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A Really Graphic Homebirth

Posted by thenewsjunkie on May 8th, 2009 at 11:01 am

Christen Clifford — you may remember her for her pumping breastmilk on the subway antics — has joined with cartoonist David Heatley to bring you the cartoon version of her daugther’s birth. At home.

Not a single lit candle or Enya-pumping iPod appear in any frame. But there is a butternut squash. And this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ken sets up the tub and soon after the midwives show up. Then there’s anger. Big, big anger. 

Read the rest at Smith Magazine.

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