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Mothering Magazine Sponsored Chat with Hathor the Cowgoddess --Hathor lives in the middle of urban sprawl with her dearest super-husband and three wee and wise kids. She has had an unassisted birth in the middle of her 700 square foot apartment, she breastfeeds on demand and in public, she shares sleep, maintains constant contact and unschools. Not only does she do all of this, she does it with grand style and verve. With extravagant and outrageous behavior. And with her trusty sidekick baby in a sling.

Hathor is the completely true product of the imagination of Heather Cushman-Dowdee, an outraged (because she might look distracted but she is paying attention! ) mama who has done almost all of the above (that part is autobiography)... except for the part that she totally makes up (those parts are wishful thinking). The raucous exploits of Hathor and her family are produced in comic form on the web and printed in many, many zines and magazines and books, too.

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11/1/06

21 mothers in attendance!

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21:19:35 WitchyMama is this the hathor chat?
21:19:37 bella_stranger indeed
21:19:40 frontierpsychiatrist indeed
21:19:42 hathor Yep, join us!
21:19:55 WitchyMama some people are really nasty i guess....we mock what we dont understand, as my dh just said....
21:20:10 hathor I'm sitting in mounds of stuff, boxes, I really wish you could see how funny I look
21:20:10 mairead yeah to that withcy mama
21:20:39 bella_stranger i'm cramping so bad right now, has anyone experienced this close to birth and not gone in to labor?
21:20:39 mairead how was everyones halloween
21:20:44 WitchyMama meh, i have a babe crawling on and off and on and off and on anf off ad infinitum.....
21:20:47 hathor I'm moving in 2 weeks...so excited!
21:20:48 WitchyMama gotta love it
21:20:53 frontierpsychiatrist I'm nine months pregnant and sitting on a birth ball, I'm sure you got nothin on me! lol!
21:21:01 WitchyMama lol
21:21:11 hathor aaaah, cramps! you're going to make me jealous, I love birth!
21:21:23 mairead frontier i was at the movies still waiting at 42 weeks
21:21:24 bella_stranger 39 weeks and 3 days, and itchin to get the bub out
21:21:42 bella_stranger trying to be patient...
21:21:42 WitchyMama we are thinking on another pg sometime within the next 6 mos....I WANT IT NOW whenever i hear of a pg mama
21:21:49 bella_stranger :)
21:21:50 hathor I always go to 43 weeks  :/
21:21:55 frontierpsychiatrist Yes, that's a possibility for me too
21:21:58 alex_jamieson 36 weeks and Braxton-Hixing much of the last 24 hours...
21:21:58 bella_stranger im going to miss my belly and the rib-kicks
21:22:00 WitchyMama i went to 42 and a few days last time
21:22:19 hathor Does anyone have a question for me? Or we could start brainstorming pithy rejoinders
21:22:26 WitchyMama do you EC?
21:22:28 bella_stranger yes
21:22:37 bella_stranger good question
21:22:42 Terry_mama_to_Josh i am mostly just watcjing, nak and ksak(knitting soakers at keyboarrd), but i am excited to be able to see evryones opinions.  :)
21:22:56 frontierpsychiatrist Well-- I'm planning a UC here shortly-- any last words of advice?
21:23:13 alex_jamieson What's EC and UC?
21:23:24 frontierpsychiatrist Elimination communication
21:23:25 bella_stranger elimination communication, unassisted childbirth
21:23:25 hathor Hi, WitchyMama, I have yes, but never got to 100% until just recently, my baby is fully potty mode now  :D
21:23:27 WitchyMama ec-elimination communication
21:23:32 frontierpsychiatrist Unassisted Childbirth
21:23:37 attachedparent yes- my daughter was distracted by the labtop and was latching on and off and I couldn't type    I am worried about Thanksgiving - all my aunts nursed till 12 months my daughter is 14
21:23:39 WitchyMama UC unassisted childbirth
21:23:52 WitchyMama how old is she?
21:24:08 attachedparent I need quick come backs when I am caught off guard about her still nursing
21:24:12 hathor she's 2 and 4 months..
21:24:16 bella_stranger i'm planning to ec, but also bought g-diapers to use on the Subway
21:24:17 mairead 14 yrs or monnths                   sorry couldn't resist !!
21:24:27 WitchyMama congrats!
21:24:53 alex_jamieson My building has terrible plumbing, otherwise I would love to use the G-diapers...haven't convinced dh to try EC
21:24:59 hathor frontierpsychiatrist, I'm so excited for you! wish I could have met you when I traveled to the islands!
21:25:02 WitchyMama i am in love with CDing otherwise I might have tried it....we are working on the potty now tho, getting familiar. any advice for the early potty training?
21:25:05 bella_stranger Hathor- did you face much opposition taking a baby to grad school with you?
21:25:26 Webmama_Tina I MADE IT!!!
21:25:27 Webmama_Tina LOL!
21:25:32 WitchyMama YAY!
21:25:33 Terry_mama_to_Josh y not just cloth dipes? who needs g-dipes?>
21:25:43 Webmama_Tina *pant pant*
21:25:46 Webmama_Tina *puff puff*
21:25:48 frontierpsychiatrist same here, I haven't met any other homebirthers here
21:25:50 bella_stranger laundry isnt much of an option here
21:25:55 Webmama_Tina evenings just don't seem to work for me, yargh
21:25:56 Webmama_Tina lol
21:26:01 hathor bella_stranger, I had no opposition, it was a small art school and I think they were grateful for our presence  :angel:
21:26:03 frontierpsychiatrist there's a lot of AP moms though
21:26:18 bella_stranger ooh, what school, and what did you get you masters in?
21:26:21 Webmama_Tina is hathor busy drumming up more business?
21:26:39 Webmama_Tina are the comings and goings annoying during this chat?
21:26:44 Webmama_Tina i normally shut them off for the mothering chats
21:26:49 alex_jamieson my birthing pool should be here next week - planning our first as a home-birth - ANY ADVICE?
21:26:58 hathor It was university of South Florida I majored in Painting, my dh in sculpture...
21:27:18 Webmama_Tina hiya hathor!
21:27:20 Webmama_Tina I MADE IT1
21:27:22 Webmama_Tina !!
21:27:28 hathor Yes, I'm totally annoyed that everyone keeps leaving when I'm attempting to be brilliant!
21:27:34 frontierpsychiatrist lol
21:27:36 Webmama_Tina sorry i didn't recognize you in blue
21:27:37 Webmama_Tina LOL
21:27:54 WitchyMama lol
21:27:55 bella_stranger awesome. i was going to start School of museum of fine arts this fall, but nature decided it wasnt the best timing :)
21:27:57 jmcqbigler sorry I have never done this and I clicked out of the window
21:28:10 Webmama_Tina lol, well i think it says left the chat" when they log off completely"
21:28:16 frontierpsychiatrist well, after missing the last four or five chats I'm just glad to be here!
21:28:16 Webmama_Tina and it tells you when they go to another room
21:28:29 Webmama_Tina its handy for casual chatting...but can get downright distracting during topical chats
21:28:36 bella_stranger hmm... i had more questions and i can't seem to think of them now...
21:28:39 Webmama_Tina this chat tends to be a mix....so its up to you
21:29:00 bella_stranger has anyone heard of orgasmic births?
21:29:04 Webmama_Tina i can shut them off if you like, or leave them...what do you think hathor?
21:29:05 bella_stranger theres a question ;-)
21:29:10 WitchyMama i bet your ?s will come back....what is the topic again? I read it on your blog but now I can't seem to remember
21:29:13 alex_jamieson ANY ADVICE for 1st timer - giving birth at home in 4ish weeks in a pool with CNM, doula and dh..
21:29:15 hathor do we need to invite the other rooms? you can turn them off...
21:29:20 frontierpsychiatrist yeah, on Laura Shanley's site
21:29:24 Webmama_Tina bella, LOL! i read about that in spiritual midwifery i think...
21:29:28 Webmama_Tina wow, that would be interesting
21:29:35 attachedparent Hathor- any ideas of what I can say to my family over Thanksgiving when my 14 month old wants to nurse And THEY look at me and say SHE STILL NURSES?
21:29:37 Webmama_Tina ok i'm going to turn them off then
21:29:39 bella_stranger haha thats what im thinking...
21:29:43 hathor Hi, alex_jamieson, oh I'm so happy for you...I post this on my mirror
21:30:00 WitchyMama i love Laura Shanley's book, I can understand how it can be orgasmic....esp. if you have painless birth
21:30:04 frontierpsychiatrist say Of course!" and look at them like they have two heads."
21:30:17 SandraMort Good evening!  What's the topic?
21:30:54 Webmama_Tina ok they're off now...you have to refresh the page and log back in to see them off
21:31:07 frontierpsychiatrist I would love to have one, lol! I guess we'll see in a few weeks!
21:31:17 hathor rom a mama friend -Ingrid Bauer- who was giving a pep talk to another future mama about unassisted birthÉ ÒwomenÕs bodies were designed to birth. thatÕs a simple fact. you were designed to birth naturally. no experience or training neccessary. thereÕs no special esoteric mystery about it. itÕs a very simple every day fact of life. millions of women have done it for millions of years. itÕs a tremendous blessing but itÕs also completely ordinary and normal and not only for a special few. you can do it too. i have absolute trust in that.Ó
21:31:34 bella_stranger great quote
21:31:44 WitchyMama i imagine it would make it more pleasurable than it alread is....
21:31:57 WitchyMama that is a great quote!
21:32:00 Webmama_Tina shall i do the official kick off start to the chat or shall we just continue to chat as we have?
21:32:27 Webmama_Tina hathor chats are so nice in the casualness of them.... :D
21:32:39 SandraMort