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This show really touched me. I am so awed by Jayme and Dana and their commitments to being the best mamas they can be to their children. Motherhood at any age is challenging. The comments about missing out on life because of a baby resonated with me. As a mom of 3 at 28, i often struggle with the notion that i am "missing out" or lacking what my non-mom peers are doing. But then i step back and remember the beauty and the love and the richness that my crazy hectic life as a mama brings me and know that i am contributing to the world in a way that going out on the town can never match. So keep going mamas teen and otherwise! This is only one stage of your lives.

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I am in the middle of producing a play in central oregon titled BIRTH, written by Karen Brody. More than a play, Birth is part of a BOLD worldwide movement to make maternity care mother-friendly. Performances are happening in Bend, Portland and Corvallis in September and October. more information can be found at www.boldaction.org
the idea that maternity care is NOT mother-friendly may be shocking to some but that statement really only touches the surface of a deep cultural debate about health care, women's rights and the repercussions of institutionalizing a natural bodily process...

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