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> My doula rubs lavender essential oil on my temples, and my husband plays “Push It,” the Spotify playlist I created for labor and delivery. I have a photo of Beyoncé propped up on the over-bed table, because if anything can inspire me, it’s Queen Bey.

That poor, poor child.

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You are speaking for others - which is basically what the article is about. Judgment sucks and it's much easier than speaking your own truths - for example, do you have children and/or gone through birth?

How is this "Speaking for others"? OP provided their perspective in comments. You having a different perspective is valid and is not threatened by the point of view of OP.

> That poor, poor child.

That's speaking for the child. Speaking for someone else's feelings besides your own is speaking for others. And, it's not a perspective either, it's an opinion how someone else would feel in the situation, which is NOT a different perspective you can hold, given you aren't the other person.

Stick to what you know, is the basic lesson.

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