Eating Disorders: The Early Signs You Could Miss
Eating disorders are a mental illness. They have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Frighteningly if weight loss is apparent, the sufferer is well and truly in the grips of it already
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Stop! Don’t Share That Caesarean Video
Have you seen a “natural” caesarean video recently? Have you been thinking that maybe it could be helpful to your friend that had a caesarean? Be careful, because it might just upset them instead.
Can you fail at breastfeeding?
Can you really FAIL at breastfeeding? Perhaps fail isn’t the right word when we take a close look at the formula culture we live in. Society FAILS to support loving mothers, mothers do their best!
Why The Moment Of Birth Matters To Women
Birth matters to women. Not because they have unrealistic expectations, or are selfish. It matters because some moments in life are important to us. I know this because I am the mother of an adult.
A Sick Lesson On Rape Culture – Thanks Brock
What Brock The Rapist Turner reminded us us about rape culture. A rapist is a rapist and we’d like to measure the victims skirt in front of the jury. Rape culture is a sickness with no cure in sight.
Birth Is Dangerous, But Birth Trauma Isn’t Real….
We need to decide once and for all whether birth is a dangerous event or not. If we decide that birth is indeed dangerous, then we need to stop the denial of birth trauma once and for all!
Mother Guilt At Birth: When The Love Isn’t Instant
Women want to welcome their babies with love and joy but when this doesn’t eventuate they often feel terrible guilt. What mothers need to know is that the rush of love, is actually a rush of hormones.
Facebook Employs ISIS To Moderate Breastfeeders!
Ever wondered why breastfeeding images are removed from Facebook, but not commentary that is violent? Wonder no more! Facebook is employing ISIS to moderate the posts naughty women make and share.
Yes We Need A Caesarean Awareness Month
Did you know that it’s caesarean awareness month? It’s time to raise awareness about the many stories of women who gave birth in an operating theatre, and the many who die because they can’t.
Crime and Punishment of the Nipple
I dared to defy nipple ‘community standards’ as imposed by Facebook: The real ‘nipple nazi’. Just as the famous Seinfeld ‘soup nazi’ denied those who ignored protocol, the ‘Facebook nipple nazi’ denies you. I have been reprimanded and reminded of ‘my place’. Facebook is a free ‘service’ after all, and one must be grateful for […]