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August 10, 2014
“Female Genital Mutilation,” “Circumcision,” “Gender-Conforming Surgery”: Why the Double Standard?
Female genital mutilation. Routine male infant circumcision. Gender-conforming surgery of intersex children. Is one really worse than the others? Having spent years as a physician with expertise in male and intersex genitalia, and performin […]
August 7, 2014
Where is the Cultural Bias?
Wow, the AAP sure got this one wrong. In “Cultural Bias and Circumcision: The AAP Task Force on Circumcision Responds,” the AAP Task Force members address the European paper “Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Te […]
July 28, 2014
The Most Underappreciated Body Part of Them All?
As a surgeon, I love the human body. Anatomy and physiology have intrigued me since I was a young child, and I have the same feelings of reverence when I consider how our bodies work as I do when I sit in awe of a sunset or the Colorado mou […]
July 1, 2014
Human Rights in Childbirth
This post is all about a great advocacy group I learned of recently, Human Rights in Childbirth. HRC is an international organization founded by an American lawyer and mother, and run by many amazing women who have a lot to share! The perso […]
June 25, 2014
Birth in the Wild
I’ve recently learned of the new Lifetime TV reality show, “Born in the Wild.” In this show, women who have had prior births choose to give birth in the wild, without medical assistance (though with a film crew and emergen […]
June 4, 2014
Indiscreet Nursing
The public perception of breastfeeding is shifting. My neighbor posted on Facebook yesterday about an experience at HEB, in which a store employee noticed her nursing her infant son and tried to usher her to an office that was “more p […]
June 3, 2014
June 2, 2014
It truly warms my heart when a fellow sister doctor
“It truly warms my heart when a fellow sister doctor -- with excellent medical training--has the courage to see the
March 8, 2014
How Long Should You Breastfeed?
In January 2014, I ended a 7-year stretch of breastfeeding. I mourned this transition and am excited about directing all of that energy into new areas of parenting as my babies grow up. Moms, how long did you breastfeed?Most of us are aware […]
