I thought I'd stopped blogging, but...

My mom told me about an article in the San Jose Mercury News ("Murky News", as my parents like to call it) about the increase in C-Sections. I'd told her some of the information when I was preparing for John's birth and had decided on a CNM instead of an OB, but it was nice to have a fairly mainstream newspaper address the high rate of C-Sections.

I've found a lot of mothers I know are misinformed about C's, not recogonizing it to be a major abdominal surgery and considering it an easy way to avoid the pain of labor. I can't really say much - having only had a few hours of labor, I don't think I can encourage someone who might be in labor 20+ hours!

Speaking of misinformation, I'm a bit frustrated about breastfeeding misinformation, too. I still exclusively breastfeed my 9mo son (by his choice - he doesn't seem to want food) and many moms say to me, "Oh, you're lucky you have enough milk! I don't have good milk production. I wish I could exclusively breastfeed." Most of the moms who have made such a comment had their babies sleeping 10+ hours without eating by 6-10 weeks of age! Now, I'm not dead-set against a baby sleeping through the night early, and I've had friends whose babies have done just that without a milk supply problem. However, one shouldn't teach their child to sleep through the night and then complain about lack of milk.

A second article that I want to recommend from this month's Books and Culture prompted me to start writing again! I'd love to hear people's reactions.

John is Mr. Inquisitive. He started crawling Monday and pulled himself up to standing on Tuesday!!! His favorite toy is his tool truck (complete with wrench, screwdriver, hammer, and saw). He has six teeth.