Heck, look
at the sagas of Drs. Biter and Fischbein — both would have been (rightly) reviled by women who are now their most fervent
supporters if it weren't for the fact that they spout the desperately desired line about «natural» and
home birth.
I still feel a bit sad that I wasn't awash with the awe of
birth from the start, and I wish that my named midwife had been on duty (she was off after an unrelated injury), because she knew that silence was necessary for me to feel calm, and I wish that my
birth supporters, who also knew, had been a bit more vocal for me, but, in the end, what was most important to me — that I birthed my baby peacefully,
at home, in water — happened.