I didn't like the attitude of i don't do episiotomies because they take too much time to sew up not because i feel they are unnecessary, and in most cases shown not to help.
The only thing he was right with was you have a 50/50 chance of getting the gender right...
Which was almost the only "old wives tale" he address, the rest of it was just him ranting about his philosophies...
Yep, Yael - that's what I would tell people when they were trying to guess my baby's sex...but I stopped cos they'd look at me like I'd just popped their balloon! I agree, that and the hanging up washing were the only 'old wives tales' he identified and addressed. The rest was mean-spirited and cynical. Don't mind me, but the last thing I want around me when I'm pregnant and giving birth is male cynicism!
What surprises me is that he puts this on the internet for people to read - assumedly to drum up business.
Even if you did agree with some or all of the things he says - i think the way he has written it speaks volumes for his mannerisms and it just makes him sound pig-headed and inflexible.
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