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Breastfeeding Is Normal presents: A Breastfeeding Advocacy Chat #7
7/27/05

23 mamas in attendance

11:00:06 Host_Housepoet Hello and welcome to another exciting edition of the Breastfeedingisnormal.org chat on advocacy. I’m your hostess with the mostess, Noel Pickett, infamously known as the evil housepoet on livejournal. My co host partner in crime is the lovely Arianamama, who is sweet and charming. If you have any questions, please double click on her name and that will open a small private window for you to chat with her in.
11:00:08 rainingkisses Hi  Noel :)
11:00:25 Host_Housepoet Again, my excuse for not being ready yet again is I have college finals this week and am battling thrush! WOW ITS SO MUCH FUN.
11:00:34 Host_Housepoet Recap of last chat  LAST FORMAL CHAT http://mommychats.com/transcripts/bfactivism04.htm
11:00:43 rainingkisses yeah, Noel, we've got thrush, too
11:00:48 LEVISJULES Hello  and thanks!  Me too Ellen  I really should be working right now
11:00:52 Host_Housepoet We haven't had a formal chat in a while, mainly because we just haven't had the time to put one together
11:01:01 Host_Housepoet this one won't be as formal either, but we'll get through it.
11:01:18 rainingkisses Annie looks like she's got purple five o'clock shadow from the gv...
11:01:32 Host_Housepoet oh man
11:01:36 Host_Housepoet the GV didn't work for us
11:01:46 Host_Housepoet we're going to the doc on monday to get the nystatin
11:02:02 rainingkisses it has for us in the past; nystatin made it worse
11:02:08 Host_Housepoet here is our mission statement for those of you who haven't seen it.
11:02:15 rainingkisses have you tried the candida diet?
11:02:16 Ellen Usually we're approaching naptime now, so he's too fussy to chat.  We got up late today.
11:02:19 Host_Housepoet Breastfeedingisnormal.org is committed to making a positive difference in the perception of breastfeeding, to making the practice of breastfeeding normal" again in our society, and to replacing the onslaught of infant formula found in today's media with breastfeeding education and resources.  Through political advocacy, Breastfeedingisnormal.org promotes governmental support and protection of breastfeeding mothers and their children.  Through education and support, Breastfeedingisnormal.org promotes healthy alternatives to formula use, encourages new mothers to begin and continue breastfeeding, gives mothers the confidence to nurse their children in public, and gives society the understanding that breastfeeding is normal."
11:02:58 rainingkisses hell yeah!
11:03:18 Host_Housepoet We have to thank Anna Swank for putting that together for us
11:03:22 Host_Housepoet it's awesome
11:03:34 alphapythia nystatin worked ok for us, but the main thing was me getting on diflucan... lots and lots of difluican
11:03:50 Host_Housepoet diflucan? I think I may look into that as well
11:03:54 Host_Housepoet it's by script only
11:04:21 LEVISJULES nice- I like the mission statement
11:04:39 Host_Housepoet We got a very generous offer from a very talented site builder to make the site so much more than it would have been, with a great searchable structure and easy updating,
11:04:58 alphapythia yeah its the same pill they giive for vaignal yeast infections, but to knock it out of breasts you need like a double or triple dose the first day and one pill every day for a week or two
11:05:15 rainingkisses awesome, about the site building
11:05:18 Host_Housepoet I can do that!
11:05:20 Host_Housepoet that's easy
11:05:26 Host_Housepoet Ive never had a yeasty before
11:05:30 Host_Housepoet *knocks on wood*
11:05:47 Host_Housepoet so yes everyone, the site is taking longer than expected, but it's going to be so much better than we imagined
11:05:53 alphapythia if you get thrush badly enough.... you will..,. ugh
11:06:12 LEVISJULES eck- me either, knock on wood- I hope we don't have to deal w/ thrush either
11:06:21 Hisrisingstar im very susceptible to yeast infections, does that mean i would be more susceptible to thrush?
11:06:31 Host_Housepoet so here is a peak at the site
11:06:34 Host_Housepoet http://bfin.home.internal.org
11:06:39 Hisrisingstar ive been nursing 7 months and havent had thursh yet
11:06:44 Host_Housepoet not all the links are working just yet, but go ahead and click around
11:07:02 Host_Housepoet have you all signed up for bf_in_the_news on livejournal?
11:07:09 Host_Housepoet we are going to have a simliar feed like that
11:07:11 talula_fairie hello!
11:07:22 Host_Housepoet so when even a new breastfeeding story pops up it will be on our site
11:07:24 Host_Housepoet hey linds!
11:07:25 Hisrisingstar tht looks GREAT@
11:07:30 talula_fairie i apologize beforehand for bad typing, im nak
11:07:31 LEVISJULES is there an idea of when it will be done?
11:07:51 Host_Housepoet we are supposed to have it done by the World Breastfeeding Week
11:07:54 Host_Housepoet which is next week
11:08:06 LEVISJULES I can't wait to show it to my SIL, she's due in Jan and I'm trying to talk her into bfing this baby :)
11:08:18 LEVISJULES ah ok- that's awesome!  It looks great so far
11:08:50 alphapythia re: thrush and yeast- well they are both caused by a candida overgrowth so i would think it wouldnt be unusual to get both together
11:09:36 Host_Housepoet ok
11:09:47 Host_Housepoet one thing that we really need help on is everyone acting locally
11:10:13 Host_Housepoet we need people to research in their own states who is voting on breastfeeding legistlation, and which way they are voting
11:10:24 Host_Housepoet so when it comes time for big elections we can all vote conciously
11:10:41 LEVISJULES I'm going to my first nurse-in a week from Sunday- I'm kind of nervous but excited
11:10:50 Host_Housepoet We also need people to send us your local good/bad shops that allow breastfeeding
11:10:55 Host_Housepoet YES!
11:11:00 Host_Housepoet I am running on this saturday as well
11:11:06 Host_Housepoet I am nervous about it too
11:11:10 Host_Housepoet but it will be fun
11:11:22 Host_Housepoet please send all info to info@breastfeedingisnormal.org
11:11:33 Host_Housepoet so we need your good and back doctors submissions
11:11:43 alphapythia heh if i could get dd to nurse in anything but the side lay position id go to a nurse in, but i think laying down in the middsle of a walmart would be a little much, not to mention gross
11:11:44 Host_Housepoet coffee shops that say 'we love to see you nursing in here'
11:11:54 Host_Housepoet places that offer you a good place to sit and nurse your baby
11:12:00 Ellen I'd love to go to a nurse-in.  I've only ever seen ONE mother nurse her baby (a tiny newborn so hidden under a blanket I wasn't really sure she was there) except for the one LLL meeting I went to.
11:12:29 MOD_ariana Also we need essays
11:12:31 monkeysmama The nurse-in doesn't happen to be in Denver does it?  I'd LOVE to go to one!
11:12:42 MOD_ariana on the attitude toward breastfeeding, NIP, etc.
11:12:53 MOD_ariana On how to make BF more NORMAL
11:12:56 Host_Housepoet like for me, it was Linens and things, and asked for a place to nurse and this chashier woman told me to go back to the bed sectiona nd get comfy! ;)
11:12:56 LEVISJULES the one I'm going to is in TX
11:13:07 MOD_ariana Any topic related to advocacy that you'd like to write an essay about
11:13:10 MOD_ariana chances are we could use it
11:13:17 Host_Housepoet has everyone joined the board?
11:13:24 rainingkisses i just did :)
11:13:25 Host_Housepoet http://breastfeedingisnormal.org/board
11:13:27 Host_Housepoet yah!
11:13:27 LEVISJULES yeah- I need all the help I can get- my husbands family is embarrased & my mom tells me just to quit & formula feed already
11:13:48 Hisrisingstar i want to go to a nurse out, but the closest one to el paso, TX is 6 hours away
11:14:00 rainingkisses so hurry up and activate me, you know you want to
11:14:10 Host_Housepoet if you are someone who said that you were going to help out, we know that things get busy having families and babies and whatnot. But could you please offer up your help again and follow through
11:14:16 Host_Housepoet we can't do this without you.
11:14:17 Hisrisingstar i wanted to organize one, but i only know one other breastfeeding mom, and we nurse out all the timne lol
11:14:29 Hisrisingstar time* sorry about typos, Nursing at keyboard
11:14:32 Host_Housepoet you're done
11:15:01 Host_Housepoet so go under advocacy
11:15:11 Host_Housepoet and look at the web layout thread
11:15:20 Host_Housepoet in there you'll find articles that we need to have written
11:15:25 Host_Housepoet and research done
11:15:30 Host_Housepoet we have a LOT done
11:15:34 Host_Housepoet but there is always more to do
11:16:36 MOD_ariana We also need someone to interview Noel (housepoet)
11:16:55 alphapythia to interview?
11:16:55 MOD_ariana Preferably someone who doesn't know her too well or someone with a background in interviewing
11:17:12 MOD_ariana For a biography in the about us" section of the site"
11:17:24 MOD_ariana The woman behind the site, the force of nature that brought this all about
11:17:46 alphapythia oic- what format? writen/chat interview? phone?
11:17:51 alphapythia in person?
11:17:58 Host_Housepoet yes fly to cali to interview me
11:17:58 MOD_ariana chat/phone/email
11:18:02 Host_Housepoet ;)
11:18:03 Hisrisingstar i am awaiting activation
11:18:05 MOD_ariana whichever works
11:18:13 alphapythia are you near the beach?
11:18:35 Host_Housepoet ok activated
11:18:40 alphapythia (so am i)
11:18:40 LEVISJULES ok this sounds stupid but I'm registering on the website- what time zone do I put?  what is GMT + 8 hours?
11:18:41 Host_Housepoet yes about about a mile
11:19:04