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Cultural vs. biological femininity
Blog | Pregnancy and Birth

Cultural vs. Biological Femininity

What is the distinction? I believe that one of the difficulties that women experience during breastfeeding is the pull between cultural femininity and biological femininity. This distinction was first brought to my attention in Karen Pryor’s book, Nursing Your Baby (which I believe is out of print now). Cultural femininity is comprised of many stereotypes…

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40 Years a mother
Blog | Pregnancy and Birth

40 Years a Mother

September 22, 2014 Today is a big day – it is 40 years since the birth of my first child Erik and the day I became a mother! It’s hard to believe that 40 years have passed. Today we spent nearly an hour having a Face Time conversation, as we live on different continents now….

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