Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs

In the last week or so, this has been all over the blogosphere, Facebook, Twitter, and the internet entire:


Just amazing, isn't it? Anyway, it's been so well-distributed I wasn't even going to bother doing my own post, but then Crunchy Domestic Goddess just did a really good round-up on all the other posts about it and I had to share.

In a way, its existence and internet ubiquity is almost a good thing, not just in the "at least they're honest" sense (having known far too many women who have thought that had a supportive OB only to be duped at the last minute, in a sadly common bait & switch) but also because it's really made the internet rounds and is generating a lot of discussion, including some in circles that might normally be much more of the trust-the-doctor mindset.

GAH, though. Really, what's next?

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