Talk:Childbirth positions

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 * I removed some uncited info. occono (talk) 16:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Child birth
Can a woman give birth to baby without sex Avinash Mallik (talk) 05:56, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

The word "Mother"
I went through this article to remove the word "mother" when found, replacing it with words like "pregnant person" or person. As not all people who give birth are mothers (including but not limited to trans men and people intending to give the child up for adoption), this language is inaccurate. Due to the existence of people who are not women who do give birth, I also changed uses of "she" (only, I believe, two of them) to "they". While these changes often did lead to an increased word count, they also improved accuracy. While they were reverted, I believe they should be reinstated.Hibou08 (talk) 22:40, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

First of all thank you for taking this to the talk page and your kind message on my talk page. I do not feel strongly about this as I don't most articles except I want to make Wikipedia the best resource it can be. That being said the sources all state women, mothers, etc. We normally go with what the sources state.-- VViking Talk Edits 13:21, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

I would not be surprised if all of the sources currently used for this article use the word mother. However, that is a common misconception. Because the number of people who give birth and yet do not qualify as mothers is so small, sources can often get away with that language. I am linking to two research papers handling pregnant transgender men, the first one explicitly discusses the language that the pregnant trans people used, neither one uses the word 'mother.' Article 1: Transgender Men Who Experienced Pregnancy After Female-to-Male Gender Transitioning. Article 2: From erasure to opportunity: a qualitative study of the experiences of transgender men around pregnancy and recommendations for providers. I am also going to link to two websites, one from the Midwives Alliance of North America, and one from Doula Trainings International, where each organization explains why it is important to use gender-neutral language with pregnant people. Doula Trainings International, Midwives AllianceHibou08 (talk) 20:25, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Perhaps ‘female’ would be best here? “Birthing person” is obscure and can lead to unintended confusion. 76.68.71.88 (talk) 01:00, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

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