by Matt DeVriendt | Oct 3, 2020 | Advocacy, Parenting, The F Word
A word from Matt on Safety One of the most prevalent feelings in a new father is to protect. What else could the primordial version of ourselves have to offer other than safety? Many of us are wondering, how do I keep something so fragile so safe? It’s funny, or...
by Stephanie Freeman | Sep 12, 2020 | Advocacy, Birth Trauma, Human Rights in Childbirth, Informed Consent, The F Word
Lately, unless people go into labor before their EDD, induction is the chef’s favorite on the birth menu. And here’s the fucked up thing. It’s never “just an induction”. It always sounds like something scary could be happening. It’s...
by Abby Larsen | Aug 27, 2020 | Advocacy, Birth Trauma, Human Rights in Childbirth, Informed Consent, Parenting, The F Word
What We Do P. 2: The Nitty Gritty …And what we don’t do, because that is also important. We get asked what we “do” all the gosh durn time. And like Stephanie mentioned in her previous post (that I just conveniently linked for you to catch up...
by Abby Larsen | Jul 15, 2020 | Advocacy, Birth Trauma, Human Rights in Childbirth, The F Word
The Fear Culture that Follows Birth Maybe it was your mother, maybe it was your best friend. Maybe it was your Uncle Stan, your aunt’s creepy second husband who never knows when to stop. It could also have been your grandmother. Maybe it was all of them. Somewhere...
by Stephanie Freeman | Jun 17, 2020 | Advocacy, Human Rights in Childbirth, Origin Stories, Reproductive Justice, The F Word
I love to fall in love. I remember when I was growing up and I was (sadly, shamefully) called “BoyCrazy”. Now I won’t go down the rabbit hole of my own hot mess of a childhood – but I can tell you something that I have realized throughout my life – I...
by Czarina Bowers | Jun 9, 2020 | Advocacy, Anti-Racism, The F Word
For at least two years we’ve been dreaming of adding a blog to our website. The pandemic closed down the world and we finally had some time to tinker around. And we were so close. And then Breonna Taylor was killed in her sleep. And George Floyd was murdered before...
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