy...
Posted by Carrie on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:26:00 PST

A BABY STORY ON TLC

OH BOY!! I just got a call today from the producers of A Baby Story to see if we would like to be on the show.  I sent my info to them way back in May when I first found out I was ...
Posted by Carrie on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:01:00 PST

Wanna see who makes my heart melt! Other then my HOT HUSBAND!

oh my, this picture makes me jealous!!!!  Superman can kiss me like that anyday :)             what can I say, I like the bad boys too........   got to l...
Posted by Carrie on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:16:00 PST

101 Reasons to Breastfeed Your Child

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Posted by Carrie on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:55:00 PST

A Newborn's 10 Commandments

This was sent to me from a doula friend of mine.  They went to a lamaze conference and received this!! I wanted to share it with all of my birth junkie/lactivist/doula/baby friendly myspace frien...
Posted by Carrie on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:59:00 PST

IT'S A......................................

Just in case some of you missed the bulletin I posted............   It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  John and I are thrilled with finding out that we are having a daughter!!!!  She is very...
Posted by Carrie on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:58:00 PST

Our Little Baby

I am so amazed by this pregnancy!  I am always amazed by all womens pregnancies and by the one I had with my son, but this one is really different!  First of all I have been feeling lit...
Posted by Carrie on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:27:00 PST

My Horoscope for today Aug 18th 2006

Aquarius You have an unwavering commitment to improving this world. It's not a corny or impractical sentiment at all, but a fascinating puzzle. You've got innovative ideas on how to improve things...
Posted by Carrie on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:34:00 PST

Is he too young , or can I not let go

So I got a call from a Pre-School today.  I had called in April thinking that this year I would start him in a program!  So I just called all the pre-schools in my area that I found in the p...
Posted by Carrie on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:37:00 PST