My mom
did natural births for both me and my brother, and I'm so glad she did, it seems like such an expression of love.
I (secretly) judged women who said, «Well, I wanted to
do a natural birth, but then I had an epidural» or «I ended up with a c - section.»
I believe those health care providers do get paid more to do a c - section than to
do a natural birth.
While there are still mommies out there who
do a natural birth in a breech position, it should be suggested that they have to undergo a caesarean procedur e.
«I knew I wanted to
do a natural birth and felt confident I could handle it,» she says.
If you finally decide that normal birth will be how you are going to welcome your baby to the world, you might then ask yourself,
does a natural birth hurt?
It's only a 1 % chance but you know we spoke to midwives and OBs and no one recommended — no one would even
do a natural birth.
I'm almost 37 weeks with my first and very much want to
do a natural birth.
I also
did a natural birth and pushed for the most part at my home and then about an hour and half at birthing center.
Not exact matches
«I didn't realize on social media how much
natural joy from surprises are taken away because you know everything,» Lile says, referring to milestones like
births that he used to see on Facebook.
All of you «ignorant» Catholics — you have it all wrong when you say the Catholic Church
does not believe in contraception - they
do in fact — the Vatican approved it in 1951 — Pope Pius XII announced that the Church will sanction the use of the rhythm method as a
natural form of
birth control.
No one is stopping anyone from using
birth control,
natural methods, or»em ergency» contraception; they are simply saying I don't want to provide it for you.
You mean being forced by her religion to cover her
natural beauty, to be oppressed; to not be allowed
birth control; to be forced to take part, at a very young age, in female circumcision; to risk being stoned to death for disobeying her husband; to be forced to marry a man she doesn't love.
For it then becomes apparent that this accumulation of features, bewildering at close quarters,
does in fact outline a face: the face of Mankind gradually acquiring the knowledge of its
birth, its history, its
natural environment, its external powers and the secrets of its soul.
000 — Many practice «
natural family planning» however, if a Catholic chooses to use
birth control it
does go against church teachings.
The saga continued with a letter to Link on 5 July: «I congratulate you on the
birth of your daughter Margaret... I looked forward to this with great eagerness so that you too might experience «the
natural» affection of parents for their children... We received the tools for the lathe, together with quadrant and clock... Tell Nicholas Endrisch that he should feel free to ask me for copies of my books... Since I take nothing for my various works, I occasionally take a copy of a book if I want... The melons or pumpkins are growing and want to take up an immense amount of space; so
do the gourds and water melons.
How
did you come to the decision to have a
natural home
birth?
Like many of you, I thought
natural birth and home
birth were things that granola eating hippy - ish freaks
did.
In both cases you should be aware of statistics — for hospital — # of c / s, % induction, infant mortality, morbidity stats, attitude towards postdates, procedure for postdates, attitude towards
natural birth (if you want one), VBAC rates (tells you alot about how medicalized their vision is even if you don't need one), etc..
I definitely worry when I think about how popular culture is making all my fellow women of the world view
natural, normal
birth as only for «masochists, women who don't shave their armpits and have children named Moon Flower»
Do you have a
natural birth story you'd like to share, or any comments or questions?
I like to assume that means that with good support and information most people will opt for a
natural birth, but what if they don't?
Natural Birth: The choice of masochists, women who don't shave their armpits and have children named Moon Flower, and optimistic first - time mothers who don't know any better.
If we advocate for more midwives and other conditions that will increase the
natural birth rate,
does that equate to shaming every mother who had a c - section?
During my
natural birth classes they were pretty much attachment parenting advocates (within limits) but they showed balance by saying that sometimes after you have
done everything to calm and comfort a crying baby to no avail, if it you gets to the point where you are frustrated to the point of snapping and possibly harming the child, it is better to put him or her down step back and possibly call for help (grandparents, trusted friends) if available.
This is what she
does for the second
birth, after going through the above «Natural Birth&ra
birth, after going through the above «
Natural Birth&ra
Birth».
Although I admire the Aspen Women's Center's honesty, I find it truly offensive that they imply that if a woman wants a doula,
natural birth, or has a
birth plan, she is not concerned with the welfare and health of her baby (so much more personal than «unborn child» don't you think?)
I planned a
natural birth with my first, after seeing somewhere the stat that 90 % of women who practice the Bradley method
do manage to have drug - free deliveries.
Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to
do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a
natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to
birth my next two at home).
Families choose a
natural birth to minimize risk to the mother and the baby, because they would like minimal interventions and procedures
done during their
birth, or because they
birth is a normal, healthy part of life.
I practiced almost everything (although, never 100 % with everything, I mean they
did fuss at times, I used a stroller too, had a
natural birth in a hospital..
NATURAL BIRTH CLASS Families choose a natural birth to minimize risk to the mother and baby, because they would like minimal interventions and procedures done during their birth, or because they believe birth is a normal, healthy part o
NATURAL BIRTH CLASS Families choose a natural birth to minimize risk to the mother and baby, because they would like minimal interventions and procedures done during their birth, or because they believe birth is a normal, healthy part of
BIRTH CLASS Families choose a
natural birth to minimize risk to the mother and baby, because they would like minimal interventions and procedures done during their birth, or because they believe birth is a normal, healthy part o
natural birth to minimize risk to the mother and baby, because they would like minimal interventions and procedures done during their birth, or because they believe birth is a normal, healthy part of
birth to minimize risk to the mother and baby, because they would like minimal interventions and procedures
done during their
birth, or because they believe birth is a normal, healthy part of
birth, or because they believe
birth is a normal, healthy part of
birth is a normal, healthy part of life.
After analyzing the stats and the way things typically go, I don't see how someone would choose to
do anything other than a
natural birth, if possible.
Normal
Birth, Safe
Birth: Trust the
Natural Process of Your Body, Christiane Northrup, MD Technology in
Birth: First
Do No Harm, Marsden Wagner, MD The Most Scientific
Birth Is Often the Least Technological
Birth, Alice Dreger Options: Midwives for Maternity Care, Childbirth Connection
We didn't cut Maia's cord, as we had chosen Lotus
birth (as we had for Zoe and Jacob) where baby, cord and placenta remain whole and attached until
natural separation.
It has little to
do with
natural versus medicated or interventions and the standard
birth plan.
Whilst many mothers opt for a
natural birth it can become just too painful so you shouldn't feel bad about it if you
do require some help.
Second
birth, water
birth at home, during pregnancy connected with midwife, read great books,
did hypobirth home study, watched positive
birth videos, used
natural techniques to get baby into optimum position, created special birthing space.
Following this reasoning, the most
natural and ideal thing to
do would be to give
birth naturally without any medicine involved.
Of course, this change was also inspired by the burgeoning of the Equal Rights movement and the realization that
birth was a completely
natural event that
did not need to be managed by men.
Home
birth, moved around and cleaned house, calm and tranquil, different positions, swayed hips, back rubbed, listens to body and moves in labour according to own impulses and desires, remembers she can
do it, trusts body to push when ready, cord cut peacefully and in good time, baby straight to skin and held while birthing placenta, peaceful and
natural.
It wasn't until... oh... about a week before my son was born that I started really getting into the
natural movement... way to late to
do anything but make minor changes to my
birth plan.
Do doulas only serve families that are planning
natural births?
My midwife didn't show up on time to deliver my babies so my
natural unmediated childbirth was a disaster, it was pretty much an unassisted child
birth and that is so dangerous with twins.
I didn't get my all -
natural birth, but I got the closest thing I could get to a
natural birth while still having a healthy baby.
At the worst, there is a death and at the very least, a woman gets all psyched up to have a
natural birth along with her prenatal yoga class, only to feel like a failure or get overly dissapointed when the fairy tale doesn't go down like they led her to expect.
Which means she has twice as much experience as you
do when it comes to what
natural birth feels like.
That still didn't stop me from getting nauseous during transition and wondering why in the holy hell I had decided to have a
natural birth (though I was glad afterwards).
They forgot about the oxytocin... My vaginal
birth not having messed things up (and the pitocin having even increased my
natural levels... shh don't tell anyone), I was able to chill out and send the occasional text message without the usual fight or flight response caused by texting while I get on the freeway (wait a minute, I thought fight or flight was the response caused in all the other drivers when they see you texting).
If nature is defined as whatever obstetricians
do not
do, then the degree to which a
birth can be called
natural is inversely proportional to the degree to which an obstetrician appears to play a role