Other news this week include the development of vernix caseosa, which is the protective, waxy skin covering which helps protect the baby's skin from being in the amniotic fluid all of this time and will serve an important
purpose during the birth process to help pass through the birth canal easily.
She has a strong feeling that there is spiritual
purpose to the
birth process that will be minimized by health care professionals who do not acknowledge or understand those dimensions of health, and how important they are to some women, and even more so
during birth.