Doctorate of Internet , patchouli, and placentas

Sometimes I wonder why I am really doing this blog.... I mean usually I am a pretty lazy person when it comes to stuff like this. I usually could care less what another person does if It doesn't affect me.  Kinda like my old saying " you do you, I do me, we all be happy".

I guess it might also be confusing to others as well, as this past weekend at my nieces birthday party Beau's Aunt asked me if this blog was a part of some kind of contest I was doing or trying to win something.  That made me laugh (Love ya Aunt V!).  Nope no contest...but I would totally win if there were, Fo sho!

So this made me think about WHY I am doing this blog.  

Well for starters I'm pregnant (oh, you hadnt heard?) lol and apparently I'm trying to earn my Doctorate of Internet on birthing, how the different ways we birth can effect babies and mothers, and other stuff.  I am reading a lot and while I know its internet info...I really try to find facts with references and not just opinions. I figured I'd just share my findings with those who were interested. I also know a lot of really cool women who have some great experiences to share.

Is it to convince every preggers on earth to give birth naturally???  No, because I think women inherently know if that interests them or not.  But to the women who have a little seedling of interest in natural I am trying to give them support, encouragement, info, let them know I'm here and there is a community of women that will cheer you on when sometimes it feels like no one else will...support can be hard to find.   My first pregnancy I hated the way some people treated me when they found out my plan was to do a natural birth, I felt like I had to really defend myself a lot.  People laugh, and mockingly say "good luck with that", they quiz you to see if you know what you're getting into, they make you think you are an idiot.  I know, whah whah...poor me.

I also wanted to break the stereo type of the kind of woman who uses a midwife and has a home birth.  I think some people have it in their head that were these crunchy-hippie free spirits who don't shave our arm pits. Um, no...armpits are shaved for this lady...now my legs on the other hand....well...its getting hard to maneuver around this belly!!  I don't have any henna tattoos on my belly and no patchouli in the house. There will be no placenta fajita's served in this house as well, I am a modern woman...we encapsulate, lol.  So maybe I am a quarter crunchy...I can take anything in pill form, hell they sell all kinds of algae and bacteria in pill form...why not take something that will help me reduce my raging hormones slowly and gradually instead of the sharp drop from 100% hormonal to 0% hormones after the baby is born? My instincts tell me I would be, like, so good at  post partum depression and I want to avoid that. So there ya go, all you Judge Judy's out there have something else to talk about now...lol...also if you can leave out that its just a pill it will make for better gossip...hope that helps.

Wow, from the looks of this post I am feeling kinda sassy today....haha

So in conclusion (so formal)  I am just a normal chick...mostly...and Im fascinated about all this business of being born (you should totally watch that documentary if you haven't) and I want us all to give each other hugs and pats on the back for being such amazing creatures!

Where's my prize? whad-I-win???