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1st Mothering Magazine Sponsored Chat with Peggy O'Mara
www.mothering.com
10/12/04
154 Mamas in Attendance!!

*NOTE: This transcript was edited for ease of reading...including taking out the technical difficulties we had in the middle when Peggy's computer crashed.

12:00:28

PeggyO

I'm ready if I'm in the right place.

12:00:28

sagira

Hello, Peggy

12:00:31

apmomof3

Hi Peggy

12:00:31

martachat

hello peggy!!!

12:00:32

SusieKoy

hi peggyo

12:00:32

wemoon

Hi Peggy :)

12:00:33

MamaMia

Welcome and thanks!

12:00:35

Beckie

You are in the right place Peggy

12:00:38

PeggyO

Hello all you Lovies.

12:00:47

Webmama_Tina

OK ladies....IT'S TIME

12:00:51

thistle_luna

hey

12:00:56

Beckie

I was just going over the guidelines Peggy

12:00:57

AmandasMom

<<hugs Peggy>>

12:00:57

Webmama_Tina

AT THIS POINT PLEASE TAKE SIDE CONVERSATIONS TO PM

12:01:01

Roses

Good afternoon :)

12:01:05

sunshine*girl

hej Peggy

12:01:10

PeggyO

Hugs to everyone.

12:01:35

doulamomof4

Thank you

12:01:37

onekid02

Hugs back to you

12:01:44

bekrain

thanks

12:01:51

mona

Thanks for coming on Peggy

12:01:54

sagira

Thanks.  Hugs back.. How do we start?

12:01:58

housepoet

Hi peggy

12:02:04

thistle_luna

:D

12:02:06

Webmama_Tina

LADIES PLEASE HOLD YOUR PMS TO ME JUST ONE MORE MINUTE

12:02:12

PeggyO

Great to be here. Do you want to start with a question, Tina?

12:02:20

Webmama_Tina

i would like to get out the intro stuff first....

12:02:26

mona

whoops, already sent one.... should i send it again?

12:02:42

Webmama_Tina

at this time i want to ask all conversations to be taken to PM....just double click the person you want to chat with

12:02:54

Beckie

Mona, just wait one moment, as soon as Tina calls for them resend. You don't have to send your question, just that you have one

12:03:01

Webmama_Tina

let me get the intro stuff said first, and then i will get you guys in line for questions....

12:03:14

PeggyO

Sounds good. I'm trying Green now.

12:03:29

mona

hey, me too!  :)

12:03:32

Webmama_Tina

i'm getting bombarded with PMs, so before i get this going...i want ask you all to please hold your PMS to me

12:03:45

PeggyO

What about this green?

12:03:52

mona

ohhh nice!

12:03:57

Webmama_Tina

this will work very well ladies, if you please be patient...we are very busy and excited....just hold on, thanks!

12:03:57

wemoon

looks nice!

12:03:58

martachat

its nice

12:04:00

Beckie

If you have non-question for Peggy questions, please PM me, I can try to help

12:04:04

Webmama_Tina

ok *phew*

12:04:10

Webmama_Tina

thankyou for understanding

12:04:15

Beckie

Green is a good color for you Peggy!

12:04:16

sagira

Yes, that's a turquoise

12:04:24

Webmama_Tina

first of all, welcome to MOMMYCHATS!!

12:04:49

Webmama_Tina

this is our first ever mothering sponsored chat, with peggy o and we are very excited to have her here!

12:05:12

SusieKoy

Yes, very cool indeed!

12:05:16

thistle_luna

*applause*

12:05:28

Bestbirths

Happy to be here

12:05:35

be11ydancer

me too

12:05:37

Webmama_Tina

we are also very excited to announce our official partnership with mothering magazine! weekly chats with mothering speakers will now be every wed

12:05:38

sagira

*whoopee*

12:05:45

saritabeth

this is great!

12:05:45

shelbysilva

me too :)

12:05:49

PeggyO

I'm very glad to be here.

12:05:52

apmomof3

That is great!

12:05:55

be11ydancer

cool!

12:05:59

Cazzi

how do we ask a question to Peggy?

12:06:09

Webmama_Tina

peggy will be regularly chatting her with you all....please join the mommychats egroup to get chat announcements

12:06:14

clara

hi everyone.  new to thischat business, but very excited to be here

12:06:20

Webmama_Tina

hold your questions please, i want to do my intro stuff first, lol

12:06:33

Cazzi

ok

12:06:38

Beckie

Let's all please be respectful of the speaker and let her finish

12:06:39

Webmama_Tina

friendly reminder to keep your side conversations to PM right now please

12:06:54

Webmama_Tina

thankyou...beckie will answer any questions you have via PM thanks beck

12:07:21

Webmama_Tina

in just a second...not yet though...i will ask you to PM me if you have a question for pegy

12:07:23

Webmama_Tina

peggy

12:07:37

PeggyO

Yes, Tina.

12:07:52

Webmama_Tina

i will be writing furiously so please bear with me....i will write your names down on a list and keep track of who's next

12:08:07

Webmama_Tina

please be patient as we are very busy today! :) as expected

12:08:12

shelbysilva

what dos PM" mean?"

12:08:29

Webmama_Tina

if you have any questions at any time i will need you to refer them via PM to either beckie or celticangel

12:08:30

SusieKoy

click on a name to send private message

12:08:45

Webmama_Tina

PM means private message and you do this by double clicking on the person's name at right, in the user menu

12:09:06

Webmama_Tina

i'm typing as fast as i can, lol....you'll get to talk to peggy very soon....lol

12:09:23

Beckie

Please PM me with any questions about how the chat works. Click my name, the blue one, to open a PM window

12:09:43

Webmama_Tina

lets start with having peggy introduce herself, shall we?

12:09:45

Webmama_Tina

:)

12:09:55

Webmama_Tina

you're on, peggy

12:10:38

HeatherE

Hi Peggy!

12:11:15

PeggyO

I'm the mother of four children, Lally (30), Finnie (28), Bram (26) and Nora (22). They have taught me everything. In 1980 I was lucky enough to take over ownership of Mothering magazine by just making monthly payments.

12:11:32

mommytocali

Hi Peggy :)

12:11:53

be11ydancer

Hello Peggy!!

12:11:55

SusieKoy

awesome

12:12:04

sagira

Wow

12:12:17

dbhogan

My husband loves reading your editorials in Mothering every month.

12:12:19

loca

Welcome, Peggy.  That's pretty cool.

12:12:22

rachdoll

I didn't realize Mothering ever existed without you owning it.  :-)

12:12:22

birthing_baby

Hi Peggy! I love Mothering Magazine! I give it to all my students. (I'm a Bradley teacher in CA)

12:12:24

PeggyO

The mag was started by Addie Eavenson. Its' grown so much and I've tried to figure it out as I've gone along. I'm very happy with the magazine and the website. When I bought the mag in 1980 we had a circulation of 3000. Now 250,000 read each copy. We're getting these great ideas out to more families.

12:12:26

HeatherE

Oh Peggy, I met you at an lll conference in Connecticut a few years back.  I totally bawled- you are such an inspitation for me as a mother and a doula...

12:12:36

Ms._Mom

Was Marion Cohen the original owner?

12:13:04

Webmama_Tina

sorry ladies, i crashed...i'm back

12:13:10

Webmama_Tina

on my husbands zippier computer

12:13:16

PeggyO

I often feel unworthy of this adulation because I'm just a mom like you all trying to figure out things everyday. But, I do have this history now and so much to share for years of my own experience as well as  hearing the stories of other mothers.

12:13:22

Webmama_Tina

i mean i'm now on my dh's computer, so that shouldn't happen again

12:13:28

Webmama_Tina

ok....so where were we?

12:13:40

mzleslie

I buy this magazine subscription for all my friends who are new mommies. It's the only one I truly recommend!

12:13:48

Arduinna

I just logged in have we talked about UC yet?

12:13:48

loca

Tina, Peggy is giving us magazine history. :)

12:13:55

Arduinna

oh ok

12:14:05

Webmama_Tina

please hold you questions

12:14:15

Webmama_Tina

i am getting my list

12:14:24

mommytocali

I only learned of Mothering.com a few days ago....haven't seen/read the mag yet...but I am so happy I found so many others out there like me :)

12:14:25

PeggyO

Adeline Eavenson was the original owner. She founded Mothering in 1976 in Ridway, Colorado and she lives near there in Paonia now. Marion Cohen was one of the first poets we published. She still lives in Cleveland, but we have not published her work in awhile. Like me, her kids are grown.

12:14:43

aebarone

Sorry, did you say we could post our question for Peggy to you?

12:14:46

Webmama_Tina

let me catch up here, please be patient...beckie and i both crashed

12:14:57

Webmama_Tina

i'm back now and i'm working frantically to catch up...getting my list

12:15:28

Webmama_Tina

please be patient ladies....this is our first time doing this with such a large crowd and i promise it will get better as we get the hang of it

12:15:30

birthing_baby

Peggy, In your editorial, Wake Up" (a while back now) you stated something to the effect of ..We as childbirth educators have failed by offering natural childbirth as just another choice instead of the best choice..."

12:15:33

Ms._Mom

I met Marion Cohen 10 years ago at a Pregnancy and Infant Loss conference, she moved me deeply - that's how I found Mothering.

12:15:45

Mamadosa

Peggy, really, you are such an inspiration. Your words and dedication to the magazine, your books, have all been so encouraging. It is so hard to live in mainstream society today without getting sucked in. I feel like I am constantly met with resistence. I

12:16:05

Webmama_Tina

ok this is what i have right now.....onekid02 is our first person in line for a question

12:16:20

onekid02

I love your magazine. Do you have any advice on parenting an only child? Do you see any issues to be concerned and aware of as our little babies grow ?

12:16:21

HeatherE

how can i get in line for a question?

12:16:22

birthing_baby

I just wanted to comment (meant to write in) that we (Bradley teachers) do take a stand that natural birth is best (in absence of serious complication)

12:16:32

Webmama_Tina

LADIES PLEASE GIVE THE FLOOR TO PEGGY AND WHOEVER'S TURN IT IS TO ASK

12:16:46

onekid02

I just submitted my question

12:16:48

Webmama_Tina

one question at a time and we can do this well

12:17:09

Webmama_Tina

please keep all converstation to PM now

12:17:57

Webmama_Tina

double click a person's name to PM them (private message)

12:18:25

loca

I would like to know how we get on this questions list, please.

12:18:29

auburn

Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina Hi is the general chat over? first time in chat room, got an email that there'd be a chat

12:18:38

PeggyO

I try not to buy into these stereotypes. All families have strengths and weaknesses. I think the main issue would not to give your child the impression he or she is the center of the universe -- your universe, of course -- but being with other children helps, relatives and just being careful not to make  your child too precious. We have to watch that no matter how many children we have.

12:18:58

Jay_Gordon,_MD

Hi Peggy (and everyone)

12:19:02

housepoet

ANY CHAT QUESTIONS DOUBLE CLICK TINA'S NAME ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ASK HER, DO NOT ASK DIRECTLY IN THE CHAT

12:19:06

Webmama_Tina

please PM me if you have a question for peggy...i'm keeping a list and will tell you who you after

12:19:10

PeggyO

Jay, Hi, good to see/read you.

12:19:10

be11ydancer

Cool!!!

12:19:12

Webmama_Tina

but be patient, i'm getting bombarded her

12:19:16

Webmama_Tina

HEY DR JAY!!!

12:19:18

Webmama_Tina

good to see you

12:19:20

onekid02

Thanks

12:19:24

Jay_Gordon,_MD

Hi Tina

12:19:43

HeatherE

Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina  Webmama_Tina I'd like to ask a question.

12:19:50

Webmama_Tina

LADIES....JUST A REMINDER...THE FLOOR IS ONLY FOR PEGGY AND THE PERSON WITH THE CURRENT QUESTION

12:19:58

Webmama_Tina

heather, double click in the list at right

12:20:06

Webmama_Tina

so it won't go to the main chat....

12:20:25

onekid02

I am considering the Montessori school for my only child, will that make her feel more isolated?

12:20:48

Webmama_Tina

it is currently onekids turn...so only her and peggy should be talking

12:21:38

onekid02

Do you have any resources or books that you recommend on raising an only??

12:21:40

PeggyO

I don't think any form of education in itself would make a child feel isolated. Feeling isolated has more to do with lack of community. If your child makes friends and likes the community of her school and you do, then she will probably feel less isolated. If she has friends in other schools, she can see them after school and on weekends anyway.

12:22:26

PeggyO