Expressing Motherhood
I’m thrilled and honored to be sharing the stage with some talented moms in www.expressingmotherhood.com
Lindsay Kavet
- Director/Producer
Lindsay is a stay at home mom to her almost 3 year-old son. While pregnant she directed a short film that debuted at the LA International Short Film Festival. Jessica was her producer and showed up to set with her baby strapped to her back. Lindsay’s work has been shown on the BBC Channel, IFC.com and Playboy. Though her heart belongs to Iowa she and her husband are raising their son in Los Angeles.
Jessica Cribbs
- Producer
- Jessica is a full time mother of two children. She has been a Producer/Writer for the past 6 years. Jessica, recently finished producing a 30 minute documentary titled “Laffey Men.” She also is heading up a charity run in honor of her mom who recently died from breast cancer.
Midwives save money
Read this great post about the importance of Mid-Wives in delievery how they can save money.
Did you know that almost a quarter of all hospital discharges involves maternity care (mother and newborn)? That six out of fifteen of the most common hospital procedures involve maternity care? That Cesarean section is the most commonly performed surgery? Why are so many procedures being performed on essentially healthy people? It’s the same reason behind sky-rocketing costs in all other sectors of health care: reimbursement is procedure-driven. (to read more…)
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/09/midwives-a-safe-cost-saving-alternative/
Expressing Motherhood
In the first ever New York show, Founder Mary Ellen Walsh will be sharing her traumatic birth experience and launching Mothers Emerge Worldwide. For tickets to the New York Show, log on to: www.expressingmotherhood.com
Beautiful quilt to remember women lost to birth
“The quilt is made up of individually designed squares; each one devoted to a woman in the U.S. who has died of pregnancy-related causes since 1982. One quilt square is designed and dedicated to each mother’s memory and may mention the date and place of death and the name of the woman. The Safe Motherhood Quilt is the voice for women who can no longer speak for themselves.”
Noel, a Robotic pregnant woman
This is a very interesting new tool used in John’s Hopkins University to aid doctors in training for birth. Too bad the Robot, Noel, can’t talk though. Watch this and tell us what you think?
Too old to birth?
The world’s new, oldest mom died. Should fertility clinics have an age limit and what should that age limit be? Read this and tell us what you think about it. ..www.news.aol.com/article/oldest–mom–dies/572373?…/oldest–mom–dies/572373 –
New maternity ward techniques
Bravo! Many hospitals are offering much more kinder and gentler birthing options for women. The idea is that mothers are consumers with a big voice about how they want their birth to go. Women have been sharing their global experiences by blogging on the internet and spreading the word. There has to be a better way than just typical epidurals and scheduled c-sections.
In Minneapolis Minnesota, “Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, women can now give birth in rooms with whirlpool tubs and wi-fi. At Fairview Southdale, new moms can hire a massage therapist or a portrait photographer.
Hospitals also covet women for their influence. Eight in 10 mothers take chief responsibility for their children’s health care”
to read more
www.startribune.com/local/50544427.html.
Moms need postnatal care, too
Mothers need care, too. I remember coming home after each birth of my three children. It’s a nesting time where the world dropped away and I was able to just focus on my baby’s health. But many issues arose after the birth of my third child Melanie. I needed extra care in dealing with fecal incontinence after tearing during birth. Here’s some good information and ways to get help.
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology – http://www.health.am/gyneco/
Birth Videos. Should we or shouldn't we post?
Remember when an event happened in real time creating memories? Maybe you took a few photos, filled up an album with still shots of friends and family at graduation day or the prom. Yikes even our parents in black and white, posed with half smiles and our grandparents didn’t. Then came video.
I remember my cousin, Thomas, was the first one in our extended family to have a video camera. He taped everything we did. With his Betacam and battery strapped onto his shoulder and that blinding light, he’d point the camera in my aunt’s direction and the slew of women in our family parted like the red sea. “Thomas, don’t get ME!” they’d scream smoothing down their hair, hiding their faces embarrassed–why would anyone want to watch me? We bored even ourselves just taping us eating and talking. After a while we’d stage things, tell a joke or two, making a movie of ordinary, plain old us.
We’ve come a long way baby, that’s for sure.
Then we evolved and sat through “wedding video-watching” parties long after the honeymoon, price for admission a bottle of wine, cheese and crackers and lets go to the video tape. Once was not enough. Look at Uncle Carl doing the Electric Slide and the Macarana big belly jiggling, over and over. Hilarious, the first ten times.
We got better at it and recorded our world as it happened instantaneously–like news media–all those first steps and first words. Some of these captured moments were incredibly precious chronicling our personal history. Watching became as important as doing the event. Some women not only allowed their birth to be filmed but shared it on TLC’s widely-viewed “A Baby’s Story”. We were fascinated by the beauty of birth and the creation of a family.
Then came YouTube. Price for admission–privacy.
What do you think about posting your baby’s birth on YouTube for all the world to see? Is it a good idea? Should it be banned? Is it considered nudity? Appropriate? Should social media sites like Facebook have the power to remove breast feeding photographs on moms’ web pages? Would you share it with everyone?
Read these. You decide. Tell us what you think.
Vitamin G Health & Fitness: glamour.com
www.birthactivist.com/2009/06/new–york–times-article-on-youtube-birth–videos… –
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