2011 - Talk Birth

I write to remember. I write to share. I write to preserve. I write to collect. I write to store. I write for
myself. I write for my children. I write for others. I write for perspective. I write to play my life’s music. I
write because I just can’t help it.
Quentin, Jenna (@JennaQuentin) (2011-11-15 03:49:34)
Thank you for this encouragement! I am pushing forward to finish writing my middle grade novel, but it looks like
the birth of my second child in February will come first! If I can turn this round bellied, tired body into language of
any kind I will be content. I appreciate the idea that none of my blogging is wasted - bless you!
What Am I Thankful For? « Talk Birth (2011-11-24 09:44:05)
[...] into one place. I thought that was a great idea and so I’m following suit! I’ve written recently about how blogging
counts as valuable writing and I also think that the seeds of many a good blog [...]
Hope (2011-11-13 14:31:41)
Love this! I am easy to dismiss blogging (and go for long stretches ignoring it completely) but I do find value in it
and find that when I go back to look at old posts I both enjoy it and find ”gems” that I’m glad I have stored away
somewhere. I also find that when I take the time to blog on a regular basis writing becomes more natural and easier
to fit into my day because it isn’t such a struggle. I’m not wasting time trying to find my ’inner writer’- she’s already
right there at the surface!
Birth and the Women’s Health Agenda (2011-11-13 16:10)
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Ready to be on the agenda, dangit!
Note: This is the post I was working on yesterday from my phone when my thumb accidentally brushed the
”update” button and published it as a textless post!
In the Fall issue of The Journal of Perinatal Education (Lamaze), there was a guest editorial by perinatologist
Michael Klein called ”Many Women and Providers are Unprepared for an Evidence-Based Conversation
About Birth.” In it he notes:
Childbirth is not on the women’s health agenda in most Western countries...It never has
been. Osteoporosis is. Breast health is; violence against women is. Why not childbirth? Because
women, understandably, do not want to be judged only by their reproductive capacities. Women
are multipotential people. Among many potentialities, they can rise to the top of the academic
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