- don’t let anyone tell you your pelvis is too small

- don’t let anyone tell you that you have to labor in bed

- don’t let anyone tell you that if you “don’t make progress” you “have to have a c-section”

- don’t let anyone tell you that you should sit in a bath with Dreft to treat your episiotomy infection (!!!)

@e57ff that story was from my mom after she had me. She had told the story before, so when people were sharing their horror stories I casually mentioned it. She’s like “what, do they not do that anymore?”

No mom, they never should have said that in the first place.

She’s like “oh but it’s for babies, it’s gentle”

I get the point. “I’m just a regular person under the paint I have to put on every day to be taken seriously as an entertainment professional!” And like. I work in the arts. I get it.

But there’s a part of it that always reads as “look, this celeb can be ugly and gross and unfinished too” and my problem with that is that not wearing makeup doesn’t make you ugly or gross or unfinished! Not wearing makeup is literally a non action! It’s neutral! It’s just your human fucking face, and it’s fine just how it is, hands down end of fucking story.

This is crazy.

They looked at a medication that was given to pregnant women between 1938-1971 before being banned for use during pregnancy because they found it caused problems in children and had no actual treatment value.

They’ve now found that it not only had an impact on the children of women who used it, but on their grandchildren - causing hypospadias in grandsons, “delayed menstrual regularization” in granddaughters, and according to this study, possibly higher rates of ADHD in grandchildren generally.

There are lifelong mental illnesses—PTSD, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia, to name a few—but they’re all manageable with CBT, medication, and proper coping skills. Even people with the more stigmatized illnesses like psychosis can live normal and fulfilled lives.

“But they’re a bad person!”