+Re: Wise Traditions - GAPS

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i haven't paid much attention to this conversation and this is the

first post in the topic I've read. it made me think about what

happened with my three children. The first was just as you describe -

people just did things around me and to me aiwthout regard to how I

might feel. I didn't even know I was allowed to 'want' anything.

The second came too fast, so there was no doctor. And it was totally

different - I remember laughing. I always remember that because it

indicated how different the experience was compared to the first.

The third was in England. I suppose they complain about things there,

but conpared to my first two, it was the next best thing to being

home. Midwife there to assist - but if no assistance was needed, she

kept in the background. Mothers and babies aren't separated, no shots

or eyedrops or baths and when he was weighed, it was when we were

ready, and my husband was the one who did it. Someone was always there

in the background and appeared out of nowhere if we wanted them -

always there to support, but not interfere.

Like the laughing with my second, one memory of the third that stands

out is the shocked look on the face of the midwife when I stressed

taht I did not want them whisking our baby away, as she said 'but you

can't be without your baby!'.

> Excuse me for responding to this so late, but I feel strongly about

> this topic. I am trained as a homebirth midwife, have done birth

> support at many hospital births, and have had five of my own birth

> experiences--one in a hospital and four at home.

>

> Birth is a normal process of the body, NOT an illness.