Do you know that prior to Christianity taking such a strong hold
over the birth process, women were surrounded by mothers and grandmothers, children were allow to observe, birth was a celebration not something to be shunned or hidden in a dark room?
One of the benefits of having a natural birth experience includes having more control
over the birth process; things that seems so simple when you're not operating under hospital rules stay that way: you can have a drink of water when you want one; the father can participate as fully as he wants to (short of actually having the baby for you, of course).
in hours spent planning a breeding or watching anxiously
over the birth process, and afterwards, over every little sneeze, wiggle or cry.
Not exact matches
We need no further evidence, in my view, to prove scientifically that the social in - folding which we are undergoing is nothing other than the direct and logical extension,
over our heads, of the
process of cosmic in - folding which gave
birth to the first cell and the first thought on earth.
We are told of the fullness and the Second Coming, but of the nature of these things and their relation to the historical
process we have no idea whatever: In the only sense that our imaginations can grasp, the task starts all
over again with every baptism, every
birth, and reaches its eschatological consummation on every deathbed.
We wanted to have control
over the parts of the
birth process you can have control
over, like avoiding routine interventions, knowing all the attendants, being comfortable in our surroundings, and making choices ourselves rather than having doctors or nurses make choices for us.
And
over the last eight years, despite the availability of these choices and with the exception of an increase in the use of midwives and VBACs, options in the
birth process have become less — not more — flexible.
For more general information and advice surrounding the birthing
process, head
over to our
birth section.
i got in the shower & let the water meet my tears & something within me said - «this is the
process sokhna, open to the
process, open to the
process»... that was the light... my mantra became «this is the
process», & i returned to the bedroom... maria took my hands, looked me in the eyes & said «this is the
process, sokhna...» i knew i was on my way... i rocked, squatted & allowed... maria checked me again & i was softening enough for maria to open the cervix the rest of the way... soon enough maria had massaged the cervix completely open & she told me to push... when she said this i filled with brilliance - i wanted to push, i wanted to feel it, i wanted to see wayana... in just a few pushes wayana kamalah lioneye ra was born - i held her as she came out - i looked at this little one & she looked at me & i told her i was her mother... kayenn came
over & i saw a baby in him... this natural
birth birthed my heart... i suddenly knew what kayenn needed, what i needed & what wayana would need... the placenta came soon after & maria helped me to bed... i really just wanted to look at my 2 babies - to stand
over them & beam light, gratitude & promises of infinite love & support... i wanted a natural
birth, i had a natural
birth & it continues to this day... i am writing my
birth story on wayana's 15 month celebration...
Hospital
births became more common in the 1920s and 1930s where doctors took
over the birthing
process.
Beth became interested in AP shortly after the
birth of her first son, and that passion has continued to grow
over the past 5 years leading Beth to begin the
process of becoming an API Leader in her local chapter of Attachment Parenting International (API).
Colostrum: Chock full of important nutrients, colostrum is an essential fluid that functions to feed your baby for the critically important days after
birth while your milk production gears up to begin to take
over the feeding
process
Honoring parental wishes and guiding intended parents through the
process is something we've been proud to have been entrusted with
over the course of hundreds of
births.
I feel that women and their partners do much better with privacy and intimacy during the
birth process and that, my role is to sometimes protect that privacy and intimacy first of all by educating them that that might be really important and to talk about you know the effect both positive and negative about um, support during that time can be or even just letting people know hey, we're in labour, the Facebook kind of thing but you know keep it quiet, keep it down, don't fritter the energy away by drawing other people to it or drawing the expectation that something's happening rather than just letting something evolve... I think guarding the space by keeping the space as calm and quiet and private as possible is key and giving people tools to do that during the prenatal time to deal with
over eager family members or friends.
More linguistic evidence that the conspiracy OP is insisting on, the supposed deliberate framing of women out of control
over the
birth as event and their lack of agency in this
process is
As we understand and incorporate the knowledge included in the book, the
birth process will become safer, with effects lasting
over the life span.
Premature
birth or being part of a multiple
birth increases the likelihood that a baby's brain hasn't matured completely, so he or she has less control
over such automatic
processes as breathing and heart rate.
There are so many variables to the
birth process that many of these questions could only be answered with extremely detailed data of tens of thousands of mother - infant - microbiome triads
over time.
Open adoption gives prospective
birth parents and adoptive parents control
over the selection
process and the chance to have a personal relationship after the
birth of the child.
In general, most adoptive parents choose open adoption because it gives them more control
over the matching
process, offers them the chance to parent a child from
birth, and allows them to have more detailed information about their child's family and medical history.
Consent Form: legal document signed by
birth parents that terminates their rights
over their child and transfer them to the adoptive parents Criminal Clearance:
process used by police or FBI to determine whether the waiting parent has a criminal record.
Over the course of 8 weeks, we attended classes together and learned about the stages of labor and how he could be a part of the
birth process.
You don't lose any sensation or alertness during the
birth and this can help the whole
process along and get the
birth over quickly.
I have documented
over 70
births and I have also been trained as a doula to get to know the in's & out's of the
birth process.
By the time our class was
over, Tina was completely fascinated with the
birth process.
She has supported women and their families in the natural
birth process for
over 25 years.
What does an obstetrician with
over 25 years experience working with midwives and birthing women have to say about women who are fearless, prepared, trust in their own bodies and are active participants in their own
birth process?
Open Adoption One of the advantages of open adoption is that allows both the
birth parents and the adoptive parents greater control
over the adopting
process.
After unofficially practicing as a Doula for
over 20 years, Djifa was inspired to create a
Birth Support service that encompassed educational workshops, offered various prenatal services and encouraged holistic approaches to the birthing
process.
What we are seeing
over time is that through the diminished production of oxytocin in the
birth process (the use of synthetic oxytocin, i.e. Pitocin is named the key culprit, though scheduled cesarean
births and pseudo-natural
birth environments are also big contributors), we are evolutionarily losing our ability to produce it.
If, in the arena of
birth, if we find that
over 15 % of pregnant women and persons qualify as high risk then it is clear that our approach and therapies are not in alignment with a natural
process and we must change them... radically.
Similarly, the gastrointestinal system is fully capable at
birth, but must be trained to digest and otherwise
process a wide variety of foods
over the first several years of the newborn's life.
Over the past few generations, pregnancy and
birth have been treated as a scary medical «condition» as opposed to a natural, biological
process.
When the closing credits roll on the gorgeous, horrifying, almost indescribable new film from «Sexy Beast» and «
Birth» director Jonathan Glazer, you suspect you've seen something remarkable, but you're not quite sure: you're still
processing, unpacking and puzzling
over it.
Covered here are the
process of penning Big, concerns
over certain aspects, the
birth of the famous piano duet, research done for the sake of authenticity, casting a lead, competing with similar premises, and what made the film work.
The coal mining and
processing areas of Shanxi Province are home to the world's highest
birth defect rate:
over 8.4 percent.
If you have given
birth to a child or watched the
process, you have seen in action this concept of the
process over which one has little control.
Indeed, Jay Belsky incorporated all of these risk factors into his
process model of parenting, 11 and data from multiple studies support links to child well - being.12 In an experiment on the effectiveness of a program for low -
birth - weight infants, Lawrence Berger and Jeanne Brooks - Gunn examined the relative effect of both socioeconomic status and parenting on child abuse and neglect (as measured by ratings of health providers who saw children in the treatment and control groups six times
over the first three years of life, not by review of administrative data) and found that both factors contributed significantly and uniquely to the likelihood that a family was perceived to engage in some form of child maltreatment.13 The link between parenting behaviors and child maltreatment suggests that interventions that promote positive parenting behaviors would also contribute to lower rates of child maltreatment among families served.
An identified, or designated, adoption is one in which the adopting parents and the
birth mother find each other and then ask an adoption agency to take
over the rest of the adoption
process.
There are a number of publications that are taking time this month to reflect on adoption and how it is
processed by adoptees,
birth families and adoptive families
over the years.
The program includes A Pregnant Woman's Guide to Quit Smoking, a 40 page guide outlining a self - evaluation
process to help women quit smoking
over a 7 day period; a 15 minute motivational DVD; comprehensive counseling to help pregnant smokers quit or reduce their smoking; and follow up programming to help mothers establish a non-smoking home after
birth.
The planning
process may happen
over months, days or hours depending upon your circumstances and the
birth of the child.
However, know that with the assistance of a qualified adoption agency (Family Connections), a
birth mother and
birth father (if involved) will be guided through the
process over months or
over only a few hours epending upon the circumstances of the
birth family and the
birth of the child.
Independent adoptions are attractive to
birth parents and prospective adoptive parents because they allow the people involved to keep control
over the adoption
process.
The planning
process may happen
over months, day or hours depending upon your circumstances and the
birth of the child.