personal political

over 40 motherhood

Last Sunday's newspaper ran an article called 'Better Late' about women who've had their first children over the age of 40. When I went to look for it online, I discovered that it had first been published in the UK Telegraph last February, The print version we saw was the same article but with Australian add-ons - side stories about Australian woman who'd become mothers at 'elderly primigravada' ages.

flexibility and community

I semi-accidentally spent most of the morning at the public schools district cross country race.

child rights

The Same Sex Miscellaneous Bill was passed on Tuesday night in the NSW state parliament. It reformed 57 Acts and made important changes to legislation in relation to lesbian mothers and their children. As a result of this act, co-parent can be added to Olle's birth certificate and her name can be added as his parent whenever he fills out official forms throughout his lifetime, including passport forms. This makes us all very happy!

 

Over the fold is the text of the speech made during the parliamentary debate by (non-biological) lesbian mother Penny Sharpe who is a member of the Upper House.

sleeping over

This was a big week for us and a big week for Olle - he spent a night away from us both, for the first time ever (not counting the first month of his life in hospital).

children

When I first heard about this (and whenever I hear news of other accidents involving groups of young people), I breathed a sigh of relief that my own child isn't old enough to be out in the world on his own. It is indeed "every parent's worst nightmare".

a joke

"I'm going to tell you a joke that's a bit sick", he announced in a rush. As I was making some food at the time, I assumed it would concern bodily functions. Not exactly...

10 years later

When my son was conceived 10 years ago today, I couldn't have imagined that a decade later I'd be booking him in for a school holiday drama workshop called War Games without batting an eyelid.

being born

The Australian Breastfeeding Association presents two benefit screenings of the Ricki Lake documentary
The Business of Being Born on Wednesday February 20 at 10.30am and 7pm.

Susan Ross, author of Birth Right, will introduce the film and give an Australian perspective on the childbirth industry.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Babes in arms session - doors open 10.30 am (movie commences 11am sharp)
Evening session - doors open 7pm (movie commences 7.30 sharp)

Location: The Sydney Mechanic's School of Arts (SMSA) 280 Pitt Street (between Park + Bathurst streets) Sydney

Tickets $25 per head     Bookings essential
Karen - karen@giveorganic.com.au   
Natasha - napollock@yahoo.com.au   

birth day

[Yes, I'm aware that I've missed some days in the daily posting month, but I hope the multiple posts on other days makes up for it.]

late

The experiences of women who've had late-term abortions.