Easy to understand if the cult you’re raised with tells you you’re a full woman only when you have pregnancies and births.

Scarlett’s is much more put together and I prefer it as well, but she is also much more mature and experienced than Jennifer. I guess I just get a little mad when people say Jlaw was just a poor little rich girl whining about not making millions because that wasn’t what her open letter was about at all. It was about…

I never said raising a newborn was a sabbatical. I said it would be nice for us non-breeders to get a 20 week sabbatical since we will never get the benefit of parental leave.

I may be in between candidates but as an African American this video really resonates with me something fierce

I like these ads.

I have to agree that calling every single method “quack” medicine is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Ginger settles a stomach ache. Peppermint, too. Physical therapy has benefits and includes massage as one of its practices. Probiotics are a good idea if you’re taking antibiotics. But, these are always…

Digestive enzymes won’t do squat for reflux. It’s not a problem with digestion. It’s a problem with reflux, and it’s usually structural. You should probably consult with a pediatric gastroenterologist. Have a swallow study done at least; that’s pretty noninvasive. Kid just has to stand in front of a fluoroscope while…

But that calls into question the legitimacy of the way conventional medicine is delivered. People here are criticizing alternative medicine and saying that only conventional medicine is free of quackery. If those conventional medicine institutions are offering “integrative medicine” in order to maximize profits (as…

Your choice is not what commenters or the doctor are talking about. Their talking about those that demean others choices to not do the same thing. To a “natural parent” choosing not to have an uneducated vaginal birthor to not breastfeed for whatever reason is akin to smoking crack while pregnant.

Ugh, my sister’s friend recently had a baby at home with just the services of a ‘natural midwife’ who I have to believe is a charlatan. When the mother was informed that her baby was breech and there wasn’t enough amniotic fluid to turn the baby safely, she and this fucking monster of a midwife ‘did some research’ and…

I fucking hate the term “natural childbirth.” What you want is an unmedicated vaginal birth. There’s nothing “natural” about giving birth in a hospital under the supervision of doctors and nurses or in a manmade bathtub. Truly natural childbirth is fucking dangerous and traumatic, and medical technology has made it…

Her point is that the pressure is put on women to put in the “correct inputs” means they struggle when those interventions are needed or when they can’t breastfeed. That they are seen as damaging their child by making a decision that strays from the natural parenting ideals.

Since this story includes the information that a naturopath told them to take their child to a doctor, I don’t see why the animosity towards naturopaths should be appearing in this comments section. Is it the title?

Except she is not anti-breastfeeding. She is critical of the bullying that the movement does and how they attack women who cannot breast feed.

Natural childbirth is not what is meant by “natural parenting”.

You know what else is natural? The bacteria/viruses that are literally killing your dumb ass.

I don’t know about criminal charges, but their other children need to be taken away. These white people get to keep their children, meanwhile Native American families have an uphill battle getting theirs back from white foster parents who never had the option to adopt. FFS.

She acted happy being married to Kris for awhile. That alone deserves an award.

I miss interacting with live humans. Do they still exist?