My connection and bond with my son started during pregnancy, while he responded to different sounds I made or sang, to small touches I gave him through my belly, tapping against his tiny limbs. For months I could feel him there growing ...
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About 4 months after my first child was born, I learned that calves on dairy farms are stolen from their mothers at birth. Their mothers carry them for 9 long months, just like we do, but are forcibly torn from them so that humans, who were ...
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I was horrified when I learned that dairy cows have to deliver a baby in order to produce milk, and that their babies are taken away— over and over again— to keep them lactating at maximum yields. Already a mother myself at that point, I ...
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When I was 19 I became pregnant. My parents were very religious so I had no choice but to carry the child to term. I was scared and felt very alone. When I gave birth to my son, I was shocked by the overwhelming love that I immediately felt ...
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Like most people, I grew up thinking that milk was a harmless everyday product, essential for a healthy diet. I was horrified when I discovered the truth about the dairy industry: that cows are forcibly impregnated in order to produce milk, ...
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It's only when my son was born and I myself went through the process of producing milk that I could fully comprehend the viciousness of dairy farming. People try to justify it in the name of nutrition and calcium, ignoring abundant and far ...
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