For $299, she joined FBS’s paid-for, private online community, the Lighthouse, where she met the three friends in the room when Esau was born. To prepare for her freebirth, she purchased The Complete Guide to Freebirth in May 2022 for $399 – a vast sum to the then 23-year-old nanny.
…aaand there it is.
Science isn’t out to get you. Trust people who are more informed than you are (still think critically, though)
It’s almost like you shouldn’t take health advice from an influencer.
But their username seemed so trustworthy!
They told me what I wanted to hear. And they’re so chrasimatic!
The real issue is they already have a following.
It’s much easier for people to believe something if it looks like other people believe it.
No problem. Just bring those concerns forward to the College of Internet Influencers, and have their license to practice Internet Health Advice pulled.
Then go after the malpractice insurance money that the College of Internet Influencers make influencers renew every year, in order to practice internet influencing in a legal and regulated manner, to protect the public.
At least that’s how it works for actual regulated Healthcare professionals.
There’s definitely a problem with doctors who treat mothers as an obstacle to the process of birth, and belittle and humiliate them through the whole ordeal.
Going cold turkey on all medical assistance in response is insane. But frankly I have a hard time believing that the American medical system especially will work to fix things quickly from their end.
The real solution is getting more people back in the field, and more importantly, purging the misogynistic shit that is rampant amongst medical professionals. And this extends well beyond childbirth too of course, its just the most prevalent pressure point next to failure to diagnose cancer.
I think some of it is access to care too; some women in the US do this simply because of the cost of a midwife or doctor, it seems.
But also in Canada we have WAY higher standards for who can call themselves a midwife than they do in the US, and the midwives here have university degrees. Also, I think people here and other countries who have public health care seek help faster than Americans simply because cost isn’t a barrier, even if they do get sucked into this nonsense.
