Posted on: February 26, 2013 | Doula Life
Wanna hear more about this Jerry Patterson? Yes? OK! I was 17 years old. It was 1984. I dropped out of high school and I was working at my parent’s record store, Rock n’ Roll Heaven North in Warwick, New York. The store was a specialty record shop with a focus …
Posted on: February 26, 2013 | Doula Life, Labor and Birth, Natural Childbirth
Journal Entry, 2009 Dear Diary, When we did XXXX’s prenatal appointment she was so calm. It was as if she had given birth many times all ready, although this was her first pregnancy. She didn’t ask the usual questions like how will I know when I’m in labor? What do …
Posted on: February 26, 2013 | Musing
Don’t do it! It’s a bad idea and you’ll fail every time! DON’T JUDGE YOUR INSIDES AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE’S OUTSIDES! How dare you be so unfair to your self? You look at another woman in the grocery store. She has a list, a box of coupons (neatly organized) and a calculator. …
Posted on: February 26, 2013 | Musing
Sorry about the title but I was furious! It was 20 years ago. We were a 25 year old couple with long hair, tattoos and a 4 month old baby. We lived in California and we were flying home to New York for Jerry’s brother’s wedding. The airline tickets were …
Posted on: February 25, 2013 | Labor and Birth
What’s your “thing”? We all have a “thing”. For some it’s the IV for some it’s being seen naked. For me it was poop! I was terrified, horrified and totally freaked out by the idea that while pushing my baby out of my vagina an unwelcome piece of digested food …
Posted on: February 23, 2013 | Doula Life
Tyler “my mom is the rock n’ roll doula” Patterson Today is Tyler Jane’s 17th Birthday. Rather than tell you how amazing she is and how awesome it feels to be her mother, I interviewed her so you could see what I see! ENJOY! The RN’R Doula: What …
Posted on: February 22, 2013 | Depression
A day in the life…. The washing machines broken again, there’s a mountain of laundry, I didn’t make dinner and your mom is such a bitch. Welcome home… These are just some of the things that I would bombard the love of my life with when he walked in the …
Posted on: February 21, 2013 | Musing, Parenting Philosophy
“Randy does not accept constructive criticism” “Randy does not accept constructive criticism” That is what it said in the comment section of my report card throughout my early education. Now, that may have been true but who was checking the integrity of the authority that was providing the criticism? How was …
Posted on: February 19, 2013 | Musing
Often, we set ourselves up to fail when we set a goal, but goal setting (when done properly) can be a very powerful tool. No one teaches us how to do it properly and so we set half-hearted “goals” and feel like shit when we fail. Although goal setting has …
Posted on: February 18, 2013 | Doula Life, Labor and Birth
Continued from “I Was Called To Birth Work” When I walked in the door after being gone for less than 2 hours I looked liked I’d been put through the ringer. I flopped down on the couch and said, “I am NEVER doing that shit again!” Jerry Patterson encouraged and …