Hey!

It's been a long time... I was just checking in because I've got a friend in Baltimore, MD who is looking to have a homebirth but is having a really hard time finding a midwife to do that. Does anyone know of anybody?

Thanks so much and I hope you're all doing well!

I thought this article was pretty interesting:

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/dec/sleeping-like-a-hunter-gatherer

for those of us who commonly suffer from issues around sleep.

How To Sleep Like a Hunter-Gatherer
Not all people sleep in "giant sleep machines," like we do.
published online January 2, 2008
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I hate that I labeled this post as for hippy-ish parents - but I didn't want to title to be incredibly long -

I found this great parenting resource for people who are interested in meditating and kind of getting in touch with more of an inner power... It's Scott Noelle's site, The Daily Groove.

Thank you so much for all that you have done for us. Thank you for doing the hardest work to find the kindness and love in yourself that showed us how to change. Thank you for being my hero.

Today, on your birthday, I want to re-establish my commitment to using love, compassion and kindness as a vehicle for change.

For anyone in Portland - there is an event to celebrate him tonight:

May the 'Powers that Be' remove all negativity and unwanted energy from this space and restore peace and balance.

So, I have been talking with family members for the last month or so about Obama's call to service - and everyone in my family is really making an effort to start doing more work for this country - most of it in the form of volunteer work in areas that they feel they can really help. How about the Hip Mama's? Have any of you started investing time in other areas to try and answer this call?

For myself, these are the places that I feel I can help:

I just wanted to post this great project here (because some of the blogs prompted me to think about it again).

It's The Adipositivity Project and there are some pretty amazing photos there that have the goal of promoting size acceptance through these photos (making larger women SEEN, which is not done very often in our society).

Since my IUD didn't work out and I have problems with taking hormones, my midwife suggested that I use the "timing method." She's used this for 9 years and found it to be highly successful. When I started asking around school, it seems that most of the female students have been using this method with success, and when I was at Planned Parenthood and told them that I didn't want another IUD and that hormones don't work for me, the nurse practitioner said that this method works wonderfully when it's done correctly.

Damn - I know it's only 10am (on the West coast over here), but can't we get a clue???? I am so on edge to find out who is going to win this.
Does anybody know anything?

So, I haven't had time to be around very much. The second year of my program (Chinese medicine) is supposedly the worse, and I guess I can agree with that (though I haven't experienced the 3rd and 4th years yet). I've been having sort of a rough go of it, and I don't know exactly what's going on, but I know a little.