Monday Link List: April 12

This time, I've included some links to blogs and articles which I did not post, but that I found otherwise significant.  Happy reading!

Pregnancy

• "Sex before and after baby" from FitPregnancy
• "Obesity in pregnancy up risk of heart defect in baby" from Yahoo! News - *exercises my butt off!*

Birth

• "Are upright birthing positions harmful?" at Science & Sensibility
• "Avoiding the stranded beetle" at Birth Activist - Includes three and a half minute video.

Breastfeeding

•  "When it comes to breastfeeding, we can't handle the truth" at The Feminist Breeder - This article was so widely shared and viewed, it broke the author's hosting.  A lively, straightforward response to much uproar over last week's study.
• "Got Breast Milk? First We Need Equity" from RH Reality Check - Some of the practical aspects of putting the study's information to good use.
• "Breastfeeding in church" at Stand and Deliver - Also links to TopHat's "Modesty and Breastfeeding", which is another post worth reading.
• "How hard is it to cover up while breastfeeding?" at Woman, Uncensored - Excellent illustration of the matter at hand in the video.
• "Public Perceptions of Breastfeeding" at Radical Midwife - Graphic comparison of "publicly acceptable" and "publicly unacceptable" images of the human female breast and it's function.
• "Unfortunately, I feel like I need to address this" at Let's Die Friends - Gold star to this mom-to-be/Paul Frank HQ employee for her response to this week's PR fiasco.
• "I'm Only Going To Say This Once" at Wired for Noise - Short and sweet.  'Nough said.
• "Quit picking on Moms who don't breast-feed" from San Gabriel Valley Tribune - I feel like I should present this in context of the first and last links of this section.  I don't agree with Ms. Skenazy's take on the purpose of the study (to create fear and guilt), but it deserves inclusion.
• "Just Say No to Wars over Breastfeeding" at The Feminist Breeder - A nice follow-up/capper to the week and I admire her declination to engage in useless debate.

Child care and development

• "Just let her cry" at Woman, Uncensored

And beyond...

• Heifer.org - Heifer Project International:  CharityWatch.org rating: A- (under Int'l Relief) - I admit, I found this primarily because I adore Alton Brown and he did a spot for them.  That aside, I love this concept, and with an A- rating from CharityWatch, and being Accredited by the BBB, I feel reasonably confident in passing the link on to my readers.
• "Time Warp: Toilet Flush" from Discovery - Ew.  Just ew.  And people want babies to eat in that environment?  Gross.
• "Corn Plastic to the Rescue" from Smithsonian Magazine
• "Yes, You Are" at Tomato Nation - On the true, basic nature of Feminism
• "Eureka!  Less poison really is more-- deadly" from The Globe and Mail
• "'Mom jeans' and the curse of the MILF" at This is Worthwhile - Amen a thousand times over.