Found the pic above (originally from this funny Onion post) and the post below on the blog Angry Feminist Doc while searching for some new charts for my upcoming Truly Holistic Pregnancy and Birth Series at the New York Open Center. I found it funny (unless this guy is your doctor, not so funny then) and oh-so-telling. Angry Feminist Doc, thanks for the gem and the STELLAR visual. Love it.

Side note, when I was a labor and delivery nurse in a hospital in NYC I saw exactly zero deliveries in anything but the laying-on-the-back position.

Monday, November 23, 2009
Medical Student Gem
While discussing the “classic” childbirth position (on back, feet in stirrups) as a risk factor for perineal tearing:

“I didn’t know women could give birth in any other position.”
-Kid from my population health class

Admissions committee FAIL.