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Babylune

All Missions are Possible

by kate baggott on November 1st, 2006

Mission - Impossible III (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
Cue the theme music.

Now, picture me as a female Tom Cruise except I’m taller and my performance is less wooden. My long hair is tied back in a pony tail, sweat glistens on my brow as - under the punishing desert sun - I climb up the face of a cliff without a safety harness…

Of course, I have a diaper bag strapped to my back and, if needed, I can nurse while hanging onto the cliff by my toes even while my 4 year-old is pulling onto the straps of the diaper bag and shouting, “Mummy, I want some gummy bears right now!”

These are, more or less, the conditions under which most women recover from childbirth.

There have been some big changes at B5 Media and we’ve all been challenged to write a mission statement about our blogs.

This entry is mine.

My goal in writing Babylune is to encourage every new mother to do at least one thing to protect her own health and well being each day.

Not only do your children need a strong healthy mother. You need to be able to rely on your body to perform all the tasks demanded of you. More importantly, when you can’t perform all those tasks, you need to be able to rely on your psyche to say “OK, enough. I can’t do anything more right now. I need a break”

According to all my research, the first six weeks after giving birth are the most important to a mother’s recovery, but that the a full recovery can take up to 40 weeks…roughly the same length of time as the average pregnancy. If you’re a new mother who happens to be sitting down while she reads this, chances are that you are at least ten days post partum. If you’re less than that, I hope you’ve got a donut ring or at least a very soft pillow on your chair because I promise to be as thorough, as accurate and as entertaining as I can while you go through all the typical (and less typical) postpartum stuff.

Because, as I’ve always said, if you can’t be cool, you’d better be honest.

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10 opinions for All Missions are Possible

  • Kerri
    Nov 1, 2006 at 2:29 pm

    You crack me up. I can totally picture you doing those things hanging from that cliff, theme music and all. ;)

  • kbaggott
    Nov 1, 2006 at 2:40 pm

    Excellent.

    Now I know that when we make Babylune the movie, at least one person will go see it.

  • Kerri
    Nov 1, 2006 at 2:47 pm

    But, of course. I’ll run off and reserve my tickets now. Can’t wait to see your moves on the red carpet. :D

  • Kate
    Nov 1, 2006 at 2:49 pm

    Kerri- The cartwheel into back handspring combo down the red carpet will be just for you.

  • Kerri
    Nov 1, 2006 at 3:43 pm

    Yeah, I want to see you do THAT while nursing. heehee :D Actually, I don’t. Please don’t attempt that on my behalf. ;)

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