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A mom in Eugene, Oregon, at home with my girls. My youngest has a rare chromosomal issue, 4q 21q22 deletion syndrome. For more information on 4q deletions, please see our yahoo group. I live with my husband, near my parents and mother-in-law, and near my sister and her husband. Our extended family is our mainstay and our lifeline. I have spent 8 1/2 of my life breastfeeding and my younger daughter was born at home, in water.

One of the cofounders of Nine In, Nine Out (NINO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to babywearing advocacy and education. I was also on the board of directors. NINO is now defunct. The current organization to promote babywearing is Babywearing International.

The inventor of the gathered shoulder ring sling. Note that Jamie of Sling Me Mommy also came up with the same design and construction method independently around the same time I did. We were unaware of each other's work until several years later, and I recommend her for any gathered shoulder wrap-to-sling redos. If you are interested in licensing the gathered shoulder design, I am happy to work with you to help you perfect your product. Email me at jenrose at jenrose dot com for more information.

The designer of the MamaBaby sling system, the Mama Tie (in development), and the Upsidaisy wrap mei tai hybrid (in development). The MamaBaby is available through Maya Wrap and Maya Wrap distributors internationally, and at Mama Rose's Naturals in Eugene, Oregon.

A business consultant for a large number of babywearing companies. I have also helped with many educational products, and was involved with thebabywearer.com in its earliest days. I also contributed a page to Maria Blois' book on Babywearing, available through NINO.

The coordinator for the 2006 First International Babywearing Conference in Portland, Oregon. If you are interested in future conferences, please contact me for more information.

A fanfiction writer, primarily in the X-files universe. My longest work is Facing Janus. Please see info on the Facing Janus page for more about this work.

A 3d designer in Second Life, under the avatar name Jenrose Meredith. I create unique avatar shapes and do sculpt work. See my avatar profile in-world for more information.

One of the primary editors of the Wikipedia Babywearing and Slings pages.

I was first known in the babywearing community because I wrote a series of articles and reviews on babywearing products, including instructions for making basic slings and carriers. Since that time, the babywearing universe has changed, and I have not had time to update my sling pages. HOWEVER... better information is widely available online. This is a list of "jumping off points" and is not intended to be comprehensive. Here are my recommendations:

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