Someone just asked me the following question on Facebook. If you had an interview where you stated you don’t even care about your own births, they have “no bearing on your life”… then why do you have to be up someones vagina the minute a fucking baby pops out of THEIR crotch? What prompted that […]
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The Childbirth Olympics
Hi, folks, we at the Extreme Sports Network are proud to be reporting from this year’s Childbirth Olympics. We’re especially fortunate to have world renowned childbirth expert Ima Frawde, CPM here with us as a commentator. Ima, tell us about competitive childbirth. Ima Frawde, CPM here. I want to start by thanking the Extreme Sports […]
What we can learn about obstetric violence from the $16 million Malatesta verdict: nothing!
The birth community is buzzing with news of a $16 million dollar judgement in an Alabama obstetric case. According to the Yahoo article Mom Who Sued Hospital for Traumatic Birth Wins $16 Million by Beth Greenfield: [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]The jury did not find anyone guilty of obstetric violence.[/pullquote] Malatesta was 32 […]
Electing Trump would inaugurate an American reign of terror
I generally write about the science and pseudoscience of parenting, but it’s hard to feel that has much importance at the moment, when our country faces an unprecedented threat to its existence as a beacon of freedom and justice. Yes, I can hear you saying: What’s the big deal? Another day another outrageous statement from […]
Sorry food fascists, nutrition is not the key to health
There are seemingly a million different dietary prescriptions for health and they’re all based on a fundamental misapprehension. In contrast to popular belief, nutrition is NOT the key to health. You’d never know that to look at the food fascists among us. They insist that they can control their health through diet, though the specific […]
Paleo-suckered: Worshiping the Paleolithic lifestyle that nearly led our ancestors to extinction
Are you a Paleo-sucker? Paleo-suckers believe in the central conceit of modern alternative health — everything from the paleo-diet to natural parenting to herbal supplements — that human beings reached the apogee of our evolution during the Paleolithic Era. According to advocates of “natural living,” our bodies were designed for the demands of life in […]
Modern Alternative Mama admits she doesn’t believe in science; who would have guessed?
You can’t make this stuff up! Yesterday, Modern Alternative Mama Kate Tietje posted this to her Facebook page: I don’t believe in science… I appreciate the process of science. I like to use science to inform my choices. But I do not “believe” in it. Who would have guessed? [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” […]
The BoobGeek gaslights women who complain about lactivists
Lactivists have woken up to the fact that their ugly behavior — placing the process of breastfeeding above the wellbeing of mothers and babies — has been noticed. Whether it’s grossly exaggerating the benefits of breastfeeding, promoting the humiliation of women who formula feed through the cruelly named “Baby Friendly” Hospital Initiative, or engaging in […]
The irrational worship of breastmilk
A visitor from outer space might be forgiven for thinking that breastfeeding is a fundamentalist religion. What do I mean? Breastfeeding is routinely touted as having “magic” powers. Breastfeeding advocates (lactivists) have continually come forward with ever more outrageous claims about the benefits of breastmilk. At the same time, they’ve dreamt up ever more stringent […]
No, breastfeeding in the first hour does NOT reduce the risk of death by 40%
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. UNICEF has made the extraordinary claim that breastfeeding within the first hour after birth reduces the risk of neonatal death by 40%: [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Breastmilk saves lives in the developed world NOT because breastmilk is magical, but because contaminated water and lack of basic medical care […]
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
