My name is Ali.

I'm a mom. I'm a wife. I'm hoping to be a college student in the near-future, once I've gotten through my current health crisis. I a certified lactation counselor and I have a passion for working with new mums. I'm a big fan of attachment parenting. I think breastfeeding is both an important public health issue and incredibly empowering experience for women.

I'm quite liberal in my political views. I'm a feminist. I'm a Unitarian Universalist humanist. I like cats. I like dogs, too, but not enough to actually own one.

I am an endometriosis survivor. I am passionate about raising awareness about this awful disease. On December 23, 2008 I had a hysterectomy to address complications of endo (a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and removal of my right ovary, to be precise). I am happy to talk about endometriosis and/or hysterectomy, if you need someone to talk to. I have found the hystersisters website to be enormously helpful as well.

I tweet. I blog. And I chat with Moms Like Me.

I value quality over quantity when it comes to friends & followers lists. I'd rather have five folks I chat with regularly and whom I genuinely care about than 100 to whom I rarely speak. If we're not having actual conversations, I don't see the point of being on each others' friends list.

...because I would totally have a Farewell to My Psycho Uterus party.

I am not here on LJ very much; I don't update often. I keep up this journal mainly to keep in touch with a couple of dear friends who remain here.

I don't generally keep people on my friends list unless I have made some sort of personal connection with them.

You know, it's hard for me to feel any of the love for the LYSes, because they are so completely dismissive of the hookers. If I have to ask you for crochet hooks and you have ot go into a back room and dig out a dusty old basket, well, wow, you've just told me you don't want my business.

There is not enough coffee in the world.

WARNING: I have endometriosis & if I hear one more person say:

It’s all in your head…
It’s just cramps…
You can’t really be in so much pain…
You’re just looking for attention…
Get pregnant, that should cure you…
A hysterectomy will cure you…

I will NOT be held responsible for my actions!


March is Endometriosis Awareness Month
http://www.endocenter.org