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Oregon promised better access to doulas, lactation care. Birth workers say they still can’t get paid

  • Kaylee Tornay, InvestigateWest

After four years running breastfeeding support groups and training to get her lactation consultant certification, Beth Waters was excited in 2020 to launch a nonprofit in a small city east of Portland. Oregon appeared to be a prime location: The state had decided that year to make lactation consultants, who teach parents how to breastfeed […]

Village Idiot: Why my wife and I forgot to have children
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Village Idiot: Why my wife and I forgot to have children

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My wife and I forgot to have children. We are so busy going to movies, plays and concerts, buying nice things for the house, taking long vacations without looking at a school calendar, reading all the latest best-sellers and going to restaurants with nice white tablecloths that it simply slipped our minds.