Fear of the Four Letter Word(s)?

Who mentioned this? Can't remember....wait, yes I do. It was at the birth network conference last week. Linda Smith (who is a great speaker if you ever get the chance to hear her~ she's done great research), spoke about women being afraid of 4 letter words coming from their bodies. And I'm wondering if lately, another word has been added.

PUKE- many, many women vomit during labor, especially transition. It's our body's way of emptying out to make use of any extra room for muscle action when we're getting ready to birth.

SHIT-and even more women (most every one) poops while she is pushing. you just can't help it. the baby's head steamrolls your rectum before making that45 degree angle to come out the vagina and cross the perineum.

MILK- this is what we pondered at the conference. is MILK another 4 letter word? are some women embarrassed by it, disgusted even, that their breasts can be so full of milk that it can shoot 4 feet across the room without a hand or mouth on it? yep, some women and men think this way.

BABY?- is baby a 4 letter word? are all these younger women truly afraid of this 4 letter beast and the way it "damages" our pelvic floors (whatever)? the way it makes us PUKE, SHIT, and express MILK from breasts that are surely for men and not babies?


No,this can't be. I feel like staying up late and writing letters to all the teenage girl magazines out there. something titled The Truth About Childbirth.
Can you imagine the uproar? I can hear frantic parents fret about their teenage daughters learning about sex and birth (real sex and birth). They'd complain about keeping them pure, abstaining, etc. Yet they'd feel totally fine that their daughters were reading Cosmo Girl or Young Miss loaded with ways on how to lose 10 pounds quick, look just like some anorexic celeb in just 5 minutes, or how to tell if your friend is a Best or a Bitch.

I really feel like retreating to the hills with my family, a pack of goats, and a deck of cards.


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