My current in-laws (sam's parents) were/are the hippy types, so they're all up for it when we talk to them about extended nursing and family bed...no issue. My folks on the other hand have taken some convincing. My father almost choked when I told him I was planning on nursing my son until he was at least two. America has some strange preconceptions about such things. :o)k Quackamoe wrote: > --- Martin <martin at members.evolt.org> wrote: > > > > And you wanna talk childbirth/care stuff guaranteed > > to get your > > parents/-inlaw worried, try a combination of: > > > > *) Home birth > > <http://www.sheilakitzinger.com/Homebirth.htm> > > We did a homebirth with our second. It was great. > Went flawlessly. No problems at all. She's alive > and well to this day: > > http://terryfowler.com/baby/hyrum19.jpg > > She's holding her nephew. The next birth we did at a > birthing center and good thing, he needed some oxygen > and a few other amenities. Like the baby monitor that > let us know he was having difficulties in the birth > canal. > > http://terryfowler.com/baby/hyrum6.jpg > > Anyway, the homebirth was a way cool experience. I > even got to cut the umbilicle(al?) cord. Okay, 'nuff > for now. > > Terry Fowler > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > thechat mailing list > thechat at lists.evolt.org > http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/thechat > http://lists.evolt.org/thechatarchive/
