Hello all!
It seems like EVERY time I have a birthing or pregnancy or parenting question, google's been guiding me here like a big digital ouija board (do they make those? that would be nuts!), so after the billion and second click over here, I figured it was time to say "Hello!! I am not a creepy lurker and I know some stuff and have LOTS of questions and stories to share!" finally.
So here I am! I am on the 7th month of my second (and hopefully last!) pregnancy, my DS was born five years ago NEXT Sunday. I live in a big hippie shack in the sweetest village in all of Western WA with my kiddo, partner, girldog and rotten imp-kittyman. We are big into babywearing, bf'ing, birthing activism, politics, slow food, and goats. Especially pygmy goats
:!!!
I used to work in aerospace as a drafter, but I got tired of the hostile atmosphere - "your boobs got you that promotion" and "you're too young to know what you're talking about, sit back and let the adults discuss this issue" - and bailed to be a starving artist (with a very handsome patron! thx, DH!!!).
We recently had a run in with The Man aka the medical establishment, upon whence I was kind of...assaulted...with a speculum? I am currently scouring threads to find where to discuss this and get over it or at least figure out how I am feeling. Any help would be greatly appreciated in that, I am new to this thread searchin - there are a lot on here!
That's about where we are now... nice to meet you all! Sorry for the verbosity, it's just how I get and I am trying to be more succinct... lol
It seems like EVERY time I have a birthing or pregnancy or parenting question, google's been guiding me here like a big digital ouija board (do they make those? that would be nuts!), so after the billion and second click over here, I figured it was time to say "Hello!! I am not a creepy lurker and I know some stuff and have LOTS of questions and stories to share!" finally.
So here I am! I am on the 7th month of my second (and hopefully last!) pregnancy, my DS was born five years ago NEXT Sunday. I live in a big hippie shack in the sweetest village in all of Western WA with my kiddo, partner, girldog and rotten imp-kittyman. We are big into babywearing, bf'ing, birthing activism, politics, slow food, and goats. Especially pygmy goats
:!!!I used to work in aerospace as a drafter, but I got tired of the hostile atmosphere - "your boobs got you that promotion" and "you're too young to know what you're talking about, sit back and let the adults discuss this issue" - and bailed to be a starving artist (with a very handsome patron! thx, DH!!!).
We recently had a run in with The Man aka the medical establishment, upon whence I was kind of...assaulted...with a speculum? I am currently scouring threads to find where to discuss this and get over it or at least figure out how I am feeling. Any help would be greatly appreciated in that, I am new to this thread searchin - there are a lot on here!
That's about where we are now... nice to meet you all! Sorry for the verbosity, it's just how I get and I am trying to be more succinct... lol
Hello and welcome to the boards. I'm not sure of the best place for you to discuss your topic, but it seems like a lot of this might be discussed in childbirth. There is also Health & Healing, which would be where it would typically go, but I was thinking childbirth might be a better place to find an exisiting thread. Sometimes it's hard to find old threads about specific topics, though, so you may have to start a new one and find other women to talk about this.
Welcome to MDC! 
Welcome to Mothering.
:glad you are here 
