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“Mother: a humanoid thing blinded by bandages, nurturing breasts hidden, limbs restrained, tongue lolling from its slack mouth, and with no recognisable sweat signature.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

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“The newborn’s preference for a mutual, rather than unilateral, gaze shows that babies are designed for reciprocity.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

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“This was the first experience of billions of First World babies of their mothers for decades; at worst, the mothers – or their babies – experienced respiratory distress, were stupefied, unconscious, or in a delirium.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

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“The likelihood of my baby being injured during co-sleeping was, in reality, significantly lower than it would have been had I left her in the hospital cot. In the UK, 90 percent more babies die alone in baskets or cots – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – than they do when they securely, rather than hazardously, co-sleep with their mothers.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine