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No Bradlies, doulas or contracts allowed.
At least, not according to the OB-GYNs at Aspen Women’s Center at Provo, Utah: This picture seems to be making the rounds of the crunchyboardz, with lots of tut-tutting about the snotty, woman-i… more →
Mainstream Parenting Resources
No Bradlies, doulas or contracts allowed.
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estherar wrote 1 month ago: At least, not according to the OB-GYNs at Aspen Women’s Center at Provo, Utah: This picture se … more →
An Israeli look at elective cesareans
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estherar wrote 3 months ago: I’ve pointed out in the past that medical/scientific reporting in the lay press often leaves m … more →
In praise of food coloring
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estherar wrote 3 months ago: Food coloring, especially really brilliant blue food coloring, is probably one of the last things mo … more →
UK Food Standards Agency says: No evidence 'organic' is better
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estherar wrote 4 months ago: The British Food Standards Agency, set up in 2000 by the British government in order to protect the … more →
Homeopathy – As Natural as Manure, But Not Quite As Useful
gadarge wrote 4 months ago: What more fitting a way to begin than by starting at the beginning. A brief account of the history o … more →
So why do mainstream parents need support, anyway?
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estherar wrote 4 months ago: Some APers are incensed when they come across this blog. Not only for the AP heresies it espouses (O … more →
Labor pains? They're for your own good, dearie.
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estherar wrote 4 months ago: It takes a certain kind of chutzpah to say such a thing to a woman in labor. Doubly so when you happ … more →
LLL dogma: still a barrier to properly informing women.
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estherar wrote 4 months ago: As you know, I’m not a huge vitamin pusher. However, I do realize the importance of supplement … more →
Is overparenting becoming passé?
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estherar wrote 5 months ago: The NYT’s Lisa Belkin thinks it might be: Perhaps you know it by its other names: helicopterin … more →
The E word
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estherar wrote 6 months ago: The word “Empowerment” is such an overused word these days. As the Onion notes sardonica … more →
The allure of biomedical treaments for autism
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estherar wrote 6 months ago: A comment on an earlier post of mine by a woman named Lisa, who has a 5-year-old son with autism, le … more →
New to the science-based blogosphere
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estherar wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been updating my blogroll today, and I’m happy to say that compared to…well, … more →
California, here they come...
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estherar wrote 8 months ago: Measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and a host of other goodies. All courtesy of doctors like Dr. Ja … more →
The case against breastfeeding
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estherar wrote 8 months ago: I was pointed to an article in the April 2009 issue of The Atlantic, The Case Against Breastfeeding. … more →
A public cervix...
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estherar wrote 8 months ago: …oops, I meant service, or self-absorption in the extreme? You decide. If the point is to give … more →
Is the NHS channeling Lamaze International?
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estherar wrote 9 months ago: Lamaze International, as I’ve mentioned in this post, has (rather arrogantly, IMO) decided to … more →
Coffee, meet computer screen.
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estherar wrote 10 months ago: That’s what happened when I read LadyinRed’s rant about homebirth over at BPE. I know Li … more →
Mango Mama Redux
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estherar wrote 10 months ago: Back around the turn of the decade/century/millennium, a young, beautiful woman lived amidst the ban … more →
Endocrine Reductionism
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estherar wrote 1 year ago: Lately, I’ve again been thinking about the corrosive effects of biological determinism on moth … more →
