I am always amazed that cds don't go hand in hand with... - Page 2

[ebethmom]

I am always surprised at the number of "organic" folk who balk at cloth diapering. And at the same crunchy eaters who cringe at the thought of mama cloth.

If they only knew! Easy, economical, environmental. . . comfy!

[Kerrie]

I think that there are all combinations of parenting/living choices out there. I CD and BF but didn't HB and I'm not good about recycling nor do we live a 'natural' lifestyle. I CD for the money (but I do have to admit that if we had the $ to change that choice I would just get some really cute dipes not switch to sposies - that's thanks mostly to you mamas!). I BF because it's what I believe is best for my kids - as well as I didn't want MIL to be able to feed them! I have a friend that HB but does sposies and doesn't particularly (sp?) live a 'natural' life. I'm very active in my local LLL and not many CD and those that do don't advertise it.

[GiraffeLovin'Mama]

When we lived near Lancaster PA, I was shocked when we'd go in the grocery store or walmart and see the amish/mennonite women carrying out packages of sposies to their buggies :

[Izzy's Mom]

Wow - that's really interesting to me. I'm sort of the opposite. I happily breastfed and am now getting into cd'ing. I'm not into the idea of homebirthing though (nothing wrong with it) because

A) here we have to pay for a midwife but a doctor is covered by provincial health plan and

B) I was perfectly comfortable in the hospital and my doc is very flexible and easy to work with.

I'm surprised though that anyone who does homebirthing etc would choose disposables. Unless maybe they aren't really into the internet and the local choices in cloth weren't great?

[Carolinamidwife]

Interesting! What are some of the other reasons you've come across? I'd always assumed that it's always for natural reasons with everyone.

Well, sadly, after wanting a natural birth we have had more clients have a homebirth for money reasons than anything else. Fear of hospitals is not far behind not having insurance. I was pretty surprised when I realized this...

I have only met one other LLL person who cd'd.

[MamaMonica]

Originally posted by MAJiC Mama
When we lived near Lancaster PA, I was shocked when we'd go in the grocery store or walmart and see the amish/mennonite women carrying out packages of sposies to their buggies :

[penny31]

Originally posted by MAJiC Mama
When we lived near Lancaster PA, I was shocked when we'd go in the grocery store or walmart and see the amish/mennonite women carrying out packages of sposies to their buggies :

Not to mention carrying out cr@ppy plastic toys (of which I will admit to having many), cases of soda (again, mea culpa) and smoking! I have been so shocked by what I thought the Amish were about, compared to what I have seen since I moved here to PA.
LOL, I was just thinking to myself, I hope I don't offend any Amish people, but then it occured to me that there aren't a lot of Amish on-line, LOL
Sorry to go T
To keep this on topic, I would be very surprised to meet a homebirther that didn't CD. I think if you have that kind of dedication to a natural lifestyle, then CDing would be an obvious choice! Not to imply that I homebirthed - I had pretty much the opposite experience but all is well that ends well!
XOXO

[pixie-n-hertwoboys]

How interesting! I guess what it all boils down to is what is out there and available. My sis had hb for both her girls (#1 actually born in hosp after 42 hr labor) and sposied her first and is doing cd on her baby now. Her midwife for the first didn't ask/offer/tell her how to get any (back in 95) and so she sposied. This midwife sells cd's so was able to offer her them w/out shopping online. Sis is a vegan/natural livin mama. I had two hosp. births because in the area I live there isn't much else available. And the financial end of the bargain played a big part. I am not a vegan but live as natural as our income allows (another vent is why does eating healthy cost more if you buy it all???? no wonder why so many ppl are sicker than dogs!) I bf because its best - I sposied ds #1 not having any other options at the time. I sposied ds #2 for the first 4 months and am now cd-ing - for many reasons. Its better for him, environment, etc. and also the cheapness is a bonus. But you all know the benefits

I can't believe the amish.... well, then again I guess I can. I suppose convenience wins in the long run no matter how strong your beliefs may be.

Who knows? its all a matter of personal choice and how far you are willing to go to make your life easier/harder or what you concider to be necessary.

Ok I feel like I'm rambling now....

Sarah

[Ellie'sMom]

Though it is surprising to hear about the Amish buying sposies, I must admit that if I had no electricity, and therefore, no washing machine, cloth diapering would be a much less attractive option.

Whew. That was a major league run on sentence. Sorry. I need to go to bed!

edited for spelling, but nothing else

[penny31]

Originally posted by Ellie'sMom
Though it is surprising to hear about the Amish buying sposies, I must admit that if I had no electricity, and therefore, no washing machine, cloth diapering would be a much less attractive option.

Whew. That was a major league run on sentence. Sorry. I need to go to bed!

edited for spelling, but nothing else

Good point!

XOXO

[stickybun]

I had a home birth and didn't cloth diaper at first.

My midwife never mentioned diapers, and even though I have been a community member at many alternative parenting sites I guess I never paid much attention to the cloth diapering threads.

I have vivid memories of dunking my little brother's poopies and was not about to have to repeat that. If I had only known what was available. Oh well, at least I figured it out when she was only 10 weeks old. I still have plenty of time to sharpen my hyena skills.

amy

[crayon]

And the financial end of the bargain played a big part. I am not a vegan but live as natural as our income allows (another vent is why does eating healthy cost more if you buy it all????

I second this- I dont eat as good as I should and for sure worse than I can aford to eat. But why is it so costly to eat healthy? Is it because most health food is only sold at Co/ops? And Co/ops have to stay in bussiness some how- they dont have the rush of people the super markets have- their customers are very limited- Hummmm.... I wish our country was more health friendly! I cant even get DP to eat something if it is not processed

Anyway- back to the topic at hand!

[USAmma]

I cloth diaper, but wouldn't have a homebirth, kinda odd to some I'm sure, but there are a couple of reasons. 1. I'm diabetic and would need a c-sec. like I had before (we grow huge babies, hehe) and 2. Although I love the idea of hb, the risks just seem to high to me, what if something, anything, went wrong????

lol! Me too! I'm a bad homebirth or birthcenter candidate because of my asthma. My inhaler is the same medicine they give to slow labor (a form of adrenaline) so it's a concern if I have an attack during labor. Besides, I have to admit it I really enjoyed my epidural! All of my ob care and the birth cost us $10 total. The midwife care would have cost $2000+. So that was an easy choice for this single income family. My ob is actually very natural oriented and only does intervention if it's absolutely required.

I'm happy to say that so far in all 3 of the births I've attended or will attend (one is next month) as a future doula, the moms are or will be using cloth. Of course they have to use cloth to be my friends. Just kidding! Seriously though, in my circle of mamas there are only a few who use sposies. Most of them use cloth at least part of the time.

Darshani

[Free49]

This is so funny just all of the combinations of parenting styles. MY dh brought up cd (although I thought about it but was not sure where to go). I was lucky my child birth ed cd and was a huge HELP.
Now that I have started my own business (cd) and am meeting more and more people that I thought for sure would cd and dont. My stepsis was very into natural living hb and did not even consider cd? She was also amazed that I did not see a midwife for my first. By pure luck and through cd I met my midwife for this baby and am excited to try out a birthcenter (partly due to lack of insurance though).
I cd from the beg, bf, and made all natural babyfood but that is pretty much the extent of it... we are all melded of very similar thread and slightly different patterns.
Caroline

[SaraC]

Well I totally believe in homebirth and tried to have one with DD #1 and didn't cloth diaper her until she was 6 months old. I had never heard of all the options out there. I just assumed CD were Gerber prefolds, pins, and plastic pants. I would have never even tried it until I met someone IRL who cloth diapered. I think that women just don't know what is out there and are intimidated by the washing aspect.

[Encyclogirl]

Well, some of us are high risk as they come, and if we homebirthed, we would be overhwhelmingly likely to not have a positive outcome. Because of my history, and what we've gonbe through, I would never have a homebirth.

I think of CD as a choice along the way, like vaccination (which we do) like feeding choices, like so many other things we do as parents, but as they are all choices, I don't think they are all necessarily linked or requisite of another.

I know two homebirthers in real life. Neither of them CD'd. Just me, the hospital induction queen!

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

i was surprised at last lll meeting i went to, more than half of us cd now, lol

a new momma sat down next to me, dd leaned way back, therefor lifting her dress some, and new mama says :"oh you cd too she then shoewd me the spongebob dipe her ds had on, lol

[Nikki Christina]

Originally posted by Ellie'sMom
Though it is surprising to hear about the Amish buying sposies, I must admit that if I had no electricity, and therefore, no washing machine, cloth diapering would be a much less attractive option.

Whew. That was a major league run on sentence. Sorry. I need to go to bed!

edited for spelling, but nothing else

well.. I once bought a Fuzzibunz off ebay.. after getting an email it had a link to her site..

on her site she sold those little hats amish ladies wear, sorry if I should dumb for not knowing their name...
so obviously some amish ladies do have electricty.. Internet.. & even know how to run a website or shop online.lol

I wish I could find the link to her site..

she even hand painted my envelop!

[Beth-TX]

I am planning my 2nd homebirth, am a vegetarian, extended breastfeeder--living a fairly crunchy lifestyle, but didn't start cding my dd full time until she was 18 mo old. I started out cloth diapering on and off (flats, pins, plastic pants and wet pail--hmm, wonder why that didn't last?) but gave up after 6 months.

My midwife very briefly mentioned cloth at childbirth class, but didn't seem that dedicated either way. I think if you don't really do any research online, you have no way of knowing what's out there in the way of cloth dipes. If flats (or crap poly filled prefolds) were all that was available, very few people who could afford dispos would cloth diaper.

peace, Beth

[mamapup]

I have steadily been getting crunchier and crunchier. Talk to me before my dh and I TTC and I would BF for at least a year (I had heard a lot about the benefits), CD wouldn't have even crossed my mind, would never HB but would consider a birthing center - after a successful hospital birth, mama pads - what's that?, and wouldn't touch soy milk...etc...
Now, after one successful hospital birth (natural) with a fantastic doula (Hiya, Modesto Doula!!!), who CDs:
the rest of my children will be HB
I will BF until my children wean themselves,
I no longer eat cow's milk or eggs, it's soy for me!,
am considering mama pads,
have been CDing ds full-time for a week now (he's 6 months old),
can't think of more, but keep getting crunchier and crunchier!

My dh is just in shock...although after our Bradley classes and before our ds was born, he commented that he didn't see why homebirthing was such a big deal.

People are shocked I CD - I am shocked that more don't!