Re: Re: Outlawing Home Birth

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On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM, cbrown2008 <cbrown2008@...> wrote:

>> Every time I

>> spoke to this second friend, I could feel her fear and apprehension,

>> again, mostly ignited by the naysayers around her.

>

> That sounds like your friend's issue as well as the external

> environment, esp if she is the only one who thinks like she does in her

> circle of friends and family. I know for a fact it doesn't have to be

> that way even in America.

>

> If you say the external culture is the boss, why then it will be.

Back when I was hanging out on the unassisted childbirth list, fear

seemed to be the number one factor women kept referring to as the main

difference between a difficult pregnancy (or worse) and a joyous or at

least manageable one.

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On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:11 PM, cbrown2008 <cbrown2008@...> wrote:

> .> Back when I was hanging out on the unassisted childbirth list, fear

>

>> seemed to be the number one factor women kept referring to as the main

>> difference between a difficult pregnancy (or worse) and a joyous or at

>> least manageable one.

>>

>>

>

> Yeah, i didn't want to sound mean, but one does have to surround

> oneself with positive people. Specially the first time!

Some of the stories I have read and births I have been near are just

amazing as to how joyous and even painless a birth can be provided

there is a great support network and the mom is not paralyzed by fear.

And most of these folks aren't even WAPers

--

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

Love the people who treat you right.

Forget about the ones who don't.

Believe everything happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy.

They just promised it would be worth it.

[Guest guest]

I kind of chuckled when I saw the _The Business of Being Born_ DVD was

produced by Rikki Lake. I have it on extremely good knowledge that

Rikki was...well...uh...hmmm...how do you say it...a wild child :-)

I'm glad to see she has settled down and is making a great

contribution to the cause of birthing babies

--

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

Love the people who treat you right.

Forget about the ones who don't.

Believe everything happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy.

They just promised it would be worth it.

[Guest guest]

Desh,

:

> She is annoying in the film, which is adequate but not earth-shaking

> revelation. Henci Goer's work is much more enlightening.

I haven't even seen the full film, so I can't comment on its value

relative to others, but she has an audience that she reaches that may

never even have considered such stuff, so for them it would be a

revelation.

> Around here, the Amish and Mennonite communities all do homebirth, so

> there are conservatives who would fight to maintain that right.

Does she suggest in the film that only " liberals " are interested in

this kind of thing?

> The best mamas I know were all wild-child women, including myself.

I know some good papas who were former wild child males as well :-)

--

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

Love the people who treat you right.

Forget about the ones who don't.

Believe everything happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy.

They just promised it would be worth it.