I guess this is just a good example of two people with two different points of view.

I don’t understand the problem with using the word”natural” to describe an unmedicated birth. If a person feels guilt about medical interventions in labor, that is their own trip. I see nothing in this article that is guilt-inducing. I am very proud of my three natural births. It was a great feat for me each time,…

I’m glad to hear that there are hospitals moving in this direction, but my experience and the experiences of my friends (in Arizona, so...) is that they largely are not. I had two home births, and then a third which ended in a hospital transfer.

Well, at least you can be sure they all clapped together. I’m scrolling down looking for more jokes about Norwegians clapping. I think there must be some universal beat that they’re tuned into collectively, because when it’s time for applause, there’s no splattering of claps; they all just immediately clap…

Very late to the party, but I keep putting off starting an account here. Alas, the pissing contest brought me through the wall. And I’m like bursting with stories.