And also the correlation between your truly - terrified -
of - poop friend and your own fears — your imagination is generally worse than reality, and even when reality IS pretty gross (like that time my
baby had an explosive poop all over my lap at a restaurant that only had the
tiniest bathroom ever, like there wasn't enough room between the toilet and the door for the diaper bag, much less a three - month - old) you just sort
of... take it in stride and deal with it, knowing that the
benefits of babies and children outweigh the occasional brush with grossness.
Are the mothers who decide to have their
babies at home making an irresponsible choice and risking the lives
of their children, or is the
tiny, but growing movement to avoid the hospital a relatively safe one, with
benefits that outweigh the dangers?