Painless Birth
When you think of a woman in labor what words come to mind? Screaming, hollering, lots of blood, maybe the husband getting a slap in the face or two? And, why does this come to mind? It comes to mind because that's what the media portrays and those are the types of stories mom tell other moms. I've heard so many moms tell other expecting moms how they're so thankful for the epidural because they couldn't have endured the pain without it. I've also heard moms say that nurses and doctors have laughed when they said they didn't want medicine. Some even went so far as to say, "Oh, you will." Why "natural" birth is scoffed at by some medical professionals baffles me. Why a mom isn't encouraged to create her childbirth experience is just as confusing. While at a DONA doula training with RN/doula Cindy Kerbs and Anne Branham (Lexington Medical Center) I saw a video where women were laboring in the sea. Some of these women caught their own babies--without a sound. Some made low groaning sounds, but even still, it didn't come remotely close to the agony American women are in during childbirth. Watching it for the first time seemed...strange. How can a woman labor and not scream and holler? There's a baby coming out of their vagina for goodness sakes! But, when you think about it, it's not so strange. In fact, if we believe the body is designed to birth, why does it always have to look like childbirth is the equivalent of "playing a game" with Jigsaw? I stumbled upon this video on Joy In Birthing (www.joyinbirthing.com) and wanted to share it with you and every woman. What would happen if the first birth you saw was a painless birth? A birth where mom smiled and immediately nursed cuddled and nursed her baby? What if your daughter associated birth with joy? How would she act during labor?
WELCOME!!
Hello ladies! First I want to thank you for visiting The Belly Button Connection (TBBC). TBBC was originally created as a forum for mothers: aspiring, expecting, and veteran. The name was derived from the baby’s connection to the mother: physically, mentally, and emotionally. I wanted TBBC to be a place where women received both accurate and positive feedback about pregnancy. Since creating TBBC I’ve learned that our thoughts about pregnancy, motherhood, and womanhood start long before the onset of puberty. In fact, it starts with our relationships with our own mothers, aunts, sisters, and peers. Our hardships are not our own. They are passed down from generation to generation, friend to friend, spouse to spouse, parent to child. This doesn’t have to be the case. Leo Buscaglia said it best when he said, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
TBBC is that touch, smile, kind word, listening ear, honest compliment, and smallest act of caring. My mission is to keep you abreast on events, programs, and seminars that will be beneficial to you as well as partner with organizations that will improve your confidence, increase your self-esteem, and help you become the woman you strive to be for yourself, your family, and generations to follow.
TBBC is that touch, smile, kind word, listening ear, honest compliment, and smallest act of caring. My mission is to keep you abreast on events, programs, and seminars that will be beneficial to you as well as partner with organizations that will improve your confidence, increase your self-esteem, and help you become the woman you strive to be for yourself, your family, and generations to follow.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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