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Humbled by birth | The Skeptical OB
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October 8, 2012. I receive many letters of support each week and I appreciate each and every one. This writer gave me permission to reprint her story of “recovery” from natural parenting ideology. Hello, Dr. Amy. I am a reader of your blog. I have been reading for 4 months now. I wanted to share a story that I was ashamed to write until now. I gave birth 4 months ago and I believed in all this false ideology from the natural birth/attachment parenting groups. From 4 am to almost noon I screamed and faint...
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Just what we need, another old white male “mansplaining” childbirth to us women | The Skeptical OB
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Just what we need, another old white male “mansplaining” childbirth to us women. June 18, 2013. Just what we need, another old white male “mansplaining” childbirth to us women. A new article about Dr. Michel Odent has me pondering an interesting phenomenon. Have you ever noticed that it is old white men who feel they must “mansplain” birth to us womenfolk? What is “mansplaining”? He was followed by a string of childbirth mansplainers:. Robert Bradley (“Husband Coached Childbirth”). 8230; [M]illennia of e...
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Have lactivists lost their minds? | The Skeptical OB
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Have lactivists lost their minds? August 10, 2015. Have lactivists lost their minds? I wasn’t planning to write about breastfeeding today. I thought I had temporarily exhausted the topic. Then I saw this. The Australian Breastfeeding Association is warning that new mums are giving up breastfeeding so they can drink alcohol … with disappointing outcomes for their bubs…. New mothers are being warned that feeding their babies formula is worse than breastfeeding after a few drinks. Gold Coast midwife Amanda ...
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Archives 2008 | The Skeptical OB
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How to lower the C-section rate: step 1, look in the mirror. 8220;Everyone agrees that the cesarean section rate in the US is too high. Critics claim .”. The mother is the factory". 8220;Who said: "the mother is the factory, and by education and care she can be .”. 8220;The New York Times carried an article in the August 29, 2008 edition asking if .”. Are C-section mothers less responsive to their babies' cry. What's the right C-section rate? Higher than you think. Paying doctors for performance. 8220;Ba...
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Archives 2013 | The Skeptical OB
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Thanks to my readers for the best year ever. Colorado homebirth midwives bury dead babies twice. Baby dies because mother refused newborn vitamin K shot. Newsflash: you did risk your baby's life for your own experience. Send in the clowns . to defend Dr. Biter. Dear Childbirth Connection . Thank goodness I chose homebirth for the shoulder dystocia that nearly killed my baby. A woman's virtue is not in her vagina. Yes the baby died, but my homebirth midwife was awesome. Homebirth 2012: death toll and more.
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Yoni cupcakes | The Skeptical OB
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Source: Uploaded by user. Amy Tuteur, MD. Dr Amy Tuteur is an obstetrician gynecologist. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1979 and her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Tuteur is a former clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. She left the practice of medicine to raise her four children. Her book, Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting. The Doubtful Father's Guide to Homebirth. If homebirth is safe …. Drop It And EAT.
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Archives 2009 | The Skeptical OB
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100,000 women demand more breasts on Facebook. Are face transplants ethical? 8220;Arthur Caplan has changed his mind about face transplants. Who is he and why is .”. When good diaphragms go bad. Give me back my kidney or pay the consequences. Masturbation does not cause prostate cancer. There is no "right to choose" octuplets. Dear Dr. Amy, I'm 14. Should I go down on my boyfriend? On marriage, a love letter to my husband. Cosmo warns that an orgasm can kill. A Zagat Guide for doctors? Food is the new sex.
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Archives 2012 | The Skeptical OB
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2011 ends with 5th North Carolina homebirth death. Natural childbirth advocates parroting lies. Can you be empowered by a normal bodily function? Thanks to my readers. Feminist Breeder wails that she was victimized. Natural childbirth advocates don't support Beyonce's choice? Natural childbirth is like anorexia, and neither is feminist. Birth plans: worse than useless. Ina May invokes elephant birth. Medical care and the limits of autonomy. Why do babies die? Dr Amy's "support with integrity" pledge.
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