The Mother-Whore dichotomy ought to be dead. It was proposed by Sigmund Freud to explain a tendency for men to characterize women as either asexual, nurturing and worthy of respect or sexually attractive. Unfortunately, the Mother-Whore dichotomy is alive and well and being aggressively promoted by the lactivism community. If you spend any time […]
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Imagine …
With apologies to John Lennon. Imagine there’s no new mom guilt It’s easy if you try No C-section judgment on us Or epidurals midwives deny Imagine all the mothers Trusting their OBs… Imagine there’s no pressure If breastfeeding’s hard to do No reason to shame yourself or others And no natural childbirth too Imagine all […]
Just how crazy is the lactivist lobby? No breasts is no longer an excuse not to breastfeed.
Last week I received a Facebook message from a reader who had reached out to her local La Leche League in Glendale, CA to find the safest local source for donor breastmilk. I had breast cancer last year and am now pregnant. I have no breasts to breastfeed with, and am wondering if your organization […]
If you judge women who bottle feed, I’m judging the hell out of YOU!
There’s a vile sanctimommy screed currently making the rounds. If You Don’t Breastfeed, I’m Judging the Hell Out of You by Alex Alexander is a perfect example of hatefulness masquerading as concern for babies. But if you never even tried — if your baby’s mouth never met nipple, for reasons of personal choice that have […]
Increase trust in obstetricians: confront the natural childbirth industry working tirelessly to undermine it
Oh, the irony! Yesterday I wrote about the fact that the Childbirth Connection is angered that estimated fetal weights are … gasp! … merely estimates. I cited a recent piece in the NYTimes, When a Big Baby Isn’t So Big. In the comment section, multiple people bewail the loss of trust in obstetricians, apparently without […]
Childbirth Connection angered that estimated fetal weights are merely estimates
The Childbirth Connection is the leading lobbying organization for the natural childbirth industry. Their apparent goal is greater employment for the women they represent: midwives, doulas and childbirth educators. The heart of their marketing strategy is to promote distrust of modern obstetrics and obstetricians. As I noted almost exactly one year ago today, getting your […]
The mind blowing grandiosity of quacktivists Jennifer Margulis and Kelly Brogan
Ever notice how quacktivists often suffer from grandiosity? According to Wikipedia: Grandiosity refers to an unrealistic sense of superiority … as well as to a sense of uniqueness: the belief that few others have anything in common with oneself and that one can only be understood by a few or very special people … Take Jennifer […]
New study shows maternity clothes cause pregnancy
Startling finding announced in prestigious journal by Gull E. Bull Scientists have made an astonishing discovery about the cause of pregnancy. According to the study, published in the widely read journal JCS (Journal of Crap Science), researchers have discovered a remarkable and powerful association between maternity clothes and pregnancy raising the possibility that maternity clothes […]
Homebirth isn’t about women or birth; it’s about midwives
I’ve been engaged in an online discussion with other healthcare providers about the NEJM Oregon study of out of hospital birth and it has crystallized for me something I’ve suspected for a long time: Homebirth isn’t about women, babies or birth; it’s about midwives. [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”#C61210″ class=”” size=””]Homebirth is not popular among […]
Women who stop breastfeeding are more likely to be abused. Researchers recommend WHAT??!!
I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read it with my own eyes. Past and recent abuse is associated with early cessation of breast feeding: results from a large prospective cohort in Norway was recently published in BMJ Open. The authors made an important observation: Nearly all women initiated breast feeding, but 12.1% ceased […]
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 (HarperCollins) was published in 2016. She can be reached at DrAmy5 at aol dot com... More
