Comments on: The Offbeat Bride is Offbeat Pregnant

By: stephanie@geezees

stephanie@geezees — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:23:07 +0000

just saw this…congrats…hope you are feeling welL!

By: yvette

yvette — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:16:02 +0000

yay!!!!! i've been away for a while so i've been out of the loop but i'm so excited for you both!

By: melbalini

melbalini — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:27:12 +0000

I'd love to contribute to an offbeatmama.com! That sounds absolutely awesome!

By: Jezebel

Jezebel — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:33:34 +0000

don't know how i missed this post!
congrats to you and andreas. This baby is a blessing to you both, and I'm ure will bring much joy (as well as trials) to your lives.

Isn't it funny that most offbeat brides are offbeat mamas? I guess it's just who we are.

By: OffbeatAriel

OffbeatAriel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:28:42 +0000

My mom is a retired midwife and midwifery educator, so we're definitely going that route … all hooked up with a midwife who's one of my mom's former students, even. That said, it's being interesting to balance the hippie parenting values I was raised with (what my folks called "benign neglect") with the hippie parenting values most of my peers are interested in (attachment parenting). We're probably going to be balancing the two philosophies.

But this is all fodder for offbeatmama.com …. whenever I manage to get my shit together on that project.

By: JuliaStar

JuliaStar — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:58:48 +0000

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. If you have a few (2 maybe) months to stay home with your baby, just sleep when your baby sleeps and you will be just fine, that is how my best friend survived her first few months and her baby was sleeping through the night remarkably early. (maybe this is the co-sleeping thing..idk I dont have a baby yet O.o)

That being said, I wouldn't be so worried, every baby is different and every mama is different. I am definitely a fan of telling people to shut the hell up (especially if you are already so stressed about one thing).

Also, do you have a midwife or an Ob? I am 100% a fan of midwifes and home-births. So much so that I am planning to BE a midwife as my career. (in like 10 years of schooling…lol). Seattle is a wonderful place for offbeat mamas because there are many midwifes, both Nurse-midwifes and direct-entry midwifes to choose from.

You are going to love having kids though, you are a very nurturing person (clear by how you run your tribe). If you do get an offbeatmama.com, you know I will be right there (even though Im still unmarried and still childless).

p.s. this post is a beautiful example of why you needed a new commenting system. I love it and think it works beautifully (especially because I use Firefox).

By: hildare

hildare — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:15:17 +0000

YAYYYYY! That is so wonderful. Congratulations. I'm ready to be on offbeatmama myself. See you there!

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:26:44 +0000

Congrats to you!! I just found out I was pregnant Monday, and here I am looking for different styles of birth announcements, thinking "I wish there was an offbeatmom.com or offbeatpregnant.com", and low and behold I found this news! Congrats again and it would be wonderful if one of those other sites showed up. There's a lot of interest, for sure!

By: adias.angel

adias.angel — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:37:17 +0000

Gratz!! Can't wait to hear all about your next 6 months.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:44:25 +0000

Congrats! I have a 7 and 10 year old, so I've done things a bit backwards! I hope to get knocked up again in the fall! I'm very impressed by all the "Hippie moms" recommending the homebirth, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, etc. I second all of that! There are great groups on CafeMom for until you get your OffBeat Mama site going Remember the phrase "Co-sleep is you want sleep!"