In honor of World Milksharing Week (September 24-30, 2012), I’m happy to share this guest post by Ryan Stanley, a progressive activist, lactation enthusiast, postpartum doula and mama to Jude. As one of four members of The Maternally Yours Collective, Ryan co-hosts a weekly community radio program about pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood. In her downtime, Ryan … Continue reading “Why I choose to cross-nurse babies — both my biological child and children I’ve never met”
Month: September 2012
I Do Not Consent: 4 Words I Wish I’d Said
I Do Not Consent. These are the four most powerful words a pregnant woman can utter. I wish I had said them in my first pregnancy when my OB did not believe that I knew my date of conception and insisted on a transvaginal ultrasound at 10 weeks to date the pregnancy. I hated that, … Continue reading “I Do Not Consent: 4 Words I Wish I’d Said”
Surrogate Birth Story: Baby S
{second baby, first out-of-hospital birth, surrogate} I was a surrogate for some friends of mine, I’ll call them Momma S and Daddy S. We had a wonderful pregnancy! They were able to come to every midwife appointment, and were in every way involved in the pregnancy and birth of their baby boy. At 40 weeks … Continue reading “Surrogate Birth Story: Baby S”