Posts Tagged ‘blog’

January 27th, 2011

New Design!

As you can see, I have a new design! Woooo!
I am super excited about it, but a couple people on facebook have asked me who did the graphics, so I wanted to write a post about the designer, and my rockin’ web lady that got my new graphics on an awesome layout for the site.

A very talented friend of mine, and mother of two little boys due with a third this spring started her own art business right before Christmas. It is called Upenover: Land of Joyful Art.

Check her out online:
Blog
Facebook
Website

Oh, and I have to include her most recent piece of artwork which is for Valentines day… It is by far my favorite, and I totally think I am going to pick up a print for the house…

Isn’t that so cute?  She is certainly talented, I wish that I could have this kind of photoshop talent for sure!

And then my rockin’ layout from the famous Sarah at OneStarryNight.com she is by far the best web lady out there!  Let me tell you, she is killer, and not only that, but she is super reasonable with her prices. There are so many designers out there who want to charge you an arm, leg, and your first born for a wordpress layout, believe me, I know… I was quoted over $1000 for a simple wordpress layout I was working on for a company in September from someone I met at BlogHer… I almost keeled over and died on the spot!

So if you are working on a blog, or even want to transfer over to WordPress from Blogspot, or anything… talk to Sarah, she is the best!

August 2nd, 2010

Cloth Diapers Here We Come!

We got our cloth diapers!  After US customs decided to hang on to them for an extended period of time because the concept of a diaper, that is cloth is pretty confusing and dangerous…  I thought they would never come after hanging out in the states for  a good 10 business days before I begged my husband to go pick them up from our post office while I was in my Passion for Birth workshop.

Of course, during all the waiting, they tried to deliver them on the first day I was away for the whole day. My luck right? Haha!

So lets add something new to do over the next 3 days before I leave for BlogHer. Pre washing all my diaper inserts, and getting them all ready to start our cloth diapering journey!

Aren’t they so adorable??   I think my favorite color we got is the Olive Greenish color, and the Mrs. Robinson which is a dark blue.  I will also be checking out their cloth swimmy diapers which is something we need this time of year!  I really can’t express how excited I am to get started!

On that note, I am off to fire up my washing machine and pre-wash all of my inserts!
I also plan on using their cloth wipes we got and taking some time to complete The Feminist Breeder’s Cloth Wipe Tutorial.

February 18th, 2010

It’s a Blogaversary!

Today, it has been officially 2 years since I started my blog. At the time it not only had a different web address, but a different host, and it was not nearly as pretty. LOL!   It has certainly come a  long way in two years.  I hope in another two years I can look back and have grown even more. Today to celebrate, I want to look back through some of my posts and highlight my favorites from the archives.
Sit back, relax, we are going back in time!

The Business of Being Born – My reaction to watching the movie for the first time, and the birth experience of my first child. It helped to shape me as an advocate today.
Patient Choice C-Sections? – When my sister’s provider offered her an elective cesarean, knowing her medical conditions, and risks for bleeding out.
A Generation of Women – Slowly becoming more radicalized in my beliefs… can you tell? LOL
When Did Natural Births Become so Taboo? – The title of it kind of explains it all.
ICAN Northeast Regional Coordinator – When I learned the news I was going to be taking over the position of the Northeast Regional Coordinator for ICAN in place of my mentor Rachel Zeller who helped me through my journey.
Elective Vs. Necessary – I hash out the real meaning of both terms, especially in regard to medical choices.
Volunteers : A Dying Breed – A post about volunteering and how today, volunteers are extremely limited because of the selfish nature of our society.
My Experience as a Labor and Delivery Nursing Student – A guest post from a good friend of mine, childless, and an RN now, she reflects on her rotation through Labor and Delivery in two of our local hospitals, and what made her so interested into becoming a full time L&D nurse.
Woman’s Rights Violations – A post about the limited medical choices women are being allowed to make regarding their reproductive choices and how essentially they are violating the rights of women Nationally.
A Major Problem with Birth as We Know It – A post about violence against birthing women, The National Advocates for Pregnancy Women, and a woman who was forced by the Marshall’s to leave her house and go to the hospital to be assaulted and forced into an unnecessary surgery. Sadly it is not the first case we have seen.
Dr Amy Beats a Dead Horse – Just because this list wouldn’t be complete without our resident Natural Birth hater.
Hospitals Cracking Down on Early Inductions – One of my… FINALLY! moments…
Your Baby is Too Big to Birth – A tale of a big baby in 1969… that baby being my brother.
I Never Thought I Would Have to Prove This – VBAC Safety and Michelle Duggar
My Birth Playlist – Just to add a little bit of my sense of humor into this post…
You Might Be A VBACtivist if… – A little more humor

I think that I have done a pretty good job of highlighting myself, and my changes over the past two years. It was hard to pick posts from this time because there are so many posts that I love, and would love to share over and over again, and many of them help to shape me as a person, writer, birth advocate, and everything else I see myself as today.

So here is what you guys should do!   Go back through time… read through some of my old posts, leave some comments, and comment here on what posts are your favorite, or why you keep coming back to read, or even how you found my blog to begin with!
Lets have some fun with this!

February 7th, 2010

Cesarean Recovery Kit Winner & Win a Hotslings Pouch Sling!

I am glad that I was able to do a couple posts last week about cesarean recovery, as well as cesarean awareness since it is really a huge issue. Not many people really know the depth of the cesarean epidemic that really is taking place in our country.

So the moment we have all been waiting for!  The Winner of the Cesarean Recovery Kit from Earth Momma Angel Baby!

And the winner is!   Embee!
Please e-mail me within the next couple days to collect your prize!
CTBirthAdvocate@aol.com

But here comes the best part!  Since we are still in the middle of the Momotics 2nd Blogaversary giveaway, we have yet another NEW Giveaway to announce!  This giveaway is going to run for a week and a half, because I noticed the last two giveaways that have only run for a week, there have not been very many entries. The winner will be announced on Wednesday February 17th!

But what are we giving away now?? We have given away a Labor Kit, A Diaper Bag, and a Cesarean Recovery Kit… so what in the world could it be?

A Hotslings Pouch Sling in Size 3 in the Shabby Chic Pattern.
I can honestly say, I am not familiar with the sling sizing though.
So here is a link to their sizing chart.

So how do you enter to win?
Well since I moved from Blogger, to WordPress, I have lost an awful lot of my followers who had become followers through google on blogger. Unfortunately with the move, I lost them all!

So, one of the ways you can enter is by becoming a google follower again!
If you scroll down on the left hand side, under My Favorite Ladies, and Above my Ask me Anything button you will see the new Google Friends Connect!  Sign up there!
Don’t forget to comment below to tell that you signed up!

Another way to enter for this giveaway is by writing a blog about it on your own blog, or on a site that you write for.
Include the link to the blog in your entry/comment below.

Write about it on Twitter!
Be sure to include @BirthBabiesBlog in your tweet!

Become a fan of Momotics on Facebook!!
Don’t forget to comment below, and let me know who you are on FB!

So now that you know all the ways to enter to win, get on it!  And make sure to tell all your friends about the giveaway, and the new Momotics Site!  I have lost a decent amount of traffic from my move, and I think a lot of my readers just don’t know where to find me!  So help everyone know that we moved to our own domain finally!