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I came home late tonight to a quiet house after spending the last 26+ hours providing labor support. Partner and kids are already tucked in bed for the night – so my birthday has passed by here for my family without me. And I am kind of sad about that. We will have to make [...] I should be doing my reading and writing for achieving my DONA and Birthing From Within certifications. And yet, I’ve been seeing all sorts of interesting items online, pulling my attention away from the hard-copy stack on my desk. Social media: good for networking and getting new information, bad for getting things crossed off a [...] Despite a setback earlier this month, and what this article might lead you to believe, Rep. Julie Hamos and the co-sponsors of the Illinois’ Home Birth Safety Act, HB 226, are still working on getting the bill passed this session. They need all the help we can give them to turn legislators’ “no’s” into “yes’s”. If [...] I promise to write about the road-trip-to lobby-with-children part of yesterday and upload the pictures as soon as I am done sorting them. As far as the legislation goes, here is the roll call for the vote to pass HB226 out of committee yesterday: Yes: Mary Flowers Keith Sommer Mike Zalewsk Julie Hamos (subbing in for Esther Golar) No: Greg Harris Will Burns Lisa Dugan Karen [...] |
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