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Birthing Furniture: An Illustrated History
- mordechai9000 5y agoThe Blonsky “Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force.” Wow, I always thought this was a joke or the product of artistic license, like the euthanasia roller coaster. Apparently not.
- dshpala 5y ago
- slg 5y agoI can't imagine on today of all days for this to be the political opinion on birthing that you want to break HN rules to voice. I simply don't have words for that lack of perspective.
- laserdancepony 5y agoVoicing an opinion in a non-insulting manner and in direct reference to the article is breaking the site rules now? So why even bother having a comment functionality if dissent is not allowed?
- slg 5y ago"Wokespeak" is obviously meant as an insulting comment and this type of rude political flamebaiting has always been against the rules.
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- DoreenMichele 5y agoGiving birth meets some bizarre dystopian engineering nightmare. I've never been so viscerally relieved before to be post menopausal.
- forgotmypw17 5y agoI spoke with a mother of three, who had some opinions on the matter. She gave me the impression that most "mainstream" things about birthing are designed for the convenience of the medical professionals rather than the welfare of the child or the mother. For example, the lying on the back with legs spread position is totally unnatural, according to her, not to mention induced labor. She had her first child "by the book", and her third at home with a doula, with the second somewhere in between. Everything from cutting the umbilical cord prematurely to slapping the baby to force them to breathe (because they're no longer getting oxygen from the prematurely cut umbilical cord) is violent and traumatic and conveyor-belt-like. She told me that it has been reflected in her childrens' personalities, with her youngest being by far the most calm, empathetic, and non-violent.