Posted on 09/27/2023 9:59:01 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Last month, in my first virtual meeting with a new client, I asked them how they identify and what they call their anatomy. Their baby was three weeks old. They were surprised I even asked them, because ever since conceiving, all of their other healthcare providers have failed to do so at each opportunity. The client shared that they identify as non-binary and refer to their feeding anatomy as their chest (not their breasts). They then got a bit flushed and choked up, and I began to think, as their lactation consultant, Maybe I messed up. But no, as it turns out, this parent was getting emotional because they finally felt seen, for the first time. Being acknowledged in this way brought up the pain of the countless times they weren’t able to express themselves, their identity and their needs.
The parenting sphere can be wildly heteronormative, which can make queer parents feel invisible and unwelcome, over and over again—often unintentionally. Simply by being curious and asking two super simple questions, I made someone’s experience as a sleep-deprived new parent a hell of a lot more meaningful.
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Is she a doctor?
I know some women can't breast feed, but to change the language?
Those emo’s Really sound like bastions of emotional stability to raise a child…poor baby.
Can’t wait for all the self-identified lactation consultants on FR to respond
“The parenting sphere can be wildly heteronormative”
Translation into English:
“Waaaaa! normal parents are all heterosexual! boo hoo!”
“I asked them how they identify and what they call their anatomy.”
http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/nerd.wav
If some people are triggered by language that has been extant for hundreds of years, then they should learn French...
She doesn't look like a raving lunatic ...
How about no!
What she calls "hetero" is simply normal. Everything else is perversion.
Somebody photoshopped Boot-edge-edge’s face onto a picture that was already bizarre.
For those who want to live in a “Let’s Just Pretend!” kind of world.
Sometimes, just looking at the parents, will tell you what they may expect from their doctor.
That tripped my stop reading circuit. I recommend that no one ever asks how I identify and what I call my anatomy. They will get an abusive answer followed by being them being dismissed or me leaving. These godless groomers need to be destroyed. It is the compassionate thing to send a message that much worse is in store for them and they need at a bare minimum to STFU.
My Ex-Wife needed a lactation consultant with our first kid... My daughter and her just couldn’t get things figured out on their own. The next two kids were easy.
The change in language is to coddle those with mental illness about their gender.
If you just gave birth... It’s 100% certain you are a FEMALE regardless of what fantasy world you choose to live in.
They are too busy pining for Zelensky.
Perversion or mental illness... True.
-- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"
This country is rapidly losing its collective sh*t.
Yeah fake.
Bootie’s kids are biracial.
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