I made my kids» shampoo for the first five years of their life, I don't use paper towels or commercial cleaning products, I use naturopathic and holistic medicine rather than Western medicine, I don't own any toys that require batteries, I believe in
natural birth as an empowering and profound experience for women, and I don't shave my legs.
I want to have as
natural a birth as possible, but no one will take me.
I've always considered women who were able to have a medication - free,
natural birth as some sort of superheroes.
I switched from an OB - GYN to a midwife at 34 weeks when I found that the hospital wasn't going to be as supportive of
my natural birth as they led me to believe.
I mean it is certainly an option and thank goodness for those interventions when we need them, but It seems to me that if we stop talking about
natural birth as «alternative birth» it might have a chance at becoming a little more main stream.
We not only offer a beautiful environment to give birth in, but also specialize
both natural birth as well as water birth.
Not exact matches
He told His followers that He would return
as He came, through a
natural birth, not floating down in clouds.
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.
And in the process he appeals regularly to what is required by logic and reason,
as well
as to themes of a sort of
natural theology in which he makes analogies to the experiences of
birth and death.
Prayer, another line claims, is «Gods breath in man returning to his
birth» — our whispered petitions a movement
as natural as the ebb tide drawn back to sea.
Certainly,
as believers in Jesus we need ongoing faith, and what would be more
natural and right than for the new
birth to serve
as an instrument of God whereby our faith in Christ grows and multiplies?
Central to this tale would be the wondrous
birth of Isaac, after a lifetime (ninety years) of infertility, which leaves no doubt that children are a gift, not a maternal product and possession — the latter a dangerous, albeit perfectly
natural, belief of womankind,
as we learn from Eve's proud boasting at the
birth of Cain.
Let a child be physically maimed for life by a
birth injury, or spiritually maimed by having to grow up in hunger and fear
as in war - torn lands, or in squalor and crime
as in our own slums; and then when the
natural consequences appear, not a few pious Christians will say that God in his inscrutable providence willed it to be this way.
This conflicting evidence has led some to question the historical basis of Jesus»
birth in Bethlehem, and to point out that it would be
natural for primitive Jewish Christians to use the enigmatic saying of Micah 5:2
as a prediction.
When conception has taken place, an abortive act is simply murder.29 Likewise
birth control practiced perpetually
as excluding life is a serious violation of man's
natural existence.
«The
birth of the Savior was
as natural as are the
births of our children; it was the result of
natural action.
Also,
as someone else mentioned «
Natural»
birth control is EXACTLY the same ethically / logically / morally
as using a condom.
It's also about protecting the
natural process of pregnancy and
birth and recognizing it is part of a womans journey and not a medical emergency and promotes
as little medical intervention
as possible unless needed for mother or baby safety.
There are three responses which mortals can make in regard to death: to deny it, to accept it
as an unpleasant but inevitable fact, or to affirm it not only
as inevitable but also
as a valid and joyous part of the
natural process of which
birth, living and death are equally important.
We need not only to affirm death not only
as inevitable but also
as a valid and joyous part of the
natural process of which
birth, living and death are equally important.
James Otis, one of the leading Revolutionaries, specifically included the slave
as one who possessed all such
natural rights by
birth.
Apparently being an alcoholic is «
natural» too,
as is the occasional
birth defect.
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»
Midwives are becoming more and more involved with birthing families and have been instrumental in redefining
birth as a
natural event in women's lives.
To take a
natural birth option off the table seems
as crazy to me
as taking away a woman's choice for an epidural.
They often aren't even willing to know why and even if they are, they very often look at c - section havers
as gullible and not enlightened enough or strong enough to have gone through with
natural child
birth.
The
natural births I have attened,
as well
as the 2
natural births I experienced myself were peaceful, calm, wonderful experiences, even though there were times that were trying during those
births.
I now recommend the book, «
Natural Birth the Bradley Way» to all my pregnant friends, even those planning on an epidural, because it has by far the best descriptions of what to expect from labor that I found (had not come across Birthing from Within),
as well
as offering techniques for managing early labor which are helpful all the way through, or pre-epi if that's the option someone has chosen.
If the
natural parents have married each other since the
birth, re-registration is required to show the child
as a child of the parents» marriage.
As a two - time Cesarean
birth mama, I could easily get offended and walk around huffy all the time when I read articles advocating
natural birth.
Join us
as we talk about how to have a
natural birth in the hospital!
We will offer
natural, non-drug alternatives (such
as a
birth tub, and movement in labor) along with love and encouragement.
There are actually many different ways in which labor and delivery can occur from a medicine - free
natural birth, to something known
as hypno -
birth, all the way to a planned cesarean procedure.
Families that chose to
birth at home or in the
birth center tend to view pregnancy and
birth as a
natural process, not an illness, and therefore feel that the hospital or the «medical» model is not the appropriate approach to childbirth.
We have had other home
birth families state that they view pregnancy and
birth as a
natural process not an illness and therefore felt that the hospital was not the appropriate approach to childbirth or that they wished for their older children to be present and engaged in the process.
«The Healthy Mama program is the most comprehensive prenatal program I have seen during my time
as a
natural childbirth educator and
birth advocate.
My husband wasn't for a homebirth so going to a small public hospital that fully supports
natural birth with
as little interventions
as possible was the next best thing.
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.
Morag is a doula and
birth photographer from Galiano Island off the coast of B.C. where she grew up viewing
birth as a normal,
natural process.
I've both shrugged off the AP label
as well
as the
natural birth label.
Home
birth, mama is a nurse for maternity home health company, faced opposition but support from immediate family, had some formative and transformative experiences that were precursors for a deciding on a home
birth, devoured much research on positive
births and home
births and empowered herself with it, lots of visualisation, hand s and knees swaying, followed the urge to moan and it felt good, bath,
natural endorphins produce a feeling
as «high
as a kite», felt her own baby, skin to skin bonding, ready to have another one!
And now there come reports that
birth trauma — defined
as a frightening labor experience that leaves a woman with PTSD - like symptoms — is on the rise in the U.K., and that women are increasingly opting for C - sections out of a fear of
natural labor...
As a childbirth educator,
birth and postpartum doula with a love for all things
natural, she brings a whole new facet of options to growing families.
Birth centre, decided to hire a midwife for continuity of care, used birth pool, stayed at home as long as she could, very clear about continuity of care, in birth centre used birth pool, believed in herself and was very determined to have natural
Birth centre, decided to hire a midwife for continuity of care, used
birth pool, stayed at home as long as she could, very clear about continuity of care, in birth centre used birth pool, believed in herself and was very determined to have natural
birth pool, stayed at home
as long
as she could, very clear about continuity of care, in
birth centre used birth pool, believed in herself and was very determined to have natural
birth centre used
birth pool, believed in herself and was very determined to have natural
birth pool, believed in herself and was very determined to have
natural birthbirth
I am not an «uneducated» woman
as you claim woman whom want
natural birth are.
Which means she has twice
as much experience
as you do when it comes to what
natural birth feels like.
These reconstructed «
natural facts,» while equally socially embedded relative to more medicalized perspectives, are seen by midwives
as essential components of the foundation needed for «trusting
birth outside the hospital» once labor begins.
Water
birth is about
as natural as epidural for pain relief except there's ample data supporting the safety of the epidural.
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
[The father] said his girlfriend wanted to go down the route of having
as natural a
birth and pregnancy
as possible and contacted Ms Engel, the only local midwife in Mayo.