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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Christmas sling giveaway!

I am giving away two pink & green polyester jacquard slings, one size M and one size L. The pink & green threads are interwoven, giving the fabric a shimmery appearance. On the tail, you see the reverse pattern (green on pink background).

Contest rules:
Open to residents of US or Canada
Giveaway ends Friday, December 17 at midnight EST

How to enter (one comment per entry, please)
Entry #1: Tell me how long you've been reading and how you first found my blog
Entry #2: Link to this giveaway and share the link here
Entry #3: Add a Stand and Deliver button to your blog or website
Entry #4: Add a Second Womb Slings button to your blog or website
Entry #5: If you aren't already, follow my blog (via RSS feed, Google follower, Facebook fan, etc).

Stand and Deliver button code:
<a href="http://rixarixa.blogspot.com"target="_blank"><img src="https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/238755/blog-square-words-150x150.jpg" /></a>

Second Womb Slings button code:
<a href="http://www.secondwomb.com"target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWFyowRheZorzLm6ztryZ-X5aUKe-3mRoYRNyJvh2rpW2SxhbQtmGbuSvlCgPUrAe7vaQjRuAMn_XMkQBPeW-ad2GMcscC_rqyKeidZl1r5uZXflh5w0oDTAJyKuZzkc2hMOl/s1600/second+womb.jpg" /></a>
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100 comments:

  1. Lyndsay12/14/10, 3:04 PM

    I have been reading for more than a couple years now - I don't remember how I found your blog! Some natural living/natural birthing website I am sure.

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  2. Melissa T.12/14/10, 3:13 PM

    I've been reading for about a month. Marvelous Kiddo linked to your website and it's really interesting!

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  3. Sarah A.T.J.12/14/10, 3:27 PM

    I've been reading your blog for 1-2 years and not sure how I found it!

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  4. Sarah A.T.J.12/14/10, 3:28 PM

    I liked your blog on Facebook!

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  5. West Coast Mama12/14/10, 3:31 PM

    I've been reading your blog for a couple years now. Someone from Facebook shared one of your blog posts on her profile and I've been reading ever since!

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  6. West Coast Mama12/14/10, 3:31 PM

    I liked your blog on Facebook.

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  7. seguita12/14/10, 3:31 PM

    I first read some of your blog in 2006 when M shared some links to it. Then again in 2008 when K shared your post about due dates (my sister was pregnant). I think that was when I started consistently reading.

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  8. seguita12/14/10, 3:33 PM

    I added a Stand and Deliver button to my blog.

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  9. seguita12/14/10, 3:34 PM

    I added a Second Womb Slings button to my blog.

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  10. seguita12/14/10, 3:34 PM

    You're on my google reader and I'm a facebook fan.

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  11. Steve'nCandy12/14/10, 3:45 PM

    I've been reading about a week. Found you via someone elses facebook page! :)

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  12. Steve'nCandy12/14/10, 3:46 PM

    I'm a facebook fan AND I follow your blog

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  13. luke and pamela12/14/10, 3:47 PM

    i've been reading since october - i found my way here through someone's post about the gorgeous jack'o'lantern. :)

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  14. Lesley12/14/10, 3:49 PM

    I have been reading your blog for almost two years now -- I found it on my friends' blog (thewonderofbirth.blogspot)just after my c-section when I was already dreaming about a VBAC. Thanks for all the encouragement and resources!

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  15. The Wizzle12/14/10, 3:51 PM

    I have been reading your blog regularly for maybe a month. My friend Jen turned me on to it. I should have been reading for a lot longer!

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  16. Unknown12/14/10, 4:14 PM

    I've been reading, gosh, I suppose since Zari was a baby. I found you through MDC as you are a celebrity in the natural normal birthing parenting world. I love that you write in a style that feels like a conversation with a good gal pal. And on a more personal side, you've lived in Iowa City-I once lived in Kalona, have family there still, so that is my "connection" or tangibility to you to make you "sit in my livingroom and converse" with me.

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  17. The Wizzle12/14/10, 4:14 PM

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  18. The Wizzle12/14/10, 4:15 PM

    And I added a shiny new button to my blog! I don't add buttons for just anyone, you know. You should be very flattered that my 5-7 readers will now know to come check you out! :)

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  19. Sarah12/14/10, 4:16 PM

    Rixa, i've been reading you for 3 1/2 years. Zari is slightly older than my oldest, and Dio is slightly younger than my middle child. i found you through the Mothering.com forums when i was trying to figure out how to not have another c-section! you were one of the many women who educated me, and in July i had my 2nd HBAC! i would love one of your slings. =)

    i also follow you on FB

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  20. The Wizzle12/14/10, 4:17 PM

    I blogged about the giveaway here:

    http://real-redhead.blogspot.com/2010/12/business-time.html

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  21. K La12/14/10, 4:20 PM

    I have been LOVING your blog for about four months. I found it through Heather's Blog: Its All About the Hat dot blgspot.

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  22. Erin12/14/10, 4:22 PM

    I've been reading since fall 2006 before Zari was born! jen.b.in.az referred me.

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  23. Sarah12/14/10, 4:23 PM

    i shared about your giveaway on FB but don't know how to prove it unless you can tell since i am a fan of yours on FB...

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  24. Curls12/14/10, 4:26 PM

    I've been reading for at least one year, maybe two. I'm not sure how I found your blog, but I love it!

    I linked to your post here: http://danandkimberlytaylor.blogspot.com/2010/12/stand-and-deliver-christmas-sling.html, put up both your buttons and became a fan on Facebook, I already follow you on google.

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  25. Erin12/14/10, 4:28 PM

    I follow you using Google reader.

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  26. trish12/14/10, 4:30 PM

    I've been reading your blog since about June of July of this year. I stumbled on your blog when I was looking for eco-conscious mom blogs for a blog tour I was working on for a particular book. I couldn't help but subscribe to your blog because my husband and I were just starting to try getting pregnant, and I knew I wanted a home birth. I found out I was pregnant in August, and we're expecting our first child, a boy, on April 20th! Since my husband wasn't comfortable with a home birth, we compromised and hired the midwives I liked and agreed that I can labor at home as long as possible with the midwives, then we'll all go to the hospital when it's just about time to deliver. The midwives will be at the hospital and will still do the after birth care with the newborn. It's not my dream birth, but it was a good compromise.

    All that to say, I love your blog and love reading about midwives and how they help people all around the world.

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  27. Maren12/14/10, 4:31 PM

    I have been reading your blog for about 2 years and my midwife's student midwife loves your blog and told me I should look you up.

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  28. The Wizzle12/14/10, 4:34 PM

    And I follow you by RSS feed.

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  29. cat1312/14/10, 4:37 PM

    I've been reading your blog for a few months, ever since I started trying to conceive. I think I found your blog through The Unnecesarean. I just found out I'm 5 weeks pregnant, so I can't wait to start practicing with the sling!

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  30. West Coast Mama12/14/10, 4:41 PM

    I posted about the giveaway on my blog.
    http://westcoastaddict.blogspot.com/2010/12/sling-giveaway.html

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  31. Olivia12/14/10, 4:42 PM

    Hmmm...I've been reading since Zari was an infant, so almost 4 years?

    Dio and my daughter are very close in age and I really enjoy seeing their differences and similarities.

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  32. West Coast Mama12/14/10, 4:44 PM

    I added a Second Womb Slings button to my blog.

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  33. Jenna12/14/10, 4:44 PM

    Somehow I never signed up as an official follower. I am now!

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  34. Jen12/14/10, 4:57 PM

    I think I should win a bonus entry for referring the Wizzle and Maren both over here! ;)

    Um...been following your blog since you started it and told me about it :)

    (and for the record, if I am so lucky as to win, I would love to pass it on to one of my midwifery clients!)

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  35. Jen12/14/10, 4:59 PM

    Linked you on my FB page!

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  36. Jen12/14/10, 5:03 PM

    Added buttons to my blog, too!

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  37. Anonymous12/14/10, 6:20 PM

    Entry #1: I first heard of your blog from a pregnant friend sometime in 2008. I started reading regularly when I was newly pregnant with my daughter in fall 2008 (she was born just a few days before Dio!). I told my midwife that I was reading your blog and found out that you used to be her assistant--small world!

    Jenn H.

    ejhamner AT hotmail DOT com

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  38. Cherylyn12/14/10, 6:20 PM

    I've been reading for close to 2 years, and I honestly don't remember how I found your blog!

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  39. Cherylyn12/14/10, 6:20 PM

    I linked to your giveaway from my facebook fan page Mamas and Babies: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mamas-and-Babies/119679234738589

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  40. Anonymous12/14/10, 6:21 PM

    Bonus Entry: I follow your blog via Facebook and GFC.

    Jenn H.

    ejhamner AT hotmail DOT com

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  41. Cherylyn12/14/10, 6:26 PM

    I posted your Stand and Deliver button on my blog: http://mamasandbabies.blogspot.com/

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  42. Cherylyn12/14/10, 6:33 PM

    I put your Second Womb Slings button on my blog: http://mamasandbabies.blogspot.com/

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  43. Earthy Mama12/14/10, 6:49 PM

    I started reading this year when I found out I was pregnant. HEard about this through the Mamas and Babies facebook page.

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  44. Avital12/14/10, 8:05 PM

    I discovered your blog in the spring of 2008, while paralyzed with undiagnosed PPD and PTSD after a very traumatic c-section. Every day, I obsessively researched VBAC on my laptop while nursing my son. Your blog was one that I really liked, and I remember reading through all your archives in a matter of days, and I have been following you ever since. I'm currently typing this on my lap top while nursing my second son...who was born just two months ago in a very wonderful VBAC. I have really appreciated your thoughts and writing (I'm almost done reading your dissertation), as well as all the wonderful information and links you have posted.

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  45. Avital12/14/10, 8:10 PM

    I added a Stand & Deliver button to my blog: There Are No Ordinary Moments

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  46. Avital12/14/10, 8:10 PM

    I added a Second Womb Slings button to my blog: There Are No Ordinary Moments

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  47. Avital12/14/10, 8:19 PM

    I posted a link on my blog right here

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  48. Avital12/14/10, 8:19 PM

    I "followed" you on google follower, and I already subscribe via rss.

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  49. lafondsi12/14/10, 8:20 PM

    I think I have been reading since planning my 1st home birth two years ago! I'm not sure I stumbled across the blog. Probably all the homebirth searches I did brought it up. As a mom expecting my third (2nd homebirth) I feel a kinship and love reading your thoughts, birthing stories and personal stories. Keep up the good work. I just ordered a baby scale sling for my midwife! Can't wait to give it to her.

    Stephanie

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  50. tomandlynette12/14/10, 9:04 PM

    I've been reading your blog since Zari was a baby. I found it while searching for breech birth information. My first baby was born breech vaginally (almost 12 years ago), and I really want that to become a normal option again here in Canada!

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  51. Anonymous12/14/10, 9:40 PM

    I can't remember-before you were expecting your 3rd...hmmm. And of course I can't remember how I found you either--I tend to find good blogs in spurts, one leads to another and the connections all get fuzzy!
    But I still owe you a piece on birth here and i've never offered to write for anyone before so take that as a testament to my fandom!

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  52. Anonymous12/14/10, 9:40 PM

    Oh and I subscribed via RSS to my google reader...

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  53. Carol12/14/10, 11:23 PM

    I have been reading your blog for about a year now. I found your blog through Bellies and Babies somewhere I think.

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  54. Carol12/14/10, 11:27 PM

    Linked to you on my FB page http://www.facebook.com/meadowscm629 did that work?

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  55. Emily12/14/10, 11:33 PM

    I have been reading your blog for almost 2 years now. I found it through a friends blog. Because of you, I found the strength to choose a better birth and follow my instincts for my second child's birth.

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  56. Emily12/14/10, 11:33 PM

    I also follow you on facebook!

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  57. Lewis Family12/15/10, 1:44 AM

    I just started reading a couple of weeks ago, and was sent here by a good friend.

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  58. Sam12/15/10, 2:08 AM

    I started reading in 2008 when I was pregnant with my last baby. I don't remember how I found you, but you are part of the reason that my current pregnancy will end with a midwife assisted delivery at home!

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  59. Sarah12/15/10, 8:13 AM

    I found your blog through a friend, and have been reading for just more than a year.

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  60. Sarah12/15/10, 8:14 AM

    Following your blog in my RSS reader.

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  61. Lee12/15/10, 8:17 AM

    I've been reading your blog for two or three years. I think I found it through another blog I read (used to be azuroo.blogspot.com; now is halfheardinthestillness.com). I've learned so much about natural birth and how you need to research and make informed decisions!

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  62. Lee12/15/10, 8:18 AM

    I follow your blog in my RSS reader. :)

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  63. Wakechick12/15/10, 8:32 AM

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  64. Wakechick12/15/10, 8:33 AM

    I subscribe to your feed in Google Reader.

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  65. Wakechick12/15/10, 8:34 AM

    I've been reading since I was 6 months pregnant, so a year and change. I found you through Navelgazing Midwife.

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  66. Marie12/15/10, 10:34 AM

    I've been reading since the end of your pregnancy with Dio. I found you because I was searching for how to make a ring sling and then I came to this blog from your ring slings website.

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  67. Jo12/15/10, 10:54 AM

    I don't even know how long I've been reading, but it's been a long time! :) I've since transitioned from an office job in health policy to launching my own birth business and your blog continues to be a valuable resource of both knowledge and inspiration. Thank you!

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  68. Caitlin Carroll12/15/10, 11:04 AM

    My friend Sofia shared a link on facebook with me and I've been reading ever since! It was probably 6 months ago. I love your blog.

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  69. Caitlin Carroll12/15/10, 11:04 AM

    Subscribe to RSS feed.

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  70. Caitlin Carroll12/15/10, 11:06 AM

    Added Stand and Deliver button to my blog: timandcait.blogspot.com

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  71. Caitlin Carroll12/15/10, 11:07 AM

    Added Second Womb Slings button to my blog: timandcait.blogspot.com

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  72. Dianna12/15/10, 11:12 AM

    I found you right after I had my daughter, about 18mo ago. I can't remember how, but I must have been reading something childbirth-related!

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  73. Dianna12/15/10, 11:13 AM

    I'm an RSS subscriber.

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  74. Jo12/15/10, 11:46 AM

    I tweeted about it here:

    http://twitter.com/#!/outtajo/status/15085115818385408

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  75. Jo12/15/10, 11:47 AM

    I subscribe to you via RSS. That's how I ended up here this morning :)

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  76. Jo12/15/10, 11:47 AM

    I'm also a Facebook fan!

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  77. Jo12/15/10, 11:58 AM

    I'm now following you via Google Friend Connect!

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  78. Alex12/15/10, 12:14 PM

    I've been reading your blog for about a year now and loving every entry!
    I came across your blog in my search for VBAC/HBAX info.

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  79. Alex12/15/10, 12:15 PM

    I follow your blog!

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  80. Unknown12/15/10, 3:53 PM

    No idea how long, a couple years? You were one of the first birth blogs that I came across :)
    terraljones at gmail dot com

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  81. Unknown12/15/10, 3:54 PM

    I follow your blog via reader
    thanks!
    terraljonesat gmail dot com

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  82. Unknown12/15/10, 3:56 PM

    I added your stand & deliver button: http://musings.thejonesjourney.com/
    terraljones at gmail dot com

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  83. Unknown12/15/10, 3:56 PM

    I added your slings button: http://musings.thejonesjourney.com/
    thanks!
    terraljones at gmail dot com

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  84. Maria12/15/10, 4:00 PM

    Hi Rixa Ann! I found your blog through Brittany's I think (since we are cousins) and have been checking in for ahhh...maybe a couple of years or so?

    We are due with #3 around the same time--I am late Jan./early Feb. I would love to try out a sling this time around!

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  85. Stephanie12/15/10, 5:23 PM

    I only recently started reading your blog and found it through my one and only Canadian blogger-friend!
    I'd love that gorgeous sling for a very good friend who is expecting her first baby this summer - in the hopes that she'll let me use it when she's done ;-)

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  86. Unknown12/15/10, 5:53 PM

    I've been reading your blog for 2 years. I was starting to do research on pregnancy and birth in the U.S. and followed a link from another blog- Sagefemme, I think?

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  87. Amy12/15/10, 7:16 PM

    Hi! I think I have been reading your blog for about a year--I know I read your dissertation in March of this year, so I have been reading the blog for at least that long! I am pretty sure I first came here from the blogroll at First the Egg.

    My son is just a month old, and I would love to add to my collection of baby carriers (so far I only have 1!)

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  88. Amy12/15/10, 7:38 PM

    I linked to your giveaway on my blog: http://youshallgooutwithjoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/links-to-some-good-giveaways.html

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  89. WoozleMom12/15/10, 9:48 PM

    It's been about a year, maybe a bit more. I can't remember exactly where I found the link to your blog, but I have been doing a lot of birth-blog-hopping since my son was born in September 2009. It wasn't a particularly pleasant experience because I was an idiot and went along with what I was told to do. Ugh. I am determined that it will not happen again.

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  90. jennifer12/16/10, 12:29 AM

    I have been following and loving your blog for about a year and a half now. I have no idea how I found it - but I know I saw the videos of your son's birth before finding your blog while I was pregnant with my babe. Anyway - hope I win!

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  91. julesborealis12/16/10, 10:07 AM

    I've been reading your blog for a little over 3 years, since I was pregnant with my daughter, Byrdie. It's the first blog I read everyday and I also used your blog links to find more great writers, like "At your Cervix". I also linked the giveaway on my facebook page and I am a fan of Stand and Deliver on facebook. Merry Christmas, Rixa and Everybody!

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  92. Desiree12/16/10, 10:25 AM

    I've been reading your blog since I knew what blogs were (3 years, I think?) and you're pretty much my hero. ;-)

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  93. Johanna12/16/10, 10:27 AM

    Entry 1: I've been reading your blog for about 2 years, I think. I found it through a link from radicaldoula.com. I began regularly reading and following in 2009, during my pregnancy. I checked it everyday during lunch!

    Entry 2 and 3: I added a button for Stand and Deliver and Second Womb Slings on my blog at http://thelittestranger.wordpress.com

    Entry 4: linked to the giveaway on the blog!

    I already follow on Facebook and with my Google Reader. :)

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  94. Anonymous12/16/10, 11:39 AM

    First time reader, by way of another pregnancy blog. Having my first child in April and would love to carry him around in this lovely sling! <3

    paperphilia at gmail.com

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  95. Melanie12/16/10, 10:07 PM

    wow I found your blog today through a link on kellymom. I love it already!!!

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  96. LisaJ12/17/10, 1:03 AM

    I have been reading you Blog for 4 years now! I love it! I have told my midwife and all my riends about it. It has really helped me to be prepaired to "fight the system" to get my VBAC! Thanks so much for your dedication to birth and womens issues! You put a LOT of effort and research and time into it I can tell! Keep up the GREAT WORK and I will keep reading and sharing your Blog with friends! I LOVE your Slings!

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  97. LisaJ12/17/10, 1:05 AM

    Oh I forgot to tell you where I heard about your site.... Sarah Chang told me about an article you wrote!

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  98. Liz D.12/17/10, 8:07 PM

    Hi, I came to your blog about a 1 1/2 years ago when I was pregnant with my 4th baby. I think that I was brought here by At Your Cervix.

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  99. Liz D.12/17/10, 8:08 PM

    I'm also following you on Facebook.

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  100. Jessica12/17/10, 10:32 PM

    A year... I think. I discovered your blog through another blog that I used to follow (I cannot for the life of me remember which one!) I used to just pop in every now and then, but I've followed religiously for the last couple of months (mainly because my DH and I are unimpressed with local OBs/hospitals and are not particularly fond of the local midwives so we're planning a UC for our next, due in July.). It is very refreshing, and empowering, to follow the blog of a woman who is not only the same religion as myself, but who also has all the same thoughts on birth and breastfeeding that I get ridiculed for day after day. Thank you so much for blogging!

    Entry #2 - I follow your FB :)

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