week's end

Here are some of my favorites from the week:

Pink Parts: terrific anatomy diagrams (trust me, I should know, my anatomy and physiology professor spent 4 classes on the nephron and 1/2 class on female reproduction and embryology!)

Very sweet video about the role of a doula: Do You Doula from DoulaMomma

SUPER news for New York: Eli and Abby Manning donate funds for a new birthing center at St. Vincent's Hospital. YAY!

The Ike Baby Spike from NY Times Motherload. “This pattern jibes with traditional patterns of the ways fertility surges can respond to major events... be it the baby boom as linked to soldiers coming home from World War II to even the Oklahoma City bombing, which also had an associated elevation in births in surrounding Oklahoma counties.”

How to Deliver a Baby in a Taxi Cab instructional video (via Women in Charge)

May is a pretty great month and I didn't even know that it was International Doula Month. Thanks Birth Activist.

I tuned into the RH Reality Check discussion yesterday: Making "My Birth, My Choice" A Reality For All Women. It was excellent - you can read the transcript here.

This is weird/ funny: Sonogram art, via BoingBoing

NY Resources:
Manhattan has a new breastfeeding store, Yummy Mummy.

Also a new center for post-pregnancy care, Raising MOM.

Events:
May 20th
Choices in Childbirth Monthly meeting: Inspiring Birth Stories- Giving Birth in a Hospital

May 27th
Sexy Mom Series: Raising Sex Positive Kids

Happy weekend, all!