The perks of being a Midwife.

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365 Day Challenge.

day 263: list how you did your make up today.

Nothing special really. 

I just put powder on my face, a little mascara and some dark green eyeliner, and that’s about it. 

"My mother groan'd, my father wept; Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping..."

"My mother groan'd, my father wept;
Into the dangerous world I leapt,
Helpless, naked, piping loud,
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in my father's hands
Striving against my swaddling
bands,
Bound and weary, I thought best
To sulk upon my mother's breast."

- WIlliam Blake, 1793.

Slept 13 hours. Still sleepy.

Slept 13 hours. Still sleepy.

tsedaye: Belly painting twins #birth #doula #babies #mama...

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Belly painting twins #birth #doula #babies #mama #belly art #belly mapping

365 Day Challenge.

day 262: list your favorite stores.

C&A.

Basically every bookstore on this planet. 

Chai. 

Sariko.

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A scanning electron micrograph of ovarian cancer cells forming a small tumor. Image courtesy of the University of Gothenburg.

Potential New Way to Suppress Tumor Growth Discovered

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center, have identified a new mechanism that appears to suppress tumor growth, opening the possibility of developing a new class of anti-cancer drugs.

Writing in this week's online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Willis X. Li, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego, reports that a particular form of a signaling protein called STAT5A stabilizes the formation of heterochromatin (a form of chromosomal DNA), which in turn suppresses the ability of cancer cells to issue instructions to multiply and grow.

Specifically, Li and colleagues found that the unphosphorylated form of STAT promotes and stabilizes heterochromatin, which keeps DNA tightly packaged and inaccessible to transcription factors. "Therefore, genes 'buried' in heterochromatin are not expressed," explained Li.

Phosphorylation is a fundamental cellular function in which a phosphate group is added to a protein or molecule, causing it to turn it on or off or to alter its function. An unphosphorylated STAT lacks this phosphate group. 

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365 Day Challenge.

day 261: list what you did/plan to do today.

Woke up. Went to a coffee shop.

Went to classes. Came home. Packed. 

Received a phone call and found out that my grandfather died.

Went for a cup of coffee with friends.

Came home. 

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"One: Buy condoms. Buy them and keep them with you at all times, and use them before you are asked to..."

"One: Buy condoms. Buy them and keep them with you at all times, and use them before you are asked to use them. And use them every time. The peace of mind you allow your partner will free her to be vulnerable with you, and that, my son, is exactly what sex is about. Condoms are sexy. In fact, call buying condoms foreplay.
(Footnote: If you are too embarrassed to buy condoms, you are not ready to have sex.)

Two: Kissing is not merely foreplay. Spend entire evenings making out on the couch while fully clothed. Believe me, dry-humping rocks.

Three: Sex is not just about friction. It's about emotion. Stop trying to find her clitoris and find her heart. Because then she'll help you find her clitoris.

Four: If you really wanna know how to please a woman, ask her how she masturbates. Then do that. A lot. If she claims she doesn't masturbate, offer to take her shopping for a vibrator so you can both learn the vocabulary of her body together.

Five: Don't put anything in her butthole you wouldn't want in your own.
(Footnote: Try a pinky finger, it's kinda awesome.)

Six: When you go down on her—and you will go down on her, and if you are my son, you will be amazing at it—tell her how good she tastes. Stop in the middle and kiss her deeply so she knows how good she tastes. Do the same when she goes down on you.

Seven: A simple Google search will yield 1,327 euphemisms for male masturbation, yet only 23 for female masturbation. If guys spent less time jacking off and more time jilling off, this world would be a happier place.

Eight: Everything you need to know about the importance of the clitoris is in the movie Star Wars. You are Luke Skywalker piloting your penis-shaped X-Wing Fighter deep inside her trench. Remember: seventy percent of all Death Stars cannot be blown up through penetration of the trench alone. It must be through focused contact with that little exhaust port at the top of the trench. Otherwise, any explosions you experience will be merely Hollywood special effects.

Nine: Just because you come doesn't mean she has, so don't you dare come before her. Focus completely on your partner. Don't worry about gettin' yours, you're a guy. You always get yours. Your job is to make sure she's gettin' hers.

Ten: If sex with your partner lasts no longer than this poem, you are not making love. You are masturbating with her body instead of your hand. Shame on you. Go back to step one. You've got a lot of learning to do.
Love, Dad."

- Big Poppa E., "How To Make Love"  (via jesusfuckmechrist)

365 Day Challenge.

day 260: list your five favorite songs.

1. Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman: Something stupid.

2. The Killers: Mr. Brightside.

3. The Piano Guys: Paradise/Peponi,

4. Coldplay: Violet hill. 

5. Enya: Only time.

365 Day Challenge.

day 259: list your family members and how they help you daily.

My mom. Well, we don’t really get on very well, but she is prepared to listen to me if I have problems.

My dad. Is the best dad ever.

Karin. My sister. You can always have a laugh with her.

Gaja. My sister. The biggest child on the planet.

Jan. My brother. I don’t like saying it, but he’s my favorite. My movie buddy!

 Pia. My sister. The little knows-it-all.

Mark. My brother. A gentle little soul. 

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attachmentparent247: #breastfeeding #jackattack #boobfood

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#breastfeeding #jackattack #boobfood

"There are three reasons for breastfeeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in..."

"There are three reasons for breastfeeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it."

- (via daisyandbabyalice)