Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I Subverting the Science
Chapter 1 Natural Childbirth Is Nothing Like Childbirth in Nature 15
Chapter 2 Interventions Are Preventive Medicine 45
Chapter 3 There Is No Benefit to Refusing Pain Relief 73
Chapter 4 The Right C-section Rate 95
Chapter 5 Breast Is Not Always Best 121
Chapter 6 There's No Science That Supports Attachment Parenting 161
Part II The Natural Parenting Industry
Chapter 7 Who Hijacked Childbirth? 193
Chapter 8 The Commodification of Birth 223
Chapter 9 The Business of Breastfeeding 243
Part III A Sexist Philosophy of Privilege
Chapter 10 How Natural Parenting Is Anti-feminist 261
Chapter 11 Women Do Not Have Other Ways of Knowing 289
Chapter 12 Sanctimommics and the Joys of Shaming 301
Conclusion Push Back Against the Guilt of Natural Parenting 333
Acknowledgments 335
Notes 337
Image Credits 359
Index 361