http://lindseyplumer.com Roseville, CA Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/10/asking-the-question/#comment-826 Minda Hopson Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:07:14 +0000 http://lindseyplumer.com/?p=252#comment-826 Great to view you back again. And again with an interesting article. Great to view you back again. And again with an interesting article.

]]> http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/09/why-healing-mommies/#comment-7 Lindsey Plumer, LMFT Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:18:40 +0000 http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/09/why-healing-mommies/#comment-7 Thanks, Alison! It's so great to see your comments here. I agree there are a lot more choices available but I still hope we keep moving forward. While I used natural childbirth and a midwife, I really would love to live in a world where all women could choose the type of care they wanted-traditional ob/hospital, birth center with easy access to a higher level of care if needed, or home birth and not just take what insurance or their community offers. I also agree that "baby-friendly" isn't all about breastfeeding and while "baby friendly" is important, "MOTHER friendly" is just as valuable. I honor a mom's informed choice to not breastfeed for whatever reason. However, if part of that reason is due to a trauma history I hope that caregivers can work at resolving that history before it becomes a factor in breastfeeding, l&d choices, etc. So many women don't know a history of trauma can affect breastfeeding/pregnancy and that there is help available so it can be addressed. When it comes down to it I guess I'm mostly an advocate for women's informed choices-and if that choice is to have a deluxe epidural and bottle feed with love or to naturally birth and breast feed or something in between then go for it, lady! Thanks, Alison! It's so great to see your comments here. I agree there are a lot more choices available but I still hope we keep moving forward. While I used natural childbirth and a midwife, I really would love to live in a world where all women could choose the type of care they wanted-traditional ob/hospital, birth center with easy access to a higher level of care if needed, or home birth and not just take what insurance or their community offers. I also agree that "baby-friendly" isn't all about breastfeeding and while "baby friendly" is important, "MOTHER friendly" is just as valuable. I honor a mom's informed choice to not breastfeed for whatever reason. However, if part of that reason is due to a trauma history I hope that caregivers can work at resolving that history before it becomes a factor in breastfeeding, l&d choices, etc. So many women don't know a history of trauma can affect breastfeeding/pregnancy and that there is help available so it can be addressed. When it comes down to it I guess I'm mostly an advocate for women's informed choices-and if that choice is to have a deluxe epidural and bottle feed with love or to naturally birth and breast feed or something in between then go for it, lady!

]]> http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/09/why-healing-mommies/#comment-6 Alison Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:35:13 +0000 http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/09/why-healing-mommies/#comment-6 What a beautiful article Lindsey. I wasn't sure what to expect when I first started reading it. It is indeed amazing how times change isn't it, and that nowadays at least there are a full range of rituals for a Mom who loses her baby in the hospital.<br />One thing I don't like about the hospital where I work, they call themselves "baby-friendly" which means they believe all women should breast-feed. While this may be an honorable goal, I feel it doesn't give women the choices they deserve. What a beautiful article Lindsey. I wasn't sure what to expect when I first started reading it. It is indeed amazing how times change isn't it, and that nowadays at least there are a full range of rituals for a Mom who loses her baby in the hospital.
One thing I don't like about the hospital where I work, they call themselves "baby-friendly" which means they believe all women should breast-feed. While this may be an honorable goal, I feel it doesn't give women the choices they deserve.

]]> http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/08/she-said-yes-now-what/#comment-5 wandernest Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:39:15 +0000 http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/08/she-said-yes-now-what/#comment-5 What a lovely and important post. Thank you for addressing the subject with respect, insight and compassion, as you always do. XOXO What a lovely and important post. Thank you for addressing the subject with respect, insight and compassion, as you always do. XOXO

]]> http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/08/she-said-yes-now-what/#comment-4 Monica Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:20:37 +0000 http://lindseyplumer.com/2010/08/she-said-yes-now-what/#comment-4 Words of wisdom, as usual. I admire your contribution to the lives of women around you. :) Words of wisdom, as usual. I admire your contribution to the lives of women around you.

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