Cindy, I’m so glad you held your ground and let these idiots spout off. I have never given birth but common sense tells me that untold centuries of vaginal births and billions of babies being fed from the breast as all mammals are, populated an entire planet with human beings, and that Mother Nature’s method, except in certain medical instances, tops the cult and Hubbard’s know best!

Aqua, I agree with you what a heartbreaking and preventable thing this was for this poor kid. It brought up memories for me. Scientists say as your baby passes through your birth canal, it ingests bacteria that contributes to its gut health and boosts its immune system. Although a baby’s microbiome – or collection of microbes – begins to form in the womb, vaginal delivery is an essential part of the process. And this helps the baby throughout its life to ward off illness and be healthy. And of course breastfeeding is the best thing for the baby too as important antibodies are passed from mother to child and it helps prevent asthma and other things with the baby and has benefits for mom too. I say all this to introduce my Kool Aid story:

Some well known semi whale Scns and I were talking back when my baby was new. She also gave birth around that time and we were comparing notes as parents. Both the husband and wife were aghast that I had a natural vaginal delivery. She proudly said, “I had a C Section.” She made me wrong for not having a C Section instead. She said, “well you’ve read Dianetics, and you know about how the baby gets a birth engram coming through the birth canal, how could you be so mean to your baby?” OMG. I had read all the Science about birth and breastfeeding and knew that my method was correct and hers was wrong if the C Section was not done for a medical reason. But I held my tongue and let them berate me for this because I knew if I tried to defend a vaginal birth that I’d have a KR written on me quicker than I could blink an eye. Their know best and arrogant attitude rankled me. But that is what happens when you drink the Kool Aid

So that’s what I bumped into the other day. Stealth Reg.

Otherwise, it looks like for a Coke, a few sausage pinwheels and a little entertainment you get to play pa$$ the pen. Who signs up for that?

They’ll take anything you got. Alternatively, they’ll also take EVERYTHING you got.