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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WTF? And yes I saw Deniro feeding the baby like on the Fockers movie but I don’t get it.
What is the difference between that and a baby bottle? Will the kid one day in the middle of a crowd start trying to suck on daddy’s breast?
It’s day like this I wish to heck George Carlin was still around. This would make a great platform for his observational comedy.
Refuse to comply. Men do not conceive, gestate, deliver or breastfeed a baby. Persons confused about this can pretend and believe what they wish, until they feel others (including a baby) should play along.
No. Next question.
Oh, but you are not allowed to make fun of this absurdity.
Never!
She’s not a doctor. She says in her linkedin page that she is a RN and she also studied English literature and Theatre/drama. She certainly has drama in her life and a bit of fiction.
(((every single time)))
No, it’s not. Only women can give birth.
“which can make queer parents feel invisible and unwelcome, over and over again—often unintentionally”
Good, they are getting the message then.
NO!
OMIGOD! Please tell me the photo of Bootyjig and the chest apparatus is a photoshop job. Please.
Try to think of how you’d describe your anatomy without using the word “big”.
No way I an not a cannibal.
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