Over the Octuplets!

Is anybody over hearing about the mother of octuplets yet? I am SO over it. Some story about it is plastered on my homepage everyday. Today’s headline is this “Octuplet Mom on Angelina Jolie Resemblance” (here’s the link for those who aren’t over it yet http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=352181&GT1=28103 ).

Seriously, WHO CARES!! Here’s what I am more concerned with… this woman seems to have a mental problem which causes her to believe that having children will help her to fill a void she feels was caused by being an only child and other issues from her childhood. I really believe that she would be calling the fertility clinic for an appointment for another round of IVF if the public had not been screaming so loudly about her story. In the story above, she is asked if she is done having children. This is her answer:

“This happened for a reason," Suleman said of giving birth to octuplets. "This is actually a message I believe from God saying, 'You are done.' It's more than doubled the family size. So now I have to really really realize that this, this has to -- it's done”

Anybody else notice the slip of the tongue there are the end? She started to say “this has to be it” and stopped herself. And she is saying she “has to” realize, not hat she “has realized”. Maybe I have been watching that new show “Lie to Me” too much and it’s rubbing off on me. But she totally wants to have more kids. Hello, is there a doctor she can see that isn’t in a fertility clinic? Of course, considering the success rates of the doctor she chose for fertility treatments, (http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090211/NEWS/90211011 ), she may already be seeing one!!

Insensitive? I don't think so...

So, I post on what I call a "Mommy Message Board". In my signature that is included at the bottom of my posts are SEVERAL blinkies. You know what blinkies are, right? They are these little, flashing signs with words. Almost all of the blinkies on my signature have to do with breastfeeding. (In case you didn't know, I am a Extended Nursing Mama! Over 15 months and going strong!!) Here are some examples of my blinkies:

I got a message from another poster on the board who does not breastfeed her child telling me that my blinkies are offensive to her and that I am "condescending" to those who tried to breastfeed and "couldn't". Offensive? I am by no means trying to offend anyone. I am simply expressing not only that I feel that my choice to breastfeed my child is the the right thing, the best thing, I could do for her, but also to celebrate the struggle I have gone through to breastfeed my child. It has been a long, hard road filled with plugged ducts, mastitis, heavy pumps and teeth marks.
The other poster and I have agreed to disagree about whether my blinkies are offensive and she has gotten herself some formula feeding and stay at home mom blinkies. To each his own, I always say. Am I offended by her blinkies? Heck no! What am offended by is her insinuation that breastfeeding must be easy for me or I wouldn't still be doing it.
I guess it's a good thing I didn't post this blinkie, huh?

~Ash

Welcome to my breakdown...

Hello there! Welcome to my blog where I will break it all down, or have a breakdown. Some days I can't really tell the difference.


I hope you are amused by my musings.

~Ash