( Birth story...long :) )

Okay, so I went jeans shopping on the internets this morning because whoamg do I need jeans. I haven't bought a new pair since I was 20 ( Read more... )

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The breast cancer bra meme going around facebook sparked an interesting discussion between briefsynopsis and I today...it diverged into something that has been on my mind a lot lately, and deserves some thought by anyone raising a daughter, and really, by any woman, if not by everyone.

( got long - cut for length )

First, thank you for all the congratulations and well wishes. I wish I could reply to them all but I decided most of you were probably more interested in what's below.

I've cut this into sections. A lot of it is angsty; I did not get the birth I wanted, or anything close, and that hurts.

( Birth story..cut for length and because parts of it are not the most joyous... )