Earth Day Quotes
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect – Chief Seattle, 1855
Earth Day Quotes
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children – Native American Proverb
Selected Quotes by Adrienne Rich (1929 – 2012)
Life on the planet is born of woman.
Today’s women
Born yesterday
Dealing with tomorrow
Not yet where we’re going
But not still where we were.
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.
I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn’t know that, and I have no carbons.
Mindful Meditations for Mothers
by Rachel Snyder
Sorrow
Every mother has her share. It may be a string of small sorrows, small hurts that one after another peck at a mother’s heart. It might be one great sorrow that swoops down and takes you in its talons, rising up and enveloping you even as you think you have it tamed. Sorrow goes hand-in-hand with joy, often in equal measure. The mother who feels the rapture of unspeakable joy may also encounter unbearable sorrow. Invite sorrow in with a warm welcome. Give her a place to sit by the fire; she may need to linger a lifetime. Speak with her, cry with her, grieve with her – yet do not push her away. Sorrow is a teacher. At times stern and unrelenting, she will dole out her lessons as you are able to receive them. She will work with you tirelessly. Slowly, as sure as the sun rises, you will make your way to the enduring light at the center of sorrow.
Premature Ovarian Aging (Tips for Women Trying to Get Pregnant Over 40)
The Center for Human Reproduction (CHR), a leading New York fertility center specializing in pregnancy in older women, has issued a fertility tip sheet for women trying to get pregnant after age 40. With a growing number of women interested in pregnancy over 40, timely evaluation and diagnosis of infertility are becoming ever more important. Premature ovarian aging (POA), a clinical term coined by CHR researchers, is one of the major causes of female infertility. As women get older, their ovarian reserve (OR, the ability of the ovaries to produce good-quality eggs) naturally declines. Approximately 10 percent of women, however, experience this decline of ovarian function much earlier than others. This means that if their OR is evaluated, it is found to be lower than what is expected for their age. As a result, women with POA have a hard time conceiving on their own or even with fertility treatments if the treatment is not appropriate for their ovarian status. With appropriate treatment, however, women with POA can conceive. Read more at: http://www.centerforhumanreprod.com/premature_ovaries.html
In Honor of World Poetry Day (3/21)
Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone – Lawrence Ferlinghetti
7 Tips for Helping Your Children Cope with Stress
by Rosemary Lichtman & Phyllis Goldberg
Raising children has never been easy, but some parents think it’s even harder today. They have always had to deal with providing – food, clothing and shelter as well as a supportive and loving environment where their offspring can grow to their full potential. Today, in addition, mom and dad are faced with handling the stresses of an unstable economy and volatile social situations. And youngsters often feel the worries we feel as well. […]
Study Shows That Older Moms Using Donor Eggs Do Not Face Increased Complications
Women over 50 who get pregnant using donor eggs do not appear to face greater risks of complications than younger women using the same assisted baby-making technologies. According to Dr. Mark Sauer, professor and chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology at Columbia University and his co-authors, whose report appeared in the American Journal of Perinatology, the group found that compared with women 42 and younger, women in their 50s undergoing in vitro fertilization with donated eggs had similar rates of gestational hypertension, diabetes, Caesarean delivery and premature birth. Read more on this Vancouver Sun article:
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Older+moms+using+donor+eggs
Mindful Meditations for Mothers
by Rachel Snyder
Libido
Your sex life is not gone, it is just away. Wherever you think your libido might have run off to, it will be back. Believe it or not, the day will come when you will feel surges of passion again, when you will find your partner exceedingly attractive once more, when you will remember that babymaking is a means, not just an end. Right now, you may find it hard to differentiate between hot sex and wet sox. Quiet attempts at arousal may be no match for your snoring. As remote as it appears, the time will come when you will gladly trade hours of uninterrupted sleep for long, languid lovemaking under a low-hung crescent moon. As outrageous as it may now seem, the phrase, “Oh, Baby!” will take on new meaning. The adults will reclaim the night. The morning. The afternoon. And your libido? Missing in action no more.
