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Cheesebread Rounds - takeoff on NancyElle's crispy pizza crust - with pics!
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DH and I really loved NancyElle's crispy pizza crust. I got to thinking about it and figured, why not make a BREAD out of it? So this is the result!
Cheesy Bread Rounds
3 extra-large or jumbo eggs
1 scoop Designer Whey unflavored protein powder
1 tablespoon raw wheat bran
1 tablespoon flax meal
6 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
6 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese
Preheat oven to 375* - lightly grease nonstick muffin top pans to make 12 rounds.
In a blender or food processor, place ingredients in order listed. Process til smooth. (I used my VitaMix but will probably try the food processor next time - easier to get the stuff out! ;) )
Portion equally into muffin top pans. An ice cream scooper makes this very easy. I used one that holds just under 1/4 cup. Smooth evenly into cups.
Bake at 375* approx. 10 minutes, or til just starting to brown on top. They will puff a bit and then flatten again with cooling.
Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then remove to a rack to cool completely. Store in a ziploc in the fridge.
EASY, fast, delicious! I figured these to be about 1 carb each but may vary with the protein powder you use. Fiber is a trace.
Thanks, NancyElle, for that wonderful pizza dough recipe! :cool:
Oh, the pic on the rack is half bottom up, half topside up!
Ohhhhh, Charski! Those look beautiful!!! And so easy, too! Thanks for sharing this with us! :clap: What's the texture like, if I might ask?
WOW! Great JOB!!!!!!!!!:clap::high5:
Those look great!! Thanks for the recipe. :clap:
Those look FANTASTIC!!! Good Job :cool:
YUMMO Will be making these soon. Just about out of oopsies
wow, they look great! I wish I had some wheat bran but I don't and just did our shopping trips today. Will have to try and remember to get some next Sunday.
This recipe makes 12? I only have one muffin top pan so I might half it. I guess I would just use one egg then?
Or they cook quickly, so make the full batch, bake half, then bake the other half after - there isn't any baking powder that will lose its "oomph" so letting the "batter" rest while the first batch bakes shouldn't have any ill effects!
Otherwise I'd do what Nigel suggests for half a batch though.
thanks Nigel and Charski, I think I will make the full batch as I have no idea what I'd do with the extra white, and don't want to throw it out.
I would make a full batch just cause they look so darn good in the pics. LOL
You can always use an extra egg yolk or egg white in scrambled eggs or any type of quiche or frittata.
I hope you can post pics of the ones you make. I wish I had more time this week, but hopefully next week, I'll be able to try them out. So many goodies, so little time. *grin*
Freeze it for when you have a need for it. Many use ice cube trays to freeze them in a convenient shape. :)
Or, since the original recipe uses extra large/jumbo eggs, just use 2 medium eggs (if you use them) for half the recipe.
I can't cook today, but I will post pics as soon as I can. Thanks for the suggs for the extra white. Ive never made a fritta or frozen eggs before. You all are giving me lots of fun ideas!
I really want to try these...but how much is one scoop of protein powder? My scoop looks to be about 1/3 cup...is that the same for everyone else?
Each scoop has its volume size printed in tiny little letters (and the words National Measures) on the underside of the cup part (at least all mine have). I've had them in sizes ranging from 50cc, 60cc and 70cc (cc=cubic centimeter or the volume of water in a milliliter; remember there are ~15ml in a Tbsp). I saved one of each for my kitchen drawer ;)
My spiffy little desktop converter says:
50cc ~= 3.5 Tbsp (easier to understand than .21 of a Cup ;) )
60cc ~= 4.0 Tbsp (~ 0.25 or 1/4 C)
70cc ~= 4.75 Tbsp (close enough to 4 Tbsp + 2 Tsp or 0.3 Cup, a little short)
The one that I have recycled the most of? The middle one, at 60cc or about 1/4 C.
Hope that helps.
Wow, Jude, that's cool conversion info! Thanks!!
And to add to it - my container of Designer Whey says 1 scoop = 24 grams by weight - and you're right - if I hold the cup JUST SO I can see that inside it says "70 cc" - so now I'm gonna run to the kitchen and see what it equates to if I dump it into a dry measure - BRB....
And yeppers again - it measures to a scant 1/3 cup! So that's what I'd use in a different product.
Is there anything I can sub for the whey protein powder? I only have vanilla flavored and I don't really want to buy another can of pp...
I have soy protein isolate - would that work?
These look great I must try them!
I think soy protein would work. Try it and see.
I've only made them with what I posted so have no idea what substitutions will or will not work - but I always go by the old "try it and see!" solution which is how I come up with most of my good stuff anyway! ;)
Personally I don't think the vanilla-flavored whey would impart anything bad to the "breads" - since I didn't add any competing flavors (like onion or garlic powders - although you certainly COULD use those for a more savory result) intentionally so that I could use these for stuff like PB & (SF)J or whatever - I don't use soy products so I would probably just go ahead with the vanilla whey if I found myself without the unflavored - that's just me though!
I always have large eggs instead of XL. I just stuck them in the oven. I used soy protein powder cause that is what I have in the house. I prob should have added an extra egg to make up for using large instead of XL but didn't think about it till just now. Do you think 4 large eggs is equal to 3 XL? I'm looking forward to trying these. Is the pizza recipe the same? I've never seen it.
T.Kitty, this is the link to the original post:
Nancy just used "3 eggs" so you're probably fine with the large ones. I posted XL or jumbo because that's what I always buy and use! ;)
I imagine your soy protein will be just fine too. I don't eat soy products any more so switched to whey.
Let us know how they come out!
Thanks Charski! During my first batch my power went out so I think I baked them a little too long. I only have one muffin top pan so had to do in 2 batches which is good cause the second batch, without the power outage) is PERFECT! Even the 1st batch is good. Although, I only got 8 instead of 12 out of my batch. Maybe cause of the smaller eggs? I made myself a PB & homemade SF srawberry jam sammy with these and WOW! I am excited to use these as burger buns as they are much better then all of the other "bread" type recipes I have tried! Thanks Charski!!!!!!
Can wheat bran be bought out of a grocery store?
Hey Char....gotta calorie count on these great puppies you developed? I just was at our local health food store last week and got some wheat bran but, I don't have the muffin top pans....:(
I just have the Designer Whey vanilla powder and I think you can most definately offset the flavor by adding some savory spices. I've done it with some oopsies that Char has tweaked with the unflavored powder. They were fine. But that's just my opinion. Our taste buds are all certainly different.
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Is Bears' Matt Forte as good as he thinks he is?
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Matt Forte thinks he's an elite running back in the NFL — at least among the top five. That's the money he wants, and that's the money he thinks he deserves from the Bears.
Someone is lying to Forte. Or maybe Forte is lying to himself.
Here's what an elite running back gets paid these days. The Philadelphia Eagles' LeSean McCoy got a five-year deal for $45 million with just more than $20 million guaranteed. The Houston Texans' Arian Foster got a five-year deal for $43.5 million with $20.75 million guaranteed.
McCoy scored 17 rushing touchdowns and Foster 10 last season. Forte scored three rushing touchdowns in 2011. Other players who scored three rushing touchdowns last season include slow-footed quarterback Tom Brady and backup running backs Bernard Scott and Isaac Redman.
No, Matt, you're not a top-five back. You're versatile, you can catch the ball, but you're not a top-five back.
But that doesn't mean the Bears shouldn't give him an extension. Forte is a five-year, $35 million back with $16 million guaranteed right now. Done.
And if the Bears can't jump into that side of the pool, then the message they will continue to send is that they're an organization that's hard to take seriously.
''We always measure up men compared to what other people are doing,'' Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin said Friday. ''Reality is — and that's how Chicago has to look at it — [Forte] is your elite, and that's the key. And since he is your elite, you send a bad message when you don't take care of your elite.''
Irvin, who is an analyst with the NFL Network, was in town Friday to participate in the annual Madden NFL '13 Pigskin Pro-Am.
''The Playmaker'' and I don't have a ton in common, but we did agree about the Bears. They remain an organization with big-time aspirations and a small-time mentality.
''Teams like the Steelers, New England, the Packers, the 49ers, they are pushing in all the marbles,'' Irvin said. ''The Bears go out and get Brandon Marshall . . . you can't go out and get Brandon Marshall and then have this [Forte situation] and say you're pushing all the chips on the table.
''The guys here were all talking, and a few said, 'Oh, the Bears won't lose anything now with Forte not in camp.' Shut up. That's not true. Let me tell you what they are losing, for those of you who have never built a championship: Right now in OTAs, minicamps, everyone is looking around the field together, saying: 'Wow, we've got a squad. Look at Brandon Marshall. Look at Devin Hester. Look at Forte. Damn, look at Jay Cutler. . . . This could be the year.'
''But the Bears are coming out now, and not everything is in order. Now everyone is more like: 'Yeah, maybe we have something. Maybe.' It limits the amount of work people will put in. Hope will dictate effort. If I know I have real hope to get to a Super Bowl, you're putting in all kind of extra work. This is what the Bears are missing. This is how you build a championship, and this is why it's been awhile for them.''
Former All-Pro receiver Cris Carter took it a step further.
''This is what the Bears need to ask themselves: 'Are we serious about trying to win the Super Bowl?' '' Carter said. ''Then sit down and look at what they've done because what they've done will tell you if they're trying to win a Super Bowl.''
They're not. The handling of the Forte situation is just the latest evidence of that.
Maybe when Forte realizes he's just outside that first tier of running backs and the Bears realize their window on this season is open but closing fast, harmony can come.
Then again, maybe all the parties involved prefer to keep lying to themselves.

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He seemed very attentive to our group's particular needs and interests and because our group had quite a few women who were interested in celebrity stuff, he made sure to point out all of the places that had anything to do with celebrity, e.g., celebrity's houses, scenes from movies, etc. Though we did not share the same level of interest as those who took pictures of every celebrity-related spot, we did find the stories Niall shared with us interesting.
It was a good mixture of a nice shopping spot, great natural sceneries and history spots and Niall kept us entertained the whole day. We took a total of four tours while we were there and we are glad we picked this one.
The trip to Wild Wicklow was great , the country was beatiuful and the Driver (Joe ) was great with his stories and his singing and don't forget the dram of Whisky ! It was a great day out !! The company was very helpful to us , because of a trip delay and us getting to Dublin late, they moved our trip to Wild Wicklow to the next day , which was very helpful to us for we could enjoy a great day out .
This is another must to do in Ireland, the views and history are wonderful.
Beautiful views in the rainy ánd sunny Wicklow Mountains. A very nice day due to our most enthusiastic, great story-telling guide.
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This was a terrific day tour that my husband and I both enjoyed immensely. The itinerary was a good one and really gave us a great sense of this region and access to some memorable areas. Our bus driver/tour guide Nial was fantastic. He had a very hospitable and competent way about him that influenced the whole trip and everyone's moods in a positive way. He was very knowledgeable and explained some of the complicated Irish history in such a clear manner that we all understood what could have been an overwhelming set of information. It was a well designed trip - and most importantly, very well executed by our "host" and "teacher" Nial. I would strongly recommend this to anyone.
This tour was absolutely amazing. Our tour guide was the sweetest man and we had the most lovely day. Couldn't of found a better your of Ireland!


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Carla P. Hermann, PhD, RN
- Director of PhD Program
- Professor
Phone Number
- (502) 852-8397
Email Address
Grants Received:
September 2010 to August 2015 - National Institutes of Health; National Cancer Institute, "The Development of an Interdisciplinary Oncology Palliative Care Curriculum" Investigators: M, Pfeifer, M.D. (PI);Co-Investigators: C. Hermann, Ph.D., R.N.;A. Holthouser, M.D.; A. Shaw, M.D.; A, Faul. Ph.D.; B. Head, Ph.D.,R.N.,R. Greenberg, Ph.D.; F. Woggon, Ph.D., M.Div. Amount awarded: $1,518,092
November 2008 to November 2012 - Commonwealth of Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program; Investigator Initiated Research Grant, "Aggressive Symptom Management in Lung Cancer Patients Using a Telehealth Monitoring Device" Investigators: M. Pfeifer, M.D. (PI); G. Klecker, M.D. (co-I), C. Hermann, Ph.D., R.N. (co-I); Amount awarded: $149,540
September 2009-September 2010 - Oncology Nursing Society and sanofi-aventis U.S., Ensuring Cancer Care Tomorrow by Developing Nurses Today Grant, C. Hermann, Ph.D., R.N., $ B. Head, Ph.D., R.N.
June 2005 to May 2006 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Cancer as a Chronic Disease Program" Investigators: Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. (PI), Jamie Studts, Ph.D. (co-I), Susan Muldoon, Ph.D. (co-I), Becky Antle, Ph.D. (co-I), Carla Hermann, Ph.D., R.N. (co-I), Stacy Deck Shade, M.S.S.W. (co-I)
Recent Publications:
Head, B.A., Schapmire,T.J., Keeney, C.E., Deck, S.M., Studts, J.L., Hermann, C.P.,, Scharfenberger, J.A., & Pfeifer, M.P. (2012). Use of the distress thermometer to discern clinically relevant quality of life differences in women with breast cancer.Quality of Life Research,21, 215-223.
Keeney, C.E., Hermann, C.P., Head, B.A, Schapmire, T.J., Scharfenberger. (2012). Kentucky's efforts to reduce the burden of lung cancer: Are we making progress? Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 110(1), 10-16.
Hermann, C. P. & Looney, S. (2011). Determinants of quality of life in patients near the end of life: A longitudinal perspective. Oncology Nursing Forum.
Bays, C.L. & Hermann, C.P. (2010). An evidence-based practice primer for infusion nurses. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 33, 220-225
Hermann, C.P., Conner, A.L., & Mundt, M.H. (2008). Enhancing cancer nursing education through school of nursing partnerships: The cancer nursing faculty fellows program. Journal of Nursing Education, 47, 275-278.
Keeney, C.E., Scharfenberger, J.A., O'Brien, J.G., Looney, S., Pfeifer, M.P., & Hermann, C.P. (2008). Initiating and sustaining a standardized pain management program in long-term care facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 9, 347-353.
Hermann, C. (2007). The degree to which spiritual needs of patients near the end of life are met. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34, 70-78.
Recent Presentations:
"Anxiety and Depression in Patients Near the End of Life: A Longitudinal Perspective". C. Hermann & S. Looney. Podium presentation at the Southern Nursing Research Society 26th Annual Conference; February 2012; New Orleans, LA.
"Health Seeking Behaviors in Lung Cancer". L. Carter-Harris & C. Hermann. Poster presentation at the Southern Nursing Research Society 26th Annual Conference; February 2012; New Orleans, LA.
"Developing an Interdisciplinary Oncology Palliative Care Curriculum", C. Hermann, K. Black, K. Singleton, and the iCOPE Council; Poster presentation at the AACN 2011 Baccalaureate Conference; November 2011; St. Louis, MO.
"Palliative Nursing Care". C. Hermann. Podium presentation at ELNEC Core Train-the Trainer conference; November, 2011; Louisville, KY
"Responding to Spiritual Concerns in Palliative Care". C. Hermann, B. Head & K. Kelly. Accepted for podium presentation at the 36th Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress; April 2011; Boston, MA.
"End of Life Care through Interdisciplinary Education". C. Hermann & C. Keeney. Podium presentation at the Southern Nursing Research Society 25th Annual Conference; February 2011; Jacksonville, FL.
"Optimal Way in which to Examine Distress in Hospitalized Cancer Patients." Poster presented at the 11th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research; February 2011. L. Mitchell & C. Hermann.
"A Longitudinal Perspective of the Symptom Experience of Patients Near the End of Life". C. Hermann & S. Looney. Podium presentation at the 11th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research; February 2011; Los Angeles, CA.
"Palliative Care Nursing: Module 8 of the EPEC Curriculum." Invited presentation at the James Grahama Brown Cancer Center. December 2010; Louisville, KY.
"Exploring End-of-Life Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Certification Among Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses." Poster Presented at the Oncology Nursing Society Advanced Practice Nursing Conference; November 2010; Orlando, FL.
"Understanding Patient and Caregiver Stress." Invited podium presentation October 2010 at the 33rd Annual Oncology Symposium at Baptist Hospital East; Louisville, KY.
"Palliative Care Nursing: Module 8 of the EPEC Curriculum." Invited presentation at the James Grahama Brown Cancer Center. October 2010; Louisville, KY.
"Research vs. Evidence-based practice: You mean there's a difference?" Presented October 2009 for Research Louisville Symposium; Keynote speaker; Louisville, KY.
"Research vs. Evidence-based practice: You mean there's a difference?" Presented April 2009 for 2nd Nursing Research and Evidence-based practice symposium at Baptist Hospital East; Keynote speaker; Louisville, KY.
"Spirituality: What is it? How can it help?" Presented March 2009 at Jewish Hospital Medical Center East Cancer Support group.
"Averting catastrophe: Measuring exhaled carbon dioxide to accurately identify endotracheal tube placement". Poster presented October 2008 at the Kentucky Nurses' Association 2008 convention; Louisville, KY. D. Day & C. Hermann.
"Usefulness of internet cancer support groups: An integrative review". Poster presented October 2008 at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center 7th Annual Retreat; Louisville, KY. S. Stanifer & C. Hermann.
"Usefulness of internet cancer support groups: An integrative review". Poster presented October 2008 at the Lucille Markey Cancer Center Research Symposium; Lexington, KY. S. Stanifer & C. Hermann.
"The usefulness of spirituality in coping with breast cancer." Presented September 2008 to breast cancer support group; Jewish/Ss. Mary & Elizabeth Healthcare; September 2008.
"Communicating With Your Health Care Professional". Invited speaker to Cancer Support Group sponsored by Jewish Hospital and Ss. Mary and Elizabeth Health Care; March 2008, Louisville, KY.
"The Contribution of Spirituality to Quality of Life." Invited speaker to the 30th annual Topics in Medical Oncology Symposium sponsored by Baptist Hospital East; October 2007; Louisville, KY.
"Educating Multidisciplinary Practitioners on End-of-Life Care: The Effectiveness of the EPEC Curriculum." Poster; Presented October 2007 at Research Louisville. C. Hermann, C. Keeney, M. Pfeifer, & J. Scharfenberger.
Educational Background
- PhD - University of Kentucky
- Master of Science in Nursing - University of Kentucky
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of Louisville
Teaching Areas
- Adult Nursing
- Oncology
- Quality of life at end of life
Research Interests
- Quality of life at end of life
- Quality of life for lung cancer patients
- Spirituality and quality of life
Professional Activities
- 2011-present: Friend for Life Cancer Support Network-Board Member
- 2009-present: Kentucky/Southern Indiana Lung Cancer Alliance-founding member
- 2006-present: American Cancer Society, National
- 1992-present: Oncology Nursing Society, Vice President, 1992-1994; Director-at-Large, 1994-1996; President-Elect, 1996-1997; President, 1997-1999; Research Committee, 1994-1999
Honors & Awards
- Fellow, Leadership for Academic Nursing Program; American Association of Colleges in Nursing, 2010
- Dean Marcia J. Hern Award in Teaching, 2010
- University of Louisville Faculty Favorite Award, 2009
- University of Louisville Faculty Favorite Award, 2008
- Jewish Hospital Innovation in Nursing Research Award, 2001
- University of Louisville School of Nursing Research Facilitation Award, 2000
- Outstanding Faculty Award - Awarded by the 1998 Graduating Seniors: University of Louisville School of Nursing
- University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1997
- Outstanding Faculty Award - Awarded by the 1996 graduating seniors; University of Louisville, School of Nursing
- American Cancer Society Lifesaver Award, 1994
Professional Memberships
- 1991-present: Oncology Nursing Society, National and Greater Louisville Chapter
- 1986-present: Sigma Theta Tau, Iota Zeta Chapter-Charter Member
- 2002-present: AIDS Education Coalition, Inc.


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Definitions for betelgeuseˈbit lˌdʒuz, ˈbɛt lˌdʒœz
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Be•tel•geuseˈbit lˌdʒuz, ˈbɛt lˌdʒœz(n.)
or Be•tel•geux
a first-magnitude red supergiant in the constellation Orion.
Category: Astronomy
Origin of Betelgeuse:
1790–1800; < F < Ar bīt al jauzā' shoulder of the giant (i.e., of Orion)
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Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis(noun)
the second brightest star in Orion
A bright-red supergiant intrinsic variable star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion; Alpha (u03B1) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in the nighttime, and one of the largest stars known.
Origin: Ultimately from an alteration of the yad al-jawzā 'hand of the central one', from 'hand' + 'central one'.
Betelgeuse, also known by its Bayer designation Alpha Orionis, is the ninth-brightest star in the night sky and second-brightest in the constellation of Orion. Distinctly reddish, it is a semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude varies between 0.2 and 1.2, the widest range of any first-magnitude star. Betelgeuse is one of three stars that make up the Winter Triangle, and it marks the center of the Winter Hexagon. The star's name is derived from the Arabic يد الجوزاء Yad al-Jauzā', meaning "the Hand of al-Jauzā'", i.e. Orion, with mistransliteration into medieval Latin leading to the first character y being misread as a b. The star is classified as a red supergiant of spectral type M2Iab and is one of the largest and most luminous observable stars. If Betelgeuse were at the center of the Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt, possibly to the orbit of Jupiter and beyond, wholly engulfing Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Estimates of its mass are poorly constrained, but range from 5 to 30 times that of the Sun. Its distance from Earth was estimated in 2008 at 640 light-years, yielding a mean absolute magnitude of about −6.02. Less than 10 million years old, Betelgeuse has evolved rapidly because of its high mass. Having been ejected from its birthplace in the Orion OB1 Association—which includes the stars in Orion's Belt—this crimson runaway has been observed moving through the interstellar medium at a supersonic speed of 30 km/s, creating a bow shock over 4 light-years wide. Currently in a late stage of stellar evolution, the supergiant is expected to proceed through its life cycle before exploding as a type II supernova within the next million years. An observation by the Herschel Space Observatory in January 2013 noted that the star's winds are crashing against the surrounding interstellar medium.
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Past Colorado Commission on Higher Education chair and Amendment 58 supporter Ray Baker asked the trustees to endorse the constitutional amendment Sept. 3 at a Board of Trustees meeting at the college. The board decided to postpone their endorsement decision until Sept. 12 after some trustees expressed discomfort about making a decision last week.
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A generation ship or generation starship is a hypothetical type of interstellar ark starship that travels across great distances between stars at a speed much slower than the speed of light.
Since such a ship might take centuries to thousands of years to reach even nearby stars, the original occupants of a generation ship would grow old and die, leaving their descendants to continue travelling.
The beginning[edit]
The concept of generation starship is a good example of how science and fiction influence each other, because many space scientists and engineers who contributed to the concept of a generation starship were also science fiction writers.[1] The first written thoughts can be dated back to Robert H. Goddard, the rocket pioneer who wrote "The Last Migration" (1918).[note 1] In this manuscript he described the death of the Sun and the necessity of an "interstellar ark". The crew would face the centuries of travel by sleeping, and would be awakened when they reach another star system (cryo sleep). This concept is not the same as the generation starship concept because the crew is sleeping during its trip. The concept as it is known today was first published by Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky, father of the astronautic theory. He described in his essay "The Future of Earth and Mankind" (1928) a space colony equipped with engines which travels thousands of years, which he called "Noah's Ark". Neither of these two publications received sufficient publicity to gain widespread public awareness at the time.
John D. Bernals's essay was the first publication to reach the public and influenced other writers. He wrote about the concept of human evolution and our future in space through methods of living which we now describe as generation starship, and which could be seen in the generic word "globes".[2]
In science[edit]
Hein et al.[3] have categorized the different concepts of generation starships that have emerged since the 1970s. The parameters for categorization are cruise velocity and population size. The categorization (table 1[3]) is shown in the following table and a part of figure 1[3] is shown on the right.
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The Enzmann starship is categorised slow boat because of the Astronomy Magazine title "Slow Boat to Centauri" (1977),[4] Gregory Matloffs concept is called colony ship and Alan Bond called his concept world ship.[3] Beside these different characteristics and names there are lots of similarities.
Such a ship would have to be almost entirely self-sustaining, providing energy, food, air, and water for everyone on board. It must also have extraordinarily reliable systems that could be maintained by the ship's inhabitants over long periods of time. Large, self-sustaining space habitats would be needed. For gaining experience before sending generation ships "to the stars", such a habitat could be effectively isolated from the rest of humanity for a century or more, but remain close enough to Earth for help. This would test whether thousands of humans can survive on their own before sending them beyond the reach of help. There are also the concerns of immune systems atrophying in the ship's environment. Small artificial closed ecosystems, including Biosphere 2, have been built in an attempt to work out the engineering difficulties in such a system, with mixed results.[citation needed]
Some have compared planets with life (in particular Earth) to generation ships. This idea is usually called "Spaceship Earth".
Biology and society[edit]
Generation ships would also have to solve major biological, social and moral problems,[5] and would also need to deal with complex matters of self-worth and purpose for the various crews involved. As an example, a moral quandary might exist regarding how intermediate generations (for example, those destined to be born, reproduce, and die in transit, without actually seeing tangible results of their efforts) might feel about their forced existence on such a ship.
Estimates of the minimum viable population vary. The results of a 2005 study from Rutgers University theorized that the native population of the Americas are the descendants of only 70 individuals who crossed the land bridge between Asia and North America.[6] However, anthropologist Dr. John Moore estimated in 2002 that a population of 150 to 180 would allow normal reproduction for 60 to 80 generations, equivalent to 2000 years.[7] In 2013, anthropologist Dr. Cameron Smith estimated a minimum viable population of 14,000 to 44,000, greatly exceeding previous estimates.[8] These numbers take the risk of accidents, diseases etc. into consideration. This has been neglected in previous studies. His analysis is based on an extensive literature review and modelling of genetic effects in populations over time.
Careful genetic screening and use of a sperm bank would also allow a smaller starting base with negligible inbreeding.
Generation ships are based on the human life span not changing dramatically. Even though people are living longer and longer it would take a lifespan extension beyond most scientists' forecasts for any one individual to live throughout the entire trip.
In light of the multiple generations that it could take to reach even our nearest neighboring star systems such as Proxima Centauri, further issues of the viability of such interstellar arks include:
- the possibility of humans dramatically evolving in directions unacceptable to the sponsors
- the minimum population required to maintain in isolation a culture acceptable to the sponsors; this could include such aspects as
- ability to maintain and operate the ship
- ability to accomplish the purpose (planetary colonization, research, building new interstellar arks) contemplated
- sharing the values of the sponsors (which are not likely to be empirically demonstrated to be viable beyond the home planet)unless once the ship is away from Earth and on its way, survival of ones offspring until the ship reaches the target star is one motivation.
Social breakdown[edit]
Generation ships travelling for long periods of time may see breakdowns in social structures. Changes in society (for example, mutiny) could occur over such periods and may prevent the ship from reaching its destination. Robert A. Heinlein's novel Orphans of the Sky and Non-Stop (novel) discussed such a society.
Cosmic rays[edit]
The radiation environment of deep space is very different from that on the Earth's surface or in low earth orbit, due to the much larger flux of high-energy galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), along with radiation from solar proton events and the radiation belts. Like other ionizing radiation, high-energy cosmic rays can damage DNA, increasing the risk of cancer, cataracts, neurological disorders, and non-cancer mortality risks.[9] The only known practical solution to this problem is surrounding the crewed parts of the ship with a thick enough shielding, such as a thick layer of maintained ice as proposed in the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke: "The Songs of Distant Earth".
Technological progress[edit]
If a generation ship is sent to a star system 20 light years away and is expected to reach its destination in 200 years, a better ship may be later developed that can reach it in 50 years. Thus, the first generation ship may find a century-old human colony after its arrival at its destination.
In fiction[edit]
Generation ships are often found in science fiction stories. Perhaps their earliest description is in the 1929 essay "The World, The Flesh, & The Devil" by J. D. Bernal.[2] The first fiction dealing with one is the 1940 story "The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years" by Don Wilcox.[10]
Beginning with the 1941 stories "Universe" and "Common Sense" by Robert A. Heinlein (combined in 1963 into the novel Orphans of the Sky), a common theme is that inhabitants of a generation ship have forgotten they are on a ship at all, and believe their ship to be the entire universe. French writer Léon Groc wrote the first complete novel on this theme in the 1950 book L'Univers Vagabond. In the anglophone world, Brian Aldiss is attributed with the first complete novel dealing exclusively with the theme in the 1958 book Non-Stop. By 1959, Edmund Cooper's Seed of Light was being criticized for dealing with an old-hat subject (though it is often accounted the author's best novel.)[11] Harry Harrison's novel Captive Universe (1969) deals with similar themes.
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (1968) the Enterprise encounters a computer-controlled generation ship whose inhabitants do not know they are within a ship traveling through space, but who believe themselves to be on a solid world and that the artificial sky is real; the David Gerrold tie-in novel The Galactic Whirlpool had the Enterprise encounter another generation ship on a collision course with a black hole whose crew also has the same the-ship-is-the-whole-universe mentality. Harlan Ellison's The Starlost, a 1973 Canadian TV series, is set aboard the giant spaceship called The ARK. In the Space: 1999 episode "Mission of the Darians" (1975) the Alphans encounter the heavily damaged but still populated generation ship Daria, whose inhabitants bear an evil secret.
Gene Wolfe's tetralogy The Book of the Long Sun (1993) deals directly with the challenges facing the inhabitants of the starcrosser Whorl and the continuing challenges after planetfall in The Book of the Short Sun (1999). The Babylon 5 episode The Long Dark (1994) features a generation ship as a major plot element. The 2008 Pixar film WALL-E contains a subplot in which a generation ship containing humans returns to Earth after many centuries. Toby Litt's 2009 novel Journey into Space is about people living on a generation ship and deals with how people cope with the fact that they have never set foot on the Earth and will never set foot on their destination planet. This method of slow interstellar travel is hinted at in Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama (1972) as the spacecraft Rama is analyzed, and this theme continues in the book's sequels. The 1999 Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Disease" features a generation ship of a species called the Varro. The 2010 Doctor Who episode, "The Beast Below", centers on a generation ship known as "Starship UK", which contains the entire future population of the United Kingdom (except for Scotland, which opted for its own ship) fleeing the deadly solar flares on the Earth in the 29th century.
Rob Grant's Colony, published in 2000, is a science fiction comedy farce which deals with a generation ship in which breeding is strictly controlled and a crew member's offspring automatically inherit their parent's role on the ship. Several generations on, the Captain is struggling with puberty, the Chief Science Officer is a fundamentalist Christian, the security officers have become so inbred as to be barely functional and the ship's chaplain is a pervert who spies on other crewmembers' quarters. The colonists have forgotten how to read and the ship is falling apart because nobody knows how to repair anything.
In Analogue: A Hate Story, a generation ship from the Republic of Korea called the Mugunghwa is lost hundreds of years after it leaves Earth. Thousands of years later, after FTL travel had been invented, an investigator is sent to find out what happened on the ship. The ship's social structure had changed from 21st-century South Korea into a feudal society with similarities to the Joseon Dynasty of Korean history. All of the people on the ship die hundreds of years before it is found.
John Thornton's Recovery of a Colony Ship (Colony Ship Eschaton) Volume 1 (2013) (ISBN 1482720442) and the nine novel sequels all take place on a gigantic generational ship while it is on its journey to another solar system. The Eschaton's inhabitants have lost much of their technological knowledge through disasters and conflict. The last remnants of humanity on Earth teleport on board the Eschaton.
The novelization to the movie After Earth and the back story for the TV show Firefly have humanity abandoning Earth for a new home in generation ships.[12] John Kenneth Muir in his review of the film Pandorum pointed out many elements from previous generation ship stories such as The Ark in Space, The Starlost, Mission of the Darians, and Orphans of The Sky.
The Syfy miniseries Ascension is set aboard a generation ship launched during the John F. Kennedy Administration.
See also[edit]
- Embryo space colonization
- Interstellar ark
- O'Neill cylinder
- Self-replicating spacecraft
- Sleeper ship
- ^ The maximum speed of generation starships was marked in 1905, when Albert Einstein published his "Special theory of relativity" and defined the maximum speed in the universe to be the speed of light, something known as "The Principle of Invariant Light Speed".
- ^ Simone Caroti (2011). The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934-2001. Mcfarland. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-7864-6067-0.
- ^ a b J. D. Bernal. "The World, the Flesh & the Devil - An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul". Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d Hein, Andreas; et al. "World Ships – Architectures & Feasibility Revisited". Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ K.F.Long, A.Crowl, R.Obousy. "The Enzmann Starship: History & Engineering Appraisal". Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Malik, Tariq. "Sex and Society Aboard the First Starships." Space.com, 19 March 2002.
- ^ "North America Settled by Just 70 People, Study Concludes". LiveScience. 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ Damian Carrington (15 February 2002). ""Magic number" for space pioneers calculated". NewScientist.
- ^ "Smith, C.M., "Estimation of a genetically viable population for multigenerational interstellar voyaging: Review and data for project Hyperion"". ScienceDirect. 2013-12. Retrieved 2013-02-18. Check date values in:
- ^ "NASA Facts: Understanding Space Radiation" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, ed. (1984). Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts. New York: Beaufort Books, Inc. p. 95. ISBN 0-8253-0184-X.
- ^ Gary K. Wolfe: Cooper, Edmund. In: Jay P. Pederson: St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers. 4. edition. St. James Press, New York 1996, p. 206-208; p. 207
- ^ Firefly (TV series)#cite note-9
Further reading[edit]
- Caroti, Simone (2011). "The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934-2001" Mcfarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6067-0.
- Andreas Hein et al. "World Ships – Architectures & Feasibility Revisited". Retrieved 7 February 2013.
External links[edit]
- Interstellar Ark
- Brief summary of the evolution of generation ship concepts
- Paul Gilster. "Worldships: A Interview with Greg Matloff". Retrieved 9 February 2013.


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If you live in Nebraska, you know Arbor Day is a state holiday in April--and for a good reason. That's where the idea to observe a special day to plant trees started with J. Sterling Morton.
When he and his wife moved from Detroit to the Nebraska Territory in 1854, he could see trees were needed to act as windbreaks for people and wildlife on the wind-swept plains.
During his life, the newspaper editor planted many, many trees and encouraged others to do the same. He believed so strongly in planting trees that he proposed a holiday with contests and prizes awarded to individuals or communities planting the most trees.
By the time the first Arbor Day was celebrated in 1874, Nebraska had become a state, and hundreds and hundreds of trees had been planted thanks to J. Sterling Morton's efforts. Other states observed their own Arbor Days, and in 1970, former President Richard Nixon declared the last Friday in April as the national observance of Arbor Day.
Depending on where you live, the date for Arbor Day could be different.
Arbor Day observances are now related to the best time to plant a native tree so it can grow and prosper. While many observations are in April, people who live in Louisiana and Florida observe Arbor Day in January, while those in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia plant trees in February. In other states, Arbor Day is observed in May, November or December because that's the best time to plant a tree.
Trees not only act as shade, but provide building material and fuel, shelter and food for humans and wildlife. Trees also provide erosion control.
There are a lot of things to think about when you're deciding what kind of tree to plant.
For example, you might wonder how long a particular kind of tree might live. How big will the tree eventually grow? That means you might need to figure out if your tree would grow too close to a building, sidewalk or road. Would the tree do well during all seasons of the year? Would an icy winter harm it? Do you want to plant a deciduous tree that drops its leaves in fall? Or a coniferous tree that stays green all year? Do you want to plant and space out a hundred or more seedlings for a windbreak?
You can learn more about Arbor Day and planting trees at http://www.arborday.org/
-- Linda O'Connor
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Turbulence Tests the Tummy, But No Burning Hindenburg
Today's www.theFREDreport.com conference call was broader than usual, given the turbulence we have seen across most asset classes. Investors are searching for answers! To listen to the playback go to: http://free.thefredreport.com/ and scroll down to the " recent call for your review." We will also summarize the call and our market thoughts below.
STOCK MARKET: Sentiment indicators remain contrarian bullish (i.e. a high level of negative sentiment). It is unlikely, given this backdrop, to have a large drop under these circumstances. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is the ETF most are following and key levels are 102 on the downside, and 114 on the upside. A move above 114 could be a big positive.
We see the chance for long-term outperformance by small caps, and the iShares S&P 600 Index (IJR) looks attractive on a market break-out.Another interesting play for big caps is the iShares SP 100 (OEF), the 100 biggest cap stocks in the SPY, which will give a bit more international exposure. Risk management is key right now. BOND MARKET: Rates have fallen precipitously in recent weeks -- investors want bonds, but how best to invest? We feel that there is fairly high risk in the iShares Barclays 20+ Treasury Bond (TLT), but the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is a better chart for treasuries. We have been advocating the iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond (LQD). Our idea is that if Treasury rates continue to fall the LQD, which has lagged, will catch up. And should rates rise the LQD should fall less. International bonds look interesting as well -- the SPDR Barclays Capital International Treasury Bond (BWX) is turning up after a pullback. Managing risk is important here: investors should look for yield in other places and not just treasuries. COMMODITIES: Gold continues to trade well, and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) looks strong longer-term. The United States Oil Fund (USO) has seasonal weakness into the fall and we would avoid this and instead look at oil stocks. The Select Sector Energy SPDR (XLE) and Oil Service HOLDRS Trust (OIH) look more attractive. Chevron Corp. (CVX) is an attractive stock in the oil space. INTERNATIONAL: International markets, on balance, have better charts than US equities. We have been looking at Asia for speculative purposes and note the iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM) and the iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS) look much better than China and Japan (but are, we repeat again, higher risk). In China, the Claymore China Small Cap (HAO) looks stronger than the iShares FTSE/Xinhau (FXI), and in Japan it is somewhat reversed, with the iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ) (large caps) trading better than Japan Smaller Cap Fund (JOF) (small caps).
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A quick blog post for the day…about death.
Death is the one thing we simply don't want to face. We fear the quiet, long goodbye, the misery of a life that is stretched out without alleviation from pain. We fear. We fear. We fear.
And therefore, we don't do it well.
Mourn. Reach out. Have faith. Trust. And treat those who have had losses well, listen to them, even if you feel that you know better than them. This also extends to not using them for your own agendas or purposes. They have a right to believe in humanity as something that just listens to their loss and accepts it and helps them to be in that space of loss.
And remember that everyone around them was also touched.
The Red Herring: Why 39 weeks Isn't Enough
This graph shows what happens when a hospital is part of a pilot program to reduce non-medically indicated births. Notice, this isn't a program that is designed to do anything other than stop NON MEDICALLY INDICATED births. The March of Dimes piloted this program due to the exponential rise in using non-medicine to control birth in order to fit it into nice, neat practice management patches with fewer lawsuits. This rise didn't reflect safety for mothers or babies, in fact, it did the opposite, it endangered them.
So why isn't it enough? Why is it a red herring?
Because ACOG has now renamed all of the "term" pregnancies that used to be 37-42 weeks in order to help "reduce" pre-39 week nonsensical obstetrical procedures but does NOTHING for all of the non-medically indicated procedures after 39 weeks, zero days. In effect, we are still forcing thousands, if not millions over time, of mothers and babies to undergo procedures they do not need and often do not want. And now, we're forcing hospitals and doctors to not do it before 39 weeks so they are reloading their case load to meet moms and babies at 39.1 and 40 and still with no medical need. This may mean that babies come off better but we're still increasing both morbidity and mortality well above normal.
There is another casualty in this ACOG redefinition as well. That of the Non-Bell Curve mother. If you go past 41.0, you are now in some imaginary place called "late term" and 42.0 is "post term". These numbers and dates are going to move across obstetrical systems such as homebirth midwifery where they have no place being. Where now, midwifery laws have used "42" as if it's some arbitrary cut-off wherein moms and babies become dangerous, who knows where ACOG and other hospital-based obstetrical groups or legislative groups will try to push those lines.
Box 1. Recommended Classification of Deliveries From 37 Weeks of Gestation
Early term: 37 0/7 weeks through 38 6/7 weeks
Full term: 39 0/7 weeks through 40 6/7 weeks
Late term: 41 0/7 weeks through 41 6/7 weeks
Postterm: 42 0/7 weeks and beyond
Ultimately, all of these concerns are played out on mothers but they are not considered when decisions are made. Safety of mothers and babies are not the overriding concerns of these kinds of recommendations that are given the force of law and regulations. Individual accountability, informed decision-making, none of these come up as the rights of mothers and babies are stripped away based on a professional organization's opinion pieces.
"At Risk" or "High Risk" – We Should Say What We Mean
Over the last few years, I keep using the term "normal, low-risk VBAC" and I've found others have begun to use it as well. After all, isn't less than 1% of a risk really a LOW risk of it? Especially if the actual risk of death or severe complication is even lower?
Evidently, It's all in the eye of the beholder.
When I did searches for ACOG and defining what "high risk" means, there really isn't any true definition. It's like there is an imaginary line wherein doctors get the heebie jeebies and they call any risk a "high" risk. So where is this cut-off and why is this word so prevalent in our society when it comes to medical care?
One definition states "of, relating to or characterized by risk" and another states:
Cesarean Awareness Month: Day 18
I've done it. We've all done it. We've read the story online about some mother that we know had a completely unnecessary cesarean. Just reading the story, as some doctor forced her body to open, stretching her cervix or inducing for dates and not indication, as the vbac "fails", we cringe. We wonder how she didn't see the signs. We can't help but think about the story, we can't help but be angry for her, hurt for her, sad for her. Why is this happening to her? How we do we stop it as a society if we can't help one another be supported? How do we protect ourselves and our daughters, from this insanity?
These emotions flood us.
So what I'm about to say is important.
Not long-term, not forever. You don't have to stop warning women, stop talking to them, not using your voice as much as you can.
But in this moment. With this mom.
This postpartum, just had a baby, mom.
She is not in that space. She is not processing the bigger picture.
She is in her own place, needing empathy, hope, and lots of loving on her and her baby.
She needs to recover from surgery, she needs to meet her newborn and learn to know them, she needs to take some time as she wraps her head around what has happened to her.
I did this not long ago. I had to stop, apologize and get out of the conversation because I had wronged the mother involved. She should NEVER have had to deal with my angry outburst towards her doctor at 3-4 days out.
What I should have done was this:
-Congratulate her on her baby
-Told her how cute her baby was
-Told her I wished her recovery and peace and healing
-Reminded her that when she was ready to process her experience or ask questions, whether it was in 2 weeks or 2 years, I am here for her to listen to her and help her walk that path.
-When she chooses to talk, ask questions and listen and help her come to her own answers, not provide them for her but holding her accountable to her own journey.
-To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven-
#cesareanawarenessmonth Day 18
Cesarean Awareness Month Day 17
"Once a Cesarean, Always a Cesarean" never rings more true than when referring to a child's birth. Even though a mother may later go on to have a vaginal birth or future healthy pregnancies, there is no way to step back into our footsteps in the snow and change that day in surgery. Sometimes, coping lasts a lifetime but there are critical moments in recovery in the first year that moms have to weave through and often, they are alone and unsupported. Most of the time, those close to them don't even realize the impact of their words or actions, thinking they are sharing the moments with the new mother. On baby's first birthday, many well-intentioned friends and family fail to see what is in front of them: a mother in mourning being forced into celebration.
A mom may ask herself if she's even normal, because she feels so despondent or unwilling to plan birthday parties. She may throw herself into planning the biggest celebration possible, hoping it will drown all the pain out. The reality is, she often sees this is as the first anniversary of trauma. While not all cesarean moms view it this way, it's important to understand how a mom could wind up in this emotional dilemma of baby's birth vs mother's birth experience.
Research shows that women remember their birth experiences for the rest of their lives. These stories impact not just today but the rest of their lives. A mother goes into labor and gives birth, remembering much of it while wrapped in the heightened sensations of labor. She remembers specific smells, looks, people's faces and attitudes and words. As she goes into labor or is induced, she is often afraid of the unknown or even the known if this is not her first labor. She walks into the hospital and deals with strangers she is forced to trust at the most vulnerable time of her life. In some cases, she doesn't really like her care provider or her nurses. Then, as labor continues, something changes and she labors longer and harder and suddenly, a cesarean. This isn't what she prepared for, this is surgery. She is drugged, she is strapped down, and she is often throwing up. Sometimes, she is not even conscious, depending on the circumstances. Unable to help herself, she watches the ceiling as her body is cut open and her baby is taken away. Often, the obstetricians and nurses discuss their day or other clients or even football games. This event that was hers and personal becomes distracted and impersonal. Her baby is born and she gets a glimpse before having the baby removed, wrapped, and only a face and then gone to the nursery. There is no physical contact to solidify this bond between mother and child. There is no orgasm of love and completion in each other's arms that is so tactile and important for every being. She is left alone with the staff, cleaned up and moved to recovery.
At this point, her husband or partner goes with the baby. They share joy, "Look at his hair! His fingers, his toes!" They call family and tell of joy in the new little person. His size, his weight, his features. They take cell phone pictures and post on Facebook or blogs. They are building a vision of love.
A year later, they share this vision. They talk over and over about the day he was born or the first moments they saw her. They are overwhelmed by the joy of that moment and they relish in it. "I was the first person to hold her!" a grandmother remembers. As they share these moments, the mother remembers, "Everyone held her but me. And when I finally got to hold her, it hurt so badly, I could barely move. " They pass around pictures of baby's first few moments, none of which include the mom except one, with an upside down baby's face, wrapped tightly in a blanket, next to her head while she feebly smiles. She thinks to herself that even in that moment, she didn't get to hold her baby or touch, skin to skin and feel the baby newness.
This is the reality of the first birthday. These flashbacks and moments where only the mother , and she alone, remembers and recovers her own experience. So how can someone help a mother in this situation? How can you, help yourself? Here are some tips on recovering at that first birthday:
The new mother needs you to hear her side of the story.
If you are the new mom, talk about the birth. Find someone you can share this with and just talk. Many women turn to online support at this time just to be able to get it out and share with other moms who get it.
It's not only ok but normal to wonder things like, "Is this baby really mine?" or "I don't feel like her mom, I didn't give birth." Many moms have asked themselves these questions. Accept for yourself that your child and you have moved past that day, even if you were not unaffected by it. The feelings surrounding the birth do not have to stop you from loving your child, bonding with them and helping you both to grow.
You have every right to feel however you want to feel. You do NOT have to dwell on feeling grateful that your child is alive or that your birth occurred the way it did. You have the right to feel questioning of the outcome and ungrateful for the way things happened.
Talk, paint, feel, write letters to the providers about your care. Write out your birth story in the way you wanted it to occur. Cry if you need to. Have a day for yourself, treating yourself well and celebrating your motherhood while allowing yourself the freedom to see the day as a multitude of different occasions that happened to different people at the same time.
You can ignore a child's first birthday. The subtle way to do this is simple: Move the date. Make the party on a day that has nothing to do with the actual birth. Celebrate a half-birthday instead. You can still use a 1 candle at 1.5! You can have a small thing at home with just a cake and you and baby, celebrating together and being special in a way you were denied the first time.
All in all, treat this as if it were YOUR day. This is not simply a birthday, deserving of a Blue's Clues cake smooshed by a happy baby. It is also the anniversary of a transition in your life that you deserve to memorialize in whatever way best suits your personal needs.
Would you like to share your story or ideas for surviving the first birthday?
#cesareanawarenessmonth Day 17
Cesarean Awareness Month Day 16
I wait every night for the inspiration to hit. Or I pick up conversations during the day to expound upon. Every one of these Cesarean Awareness Month posts so far has been based on a real woman's story during the day or something I saw or read. Real.
Tonight, there is a mother out there, giving birth. I saw her picture, arms wrapped around her partner, in love, in trust, in support. Not in an operating room, not in surgery, not in recovery. In the arms of those who love her, pouring out that beautiful moment of eternity between one contraction and the next and staring into the eyes of her star-eyed newborn who blinks against the first dawn.
She is eternal in that moment, one with everything that Creates in this moment, the knowledge of coming back from the edge in her eyes.
That connection fires the one of motherhood, fires the one of protectiveness, of instinct, of bonding. Strength and overwhelming chemical cocktails run through your body and your brain.
She is amazing.
And even if it was hard-fought, long days into long nights. Against the grain. She is a warrior.
She is not "A VBAC", she is being born into being a mother and what she is doing is normal. The goal is not the overcoming of risk but the righting of her universe on the keel of that journey.
No matter how your cesarean happened….you deserve the right to try.
You deserve the right to believe.
Your body. Your baby. Your birth.
#cesareanawarenessmonth Day 16
Cesarean Awareness Month Day 15
There is a difference.
A world of difference.
Between choosing a cesarean at need. In knowing that your baby needs to be born now, in this moment.
And being told you have no choice.
That it's not your choice.
That it's not your decision.
That you will give birth alone, give birth without the support and care you wanted,
The type of support and care you need, desperately, to bring a baby into this world.
There is a world of difference in the ice cold OR gripping you when the tears flowing down your face are ones of lack of options.
And the ones that say "thank god, they are here, and safe".
There is a world of difference in a mother who wonders if she could have done something differently and a mother whose confidence is in that this baby needed this now.
There is a world of difference in being a strong, compassionate woman who looks down, daily, at her belly and thinks "I would do anything for you"
And that same woman being led down a hall, to a wheelchair, to be taken back, unwillingly and against every fiber of her being, knowing there is no reason, lying down on a cold table, looking up at the ceiling and thinking "I would do anything for you".
#cesareanawarenessmonth Day 15
Cesarean Awareness Month Day 14
We all know that sex is an amazing thing.
It can be beautiful and powerful, exciting and enjoyable. We also know it can be something to do to make a partner feel satisfied or to fulfill a need even when we know that really isn't where we are *at right at the moment.
We also know that sex can be a nightmare. An act of power and coercion. Used against us to further another person's goals, whatever they may be. When a person we know and trust uses us in that way, we are left wondering how we wound up here. Date rape, coercion, force. How did we wind up here and why did it happen this way. We are left, not broken, but fractured and trying to put the pieces together.
Birth is an amazing thing. It uplifts. We give, we strive, we are overwhelmed in the moment, we feel powerful, excited, and finally, overjoyed. Sometimes, we know certain things have to happen in order to bring our babies here safely and we know that need and weigh it against our own and make the choices that we need to make, for the good of that one we love. We even know that respectful care can happen under these circumstances.
We also know that birth can be a nightmare, out of control, a trauma, with others forcing us to unneeded procedures, telling us we are killing our babies if we continue, or that we will harm them, that we are stupid for trying homebirth, that we are broken and unable to give birth, that our babies being born through our bodies will result in brain damage and death. When a person we trusted uses their power in that way, telling us an induction is our only choice, that we can't VBA2C, selling us a cesarean that will be "gentle" rather than giving us relationship, trust and good care, when we are forced to accept a coerced cesarean, it twists us inside. We wonder how we wound up here when we were desiring of a normal birth, we are fractured into the mother who wants to celebrate her love and look into her little ones eyes and the mother in pain who only wonders why she wasn't stronger, more capable, why her doctor or midwife were so incapable of giving good care without the unnecessary procedures.
We are not broken but fractured and trying to put the pieces together.
This isn't all cesareans and not all providers but with a virtually 40% cesarean rate, we need to stop buying acceptance and giving in because our providers have the capability to use power over us. We would never tell our daughters to accept date rape, we should stop giving them the example of birth rape. No means no, not convince me by making it nicer.
#cesareanawarenessmonth Day 14
Cesarean Awareness Month Day 13
So what causes one woman to come forward, to educate herself, to change?
What quality makes her look for a provider that won't do cesareans, looks for natural birth, looks for drug-free, look for VBAC?
What is that undefined quality that makes one person want more and another ask no questions.
There is so much more to the equation than race, education, monetary status.
I know women who have chosen unassisted, midwives, CNMs, obstetricians, elective cesareans, VBAC, or fought like hell to not be induced, have epidurals or pitocin and other women who welcomed them. I know women who are ignorant, educated, black, Latino, Hispanic, white, rich, poor, WIC, food stamps, teenagers, twenty year olds, thirties, IVF and surrogate and the good old fashioned way, just true diversity of it all the types of women that are "studied" and I don't presume to speak for any of them or make assumptions on what made them create their reality.
What I want to know is what makes that SHIFT because that SHIFT needs to happen.
We need to change gears and we need to realize that our health and the health of our babies depends on that research, information, education, adaptation, understanding.
What shifted for you?
#cesareanawarenessmonth Day 13
Cesarean Awareness Month Day 12 "Thought for the Day"
We often think that there is a right and wrong, a low risk and a high one. We mistakenly leave the humanity and individualism out of the birthing process and judge those women who are willing to take on risks we would not, do things differently than we would. The Cesarean Prevention Movement was not born out of risk assessment but out of women, banding together to support one another. Choosing homebirths when no hospital would take them, travelling across country to help one another when needed, driving hours to find the right care provider, sacrifice and support. Those women that sat around a table, who answered letters, who wrote books, they were real women with normal lives who felt that other women needed every ounce of support they could get to help fight the injustice of forced repeat cesareans. So, what are you doing to help other women and are you doing it as support and service, or are you holding back those petty emotional judgments that some women are too at risk, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, that you know too much about their condition to be able to support them? Do you believe in them that they deserve the essential human right to their own health care, to try for a vaginal birth and make up their own minds about which risks are appropriate to them? I believe in you. Women are strong capable and amaze me daily, they cannot be summed up by a risk category in their efforts to bring forth the amazing. #cesareanawarenessmonth Day 12
A Comment From Facebook:
My grandmother had a VBAC in the early 60's. She was never the kind of woman to have someone tell her what she could and couldn't do with her own body. I see so much of her in my mother and sisters. I wonder if that determination is nurture or nature. Either way I am thankful to have that same attitude.
I know a midwife who had a surgical birth with her first, over 30 years ago. As she told me how Nancy Wainer sent her hand written info on VBAC her eyes just sparkled. Decades later and you could see she was still thankful for that support. Birth Day Midwifery Care has touched thousands of women by just sharing information with that one woman.


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