about something very close to my heart: the normalization of childbirth.
I have had two very different births. Olivia’s birth was a nightmare and Elise’s birth was beautiful. It wasn’t a homebirth, but it would have been if the laws in Ohio would permit me to have a transfer in the case of an emergency to a doctor that I knew.
Look up your state’s birth laws, unless you live in New Mexico you will be astonished.
Be educated on natural childbirth (as in take a Bradley class, or something not offered in a hospital), have a midwife, a doula, or a husband/best friend/coach to help you deliver as naturally is possible. One thing people don’t know about birth is that one intervention leads to another, even something as seemingly harmless as continuous fetal monitoring.
Protect yourself and your baby.
Yes! I saw that trailer awhile ago and have been keenly interested. Can’t wait to see it!!
And *heartilynodding* to everything you said. Educating yourself is so important!!
the last statistic that i’ve heard on C/S was 25%, and this movie said 33%. But after poking around, it looks like it’s somewhere in between, but for my state it is 33%! We are among the higher ones. ONE IN THREE WOMEN!!! Wow!
I heard 28%, and I’ve also heard 33% in other places. That makes me wonder about how people come up with statistics.
I’ll tell you, I wouldn’t want to be having a baby in your state. Ohio is bad enough, and we’re pretty lenient. For example we’re allowed to deliver breach babies vaginally, as well as twins, but in some states (is SC one of them, I’m not sure) that is a legally required C/S. Who in the world decided it was a good idea for a government to choose how women should birth their children?
Yikes.
p.s. shouldn’t we both be sleeping? It’s really late.
I guess that’s what happens when your husband is out of town… The wives stay up late on the internet talking about childbirth.