The new US womb twin blog

The US blog just took a giant leap forward! Take a look here.

This is what Sylvia had to say today: ( I couldn't have put it better myself!)

Acknowledgment of the plight of the wombtwin survivor is in great need - both in society and in wombtwin survivors themselves.

Awareness of this condition becomes a clear explanation to what didn't make sense before. It is also extremely disproportionate to the pain suffered by those who lost someone with whom they once shared a womb. They need not suffer alone just because society hasn't yet established proper recognition and understanding of this syndrome. Battling such a vague condition all alone is especially difficult when being alone is the problem to begin with!

We must be the salmon swimming upstream in a world of nonbeliever singletons.

Rather than also looking the other way to this growing house of mirrors, we must recognize and respond to an impending epidemic. An ever increasing occurrence of twins & multiples is due to artificial interventions (like in vitro) and natural egg splitting due to egg ripeness as women wait later in their lives to conceive.

Wombtwin survivors are all around us and they are playing out their dream of the womb everyday... Some know it and can't help themselves, some know it and are helping, but most survivors have no idea.

I do hope they get lots of hits and followers.  If you are in the USA and not following or commenting yet,  please visit the blog and get involved!

Someone said to me yesterday that this project was too much of "a one-woman band."  It certainly was to begin with, in April 2007 when I was all alone with my Unltd grant and a new company to create,  but today we have members all over the world and I have two new directors - since yesterday- and a growing list of voluteer helpers.

Apart from the fact that I can't possibly cater for the needs of the 600 million womb twin survivors  in the world all by myself,  I did once have a life. That seems a long time ago now.   I suppose if the company and the project can grow big enough to stand alone, one day I will be able to retire and write that novel about St Alban......

The APPAH congress - I am to be a speaker!

Yes APPPAH  they have decided that they can't wait to hear about my womb twin survivors research!

This is what they say about the 2010 congress on their web site.

"The 4-day event will be held at the gorgeous Asilomar Conference Grounds on November 11-14, 2010.  Asilomar is northern California’s "Refuge by the Sea" making it an ideal location for attendees, as they come together to be in community with one another.  The theme of the conference this year is, Embracing the Science of Prenatal and Birth Psychology: What We Know and How We Know It.  That is, the congress is emphasizing the importance of research in our leading edge field.
So, why would a Congress theme on research be a good one for you to come to?  Have you ever had the experience of talking with colleagues about the validity of the prenatal and birth periods, only to have them raise a doubting eye?  Beginning your conversation with "Research shows that …" can help. But this Congress also emphasizes going beyond being just consumers of research to creators of it as well.  And learning more about the scientific method helps us in obtaining a greater understanding of our field (and ourselves!), and today’s world, much emphasis is on empiricism.  Thus, staying on top of that wave is important. "

"You will have the opportunity to begin each day with a meditation by the beach while walking on the Monterey Peninsula, communing and getting in touch with your body, mind, and spirit.  For your enjoyment, music will be played and vendors will be open, as you arrive and depart from the Keynote addresses."
 
"Also, this Congress has been planned to be a bit smaller than its predecessors.  It will remain rich in Keynote speakers (8) but have fewer presentations (15) so that the audiences for each one will be larger, enhancing the discussions.  Yet we have made every effort to provide a wide variety of topics and options that will help you optimize your Congress experience, even some scheduled time for you to enjoy the beach."

I will be presenting a rather more sophisticated version of the results I posted here last December.

A Powerpoint presentation, lots of handouts and a lot of books to be signed later!!!

Cant wait.