My issue is when it takes the same pious cast as ‘natural foods’ and misses the range of experiences that childbirth can involve.
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I’m not ruling it out: she is precociously verbal and loves to dance ;-)...
Ha! That’s what I figured. Yeah, I actually just wrote about the fact that I really don’t mind the term natural birth for a slew of reasons, but largely because it’s a completely subjective term, not unlike “natural foods.”
I don’t know if you’re being facetious or not...
It’s like she finally spoke to a “member of the press” like she’s always wanted to
ALSO: the more RN midwives the fewer women (I hope) will go to underqualified charlatans who will tell them what they want to hear instead of what is medically advisable.
I dream of seeing increased support and utilization of midwifery in my lifetime, and that can include, as far as I’m concerned, nurse/midwives attending low-risk homebirths. My care provider for my second child was a midwife (R.N.) and it was such a wonderful experience.
I’d love for this information to serve as a impetus to quell haughty douchebags from getting all huffy and pearl-clutchy about how women choose (or have) to give birth—vaginal, “natural,” c-section, VBAC, RCD, etc—pull their heads out of their asses for a second and be like “Yo, here’s a problem that’s affecting WAY…
I know “Botched by Nature” in the lower righthand corner of that first gif is an ad for the next show in the lineup, but it could just as easily be a caption for this exploitative asshat.
“Don’t tell me what to say”
There is little in this world that delights me more than the bitter, unvarnished, deep-seated loathing between Bill DeBlasio and Andrew Cuomo. And so it is with giggles and glee that I imagine DeBlasio’s smug, barely contained joy as he follows this scandal.
I hear this from anyone who has ever gone to hear her speak.
Also, I’m not crying after watching that trailer. You’re crying after watching that trailer, you big baby.
Me just now: MAYA ANGELOU DIED?! HOW DID I MISS THAT?! HOW COULD I HAVE POSSIBLY MISSED THAT?! WHEN?!?! *Googles. Realizes she died the day my daughter was born* Oh. That makes sense...
Can you link?
“I may be less sensitive to narrative conventions like dead babies...”
1 isn’t perfectly straight! I’m accounting for his Fight Club-era Brad Pitt attraction!