books read

[flea]

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin. Birth stories and information from the head midwife at The Farm, which seems to be a sort of commune in Tennessee. A little hippie, but makes me want to have another baby right now! (Yes, I liked childbirth. It was work and somewhat painful, but what an accomplishment! I would happily birth 10 children if someone would then take them away and return them to me at the age of 6 months, or alternately provide me with full-time in-home professional nanny services.)

Diane Bengson, How Weaning Happens. I haven't weaned Casper, and don't have a plan to, though I am thinking about night weaning. A useful book for looking ahead, though - it's a La Leche League book, so advocates a "natural" approach.

Comments

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

I read the Gaskin book & liked some of the stories, though I was irritated by the insistence that birth should be orgasmic. What. Ever.

Half an hour after the Blue-Eyed Boy was born I was ready to do it again. What an endorphin high, and my ego was definitely stoked by the "accomplishment." OTOH, during/after Nora's birth (though it was equally uncomplicated & much shorter) I remember thinking "this is NO FUN. Never again!"

Now I am in a headspace where I probably would, if time/money were infinitely available. But (probably fortunately) it's no longer an option.

[orthoepy.livejournal.com]

I'm with you -- pregnancy and childbirth: fun. Very small, very needy infant? You love them but they are not FUN.

But now that LB is four and three-quarters? REALLY FUN.