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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The job of the AAP is to tell you what is the optimal practice. Not what you should do. You should exercise every day. You should eat at least 5 fruits and vegetables a day. You won't die if you don't but that is the optimal clinical outcome. Stop being so defensive and sensitive. [/quote]

Blaming the AAP is easier for some than having the confidence to chart their own parenting course.  This is a direct result of how our society treats women, so I don’t think it’s beneficial to hold it against the women who are defensive about it, but rather further evidence that we need systemic change. [/quote]

Which is absolutely something that the AAP is advocating for in the policy statement along with the ACOG who have stated that women would have better outcomes with longer paid leave and more frequent PP checks. [/quote]

Again, actual paid leave advocates want PARENTAL leave, not leave that is only for mothers. They are not advocating for women charting their own parenting course, they say they are supporting BREASTFEEDING.[/quote]

there is bonding leave and birth-related leave, they should be separate. non-birthing parents should get 12 weeks of bonding leave. birthing parents should get a) 6-12 weeks of birth-related leave and then an additional 12 weeks for bonding. dont equate parental leave (aka bonding leave) with the sheer lack of recovery leave for birthing parents. [/quote]

The only context where I have seen a distinction is temporary disability.

Paid parental leave advocates are not pushing for this distinction because they know it hurts women. Obviously, the AAP DGAF if it hurts women as long as they are making sure women are breastfeeding, which is the only thing they care about.[/quote]

Why would it hurt women to acknowledge that the person giving birth needs time to heal? To me, paid leave advocates who gloss over the birthing part and only want to include adoptive parents or non-birthing parents seem to be doing a real disservice to that person that actually went through pregnancy and childbirth. I am personally annoyed to see the federal government giving equal leave to moms and dads, although technically, if you both work for the fed you have to split the 12 weeks is my understanding. For all of this hubbub about supporting women who want to breastfeed after 1 year, you would think the same people would be adamant that the individual who needs to heal has separate leave from bonding leave. [/quote]

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