Tag: newborn

• The Racist Origins of the Obstetrical Dilemma | Squished Pt 1

  

  So you’re an obstetrician in the early 20th century. You want to expand your practice to include all pregnancies and births, not just the high risk ones (but not those of black women, oh no!) So you gather up some sexist and racist drivel and viola! The Obstetrical Dilemma is born… and it’s killing women…

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 24, 2018

  Birth, Blog, Pregnancy

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• Does Babywearing Really Reduce Crying?

  

  Can an infant carrier stop your baby’s cry hole? Science says… probably not. But it might make you feel better.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 7, 2018

  Babies, Blog

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• Birth and Carriers in Indonesia

  

  Learn how the peoples of Indonesia incorporate their infant carriers into their postpartum traditions.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 3, 2015

  Babies, Birth, Blog

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