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Maybe What I mean to say is...

CanCan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:05:08 -0500

I feel myself having the urge to "help" others by giving them "stuff";
it is just ingrained in our culture I guess as Americans. I try to
resist though and use my head to try to get to the root of their
problems, and see if there is something really life changing I can do.
It isn't easy, and it isn't fast, but you can change someone's life
forever.

I don't have the answers, and some times I get discouraged by all of the need.

I wasn't knocking giving cheap notebooks to poor people; it is hard
for me to explain but I was trying to make a point that the notebook
didn't really meet their needs. In fact you can buy soap, notebooks,
cheap plastic toys in just about any country and it would save the
cost of shipping them from the US if people could just donate $5 to be
spent in the local economy in the area the impoverished community is
in. I also have had a lot of people mail me Jello from the US in order
to give to people. I don't really know what to make of that, and why
is Jello such an important thing to donate? Why do they need Jello?
How about vitamins? How about donate the $3 to some one who can buy
them 6lbs of rice with it? The inefficiency of charity bothers me. Too
much waste.

CanCan

Mom Most Traveled

www.MomMostTraveled.com

The affordability of child

francisjames — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:20:30 -0500

The affordability of child care has become an issue for greater numbers of low-income families as millions have left the welfare rolls for employment since the mid-1990s. Child care subsidies are not an entitlement, and not all low-income families receive help. For instance, the primary source of federal funding for subsidized child care—the Child Care and Development Fund—serves only 10 percent to 15 percent of the children who are eligible for those subsidies (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1999). Most families that have left the welfare system and are working are not receiving child care subsidies (Schumacher and Greenberg 1999).

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The vaginal birth is the one

bobloblaw — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:49:45 -0500

If given birth normally, the kid might present complications with the cord around his neck.

what?! you must be a man. women have been giving birth vaginally for literally, thousands of years. NO woman would chose a c - section over a vaginal birth.

My best friend had her first 2 children in a hospital, drugged up, and was miserable. she felt like both the doctors, nurses and staff didnt really care about her or her baby. She felt disconnected qto her children b/c they were taken away.

Her third child (and last to date) was born at home with a midwife, and she LOVED the experience. even said it made giving birth fun.

I was born myself in a boothing center via midwife, but, alas - i do not remember much of it. lol.

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The vaginal birth is the one

maryadavis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:11:59 -0500

The vaginal birth is the one that seems more violent for the child. Imagine his trauma trying to squeeze out. A C-section is less painful for both the mother and the baby. There aren't any big risks to this procedure. If given birth normally, the kid might present complications with the cord around his neck.
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Homebirth

Anyshe — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:41:46 -0500

Given my family history of very very short labor, homebirth looked like a good option to me. After working with an OB that got upset and harassed me for refusing an amnio, I called a local homebirth CPM/ By this time the OB was talking about a planned c-section because the baby was going to be 'too big'. I thought that was stupid as my mother birthed a 9 pounder who was breech - she is 4 foot 10 in , so I wasn't worried. My mom worked with the original doctors in the 60s that advocated natural birth (names witheld to proctect privacy).

My 8# 10oz son was born in under 90 min, from first contraction to placenta - first child. Since there were no regular contractions, there is no way I would have made it to the hospital - a full 45 min drive.

I fully believe that childbirth should be attended. For me and my family, homebirth is the safest option to ensure that our babies are not born unattended. We haven't had a labor over 2 hours back three generations.

Thanks for the links - Added them to my personal blog

Amy Gates — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:55:40 -0500

Thank you all for posting the links to your Bloggers Unite posts. I added them to a post on my personal blog yesterday.

I finally got my own Bloggers Unite post up late last night: Women, children resort to eating dirt cookies in Haiti: Global Food Crisis

Amy
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mine's up

laurie — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:06:34 -0500

Nothing like the last minute.

It's kind of fuzzy on the details but it's more about a commitment to actually do something.

And examples.

With links, of course.

Here it is.

Laurie

www.notjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com

No problem...It's a great cause.

Catherine Morgan — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44:22 -0500

I turn on the news first thing when I wake up every morning, and today this was the first thing I saw. And ever since I learned how to make my own video clips, I've been going video clip crazy. :-)

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan at catherine-morgan.com, The Political Voices of Women, Care2 Election Blog