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21:05:33 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok so today we are so happy, as always,
to have our resident cow goddess.... |
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21:05:34 |
HATHOR |
amyirony your question? |
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21:05:36 |
Webmama_Tina |
everyone give a moo! |
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21:05:39 |
Webmama_Tina |
*cow* |
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21:05:40 |
amyirony |
Thanks. I have 2 questions (if that's
ok). |
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21:05:49 |
amyirony |
*cow* |
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21:05:50 |
Webmama_Tina |
and amy can start us off! |
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21:06:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
go for it amy |
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21:06:34 |
amyirony |
I just found out I'm pg w #2 (!). I
want to do a homebirth (dd was born in a
birthcenter). We live in a 650 sf apt
-- any tips for birthing in such a small
place? Oh, and it's a 5th fl walkup
(NYC) |
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21:06:37 |
He-mom |
This is my first cyberchat, ever....
Talk amongst yourselves... I'll watch
and learn from the masters. |
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21:06:57 |
HATHOR |
Aaaah, and when will you be giving
birth? |
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21:07:09 |
Webmama_Tina |
okey dokey he-mom :) |
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21:07:12 |
amyirony |
End of August (if all goes well) |
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21:07:15 |
HATHOR |
With me it was the dead of summer with
no air conditioning |
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21:07:24 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'll be posting the welcome announcement
periodically, don't mind me.... :) |
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21:07:25 |
HATHOR |
and I closed all the windows! |
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21:07:28 |
mommyto5 |
Thanks! Your right. LOL |
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21:07:53 |
Webmama_Tina |
right now we have hathor and amyirony up
to bat....if anyone else has a question
for hathor, please post a single
question mark and i will let you know
when its your turn :) |
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21:07:54 |
HATHOR |
One thing I've noticed is that there
seems to be a veil that |
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21:08:00 |
Webmama_Tina |
that way we can keep things from getting
too confusing :) |
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21:08:07 |
HATHOR |
protects you from your neighbors |
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21:08:18 |
HATHOR |
I consider myself to be pretty loud |
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21:08:30 |
HATHOR |
but no one heard me or said anything
about it |
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21:08:31 |
amyirony |
lol, I was pretty loud w dd, fer sure |
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21:08:52 |
HATHOR |
we didn't tell anyone we were planning
it so they weren't really listening |
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21:08:58 |
Webmama_Tina |
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21:09:26 |
HATHOR |
and my other two kids didn't even wake
up tho I could hit them with a shoe from
where I was birthing |
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21:09:39 |
HATHOR |
I never would of course hit them with a
shoe. |
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21:09:41 |
HATHOR |
hee hee |
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21:09:56 |
mommyto5 |
? |
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21:09:57 |
HATHOR |
YOu're gonna do great! |
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21:10:01 |
amyirony |
Yeah, I'm a little worried about dd.
she will be almost 3, and we don't have
family close by. Not sure if she'll be
old enough to be ok with it. |
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21:10:04 |
HATHOR |
do you have another question? |
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21:10:10 |
amyirony |
Oh, yes thanks |
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21:10:30 |
amyirony |
I still nurse dd (2.3) everywhere,
including subway trains at rush hour |
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21:10:35 |
HATHOR |
I hear from lots of people that their
kids sleep right through |
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21:10:43 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: amyirony .....upcoming
chatters: mommyto5 |
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21:10:46 |
HATHOR |
good for you! |
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21:11:03 |
amyirony |
But in spite of my belief that people
need to SEE nursing to get used to it, I
can't help but feel a little embarrassed |
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21:11:20 |
amyirony |
(which is so unlike me, I'm usually an
exhibitionist). Any tips for getting
over myself? |
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21:11:29 |
HATHOR |
it can feel embarassing can't it,
sometimes? |
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21:11:39 |
amyirony |
yes, I hang my head to avoid eye contact |
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21:11:43 |
amyirony |
I hate that feeling. |
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21:11:53 |
HATHOR |
You know some places/ public spaces just
have a |
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21:12:12 |
HATHOR |
ominous and embarassing feel to them |
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21:12:31 |
HATHOR |
we all feel like that sometime and
there's no problem with that |
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21:12:42 |
Webmama_Tina |
yeah i feel that way too |
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21:12:43 |
amyirony |
I've had some people who were friendly
and chatty to dd, until they saw her
nurse. Then they give her the cold
shoulder |
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21:12:52 |
HATHOR |
just try to make yourself feel
comfortable so that you can hold your
head up and feel confident |
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21:12:53 |
Webmama_Tina |
mine is cuz i don't want any sort of
confrontation |
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21:13:05 |
amyirony |
And I feel like I'm doing wrong by her
when that happens. |
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21:13:24 |
HATHOR |
if that means that you cover a bit more
than you would like its okay as long as
you are feeling in control |
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21:13:50 |
HATHOR |
and perhaps you could make sure you have
some breastfeeding advocacy bags with
you or something |
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21:13:53 |
amyirony |
Thanks. I try. I always think of your
cartoon where the baby pulls off to show
off the nipple and I laugh! |
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21:13:58 |
Webmama_Tina |
yeah \act as if\" you feel confident and
that really helps me :)" |
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21:14:25 |
HATHOR |
Its all in the 'ACT ' somedays, isn't
it? ;) |
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21:14:43 |
Webmama_Tina |
yup...that little quote really helps me
when i want to feel something i'm not |
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21:14:46 |
HATHOR |
mamato5 ? |
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21:14:49 |
Webmama_Tina |
act as if, and eventually you will :) |
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21:14:54 |
Webmama_Tina |
yup go for it mamato5 |
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21:14:57 |
mommyto5 |
Your last few comics have really hit
home for me. I have been feeling like
that for sometime, that we care more for
things than each other. That children
are an afterthought and that STUFF is
most important |
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21:15:10 |
HATHOR |
Amen sister! |
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21:15:12 |
He-mom |
? |
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21:15:29 |
HATHOR |
And speaking of that, I wanted to say
thank you for the wonder full stuff! |
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21:15:43 |
Webmama_Tina |
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21:15:52 |
mommyto5 |
Your so very welcome! |
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21:16:01 |
HATHOR |
I don't think I mentioned to you(i
spaced it today when we were talking
on-line) that the books you sent for
xmas totally rocked! |
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21:16:24 |
HATHOR |
That book small houses is
sooooooooooooooooo great, I wish I had
written it! |
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21:16:51 |
HATHOR |
And Gwynnie LOVED jamberry big (we have
the bored book) it totally cracked her
up |
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21:16:59 |
mommyto5 |
We are also planning a UC. I finally got
up the guts to let the midwife go and
just take back my power. How did you
help your dh get comfy in the whole
idea? I love the book too! |
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21:17:22 |
HATHOR |
Well, my dh got comfy with the idea the
day AFTER the birth. |
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21:17:39 |
mommyto5 |
LOL! That is good to know! :) |
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21:17:41 |
HATHOR |
Then he was talking on the phone giving
the play by play like he thought of the
whole thing |
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21:17:51 |
HATHOR |
god love him :wub: |
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21:18:24 |
HATHOR |
I bought him the book Emergency
childbirth by Gregory White? I think |
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21:18:40 |
mommyto5 |
I thought the book Spiritual Midwifery
would be good, but as I skimmed thru
it... AGH! A bit clinical. LOL |
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21:18:48 |
HATHOR |
Its like a how-to manual for birth and
is pretty comforting |
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21:19:11 |
HATHOR |
it says that any 8 year old can assist a
birthing mother, that helped a LOT |
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21:19:18 |
HATHOR |
though it is pretty clinical. |
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21:19:33 |
mommyto5 |
Thanks! My son will be so into that!
haha |
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21:20:09 |
HATHOR |
I've heard some mothers assure their dh
that they will be willing to transfer
when they *know* that they need to |
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21:20:34 |
HATHOR |
and assure them that women are made to
*know* but you have a few births under
your belt |
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21:20:50 |
HATHOR |
so I'm sure you are pretty tried and
tested*) |
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21:20:57 |
HATHOR |
hee hee |
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21:21:01 |
mommyto5 |
LOL |
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21:21:29 |
HATHOR |
he-mom? |
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21:21:32 |
He-mom |
This is a question directed to Heather
the artist... Are you familiar with
[i]Drawing on the Right Side of the
Brain[/i] and if so, do you think it
would be helpful for a young artist (my
9yo dd)? |
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21:21:45 |
HATHOR |
Absolutely! |
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21:21:55 |
Webmama_Tina |
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21:22:13 |
HATHOR |
That's one of the books I used when I
was teaching drawing... |
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21:22:47 |
HATHOR |
With drawing its all about the easel and
setting up so that you can see the |
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21:23:07 |
HATHOR |
see what you're drawing AND your |
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21:23:16 |
HATHOR |
paper without really moving your head. |
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21:23:41 |
He-mom |
What kinds of things have you done with
your kids to help them think like an
artist... without getting schoolish on
them iykwim? |
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21:23:42 |
HATHOR |
I'd love to teach drawing again... |
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21:24:18 |
HATHOR |
Just giving them free reign with art
supplies really. |
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21:24:51 |
HATHOR |
and letting them explore, and also
letting them watch you be creative |
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21:25:45 |
HATHOR |
I think if you find something to work on
(besides the computer, I find if I'm
working on the box the kids are at loose
ends or off somewhere else) but if I'm
working on a comic at the table |
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21:25:59 |
HATHOR |
they sit down and get out paper and
start doing it too |
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21:26:52 |
HATHOR |
That's the way I'm starting to think of
everything I want to \expose\" the kids
too, that I should just drop the
pretense and teach myself :D " |
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21:27:02 |
HATHOR |
whatcha think? |
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21:27:25 |
He-mom |
Yeah, this is one of those uncharted
territories for me... not knowing how
much I need to actively participate or
just let nature take its course. |
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21:27:27 |
Webmama_Tina |
good idea! |
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21:27:30 |
nurturenature |
The former art teacher in me has to say
\don't be afraid to let them make a
mess\" since the best stuff comes from
those free moments." |
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21:27:31 |
HATHOR |
Hey, ya'll we need some question marks! |
