I understand if the title 'medical birth machine' doesn't appeal to the average man. With the word 'birth' a lot of people, not just men, will go: 'Birth, babies, hospitals, blood, ugh!' - and most will run for the hills.
Nevertheless I believe that my message is an important one, or rather: my messages.
I have a lot to say...
Not just for women, but also for men and especially if they have children, are planning on having children or know and love people who are planning to have children.
You get the drift.
I cannot promise that this post will be short. So to those with a short attention span: I'm sorry, and if you decide not to read on: I understand.
To those who take the time to read the whole post: Thank you, you may or may not have a completely different idea about birth and how all of this is part of a bigger, more sinister plan.
My thanks also goes out to @Ozz who told me of his daughter's coming motherhood and with that inspired me to write this.
Believe me, I could write a book!

Hospital birth and why it can never be completely natural

This is really a simple one: a hospital is not a natural setting. It's a place where you go when you're sick and the last time I checked: pregnancy or childbirth isn't an illness.
Of course, there are pregnancies that don't go as planned and there are complications that can arise during pregnancy or birth that require medical assistance. And that is when the hospital comes in and most westerners are blessed to have medical care close by. I truly wouldn't want to be that poor woman in Africa that has to get to the nearest hospital 50 miles from her home - on foot.
'So isn't it much safer for us in the Western world?' some might think.
Well it is, and it isn't.

I remember a piece in a book I once read. This midwife was telling her story of doing an antenatal course for expecting couples. While she was speaking of all the things that can go wrong, transfer to hospital, epidurals etc. she noticed how an African man was impatiently shuffling around, somewhat annoyed. When she asked him if there was anything he'd like to say he said: 'In my country, we don't do all this.' She replied: 'Well what do you do in your country then?'
And he replied: 'Our women just have the babies.'
Source: HypnoBirthing by Marie Mongan

I thought there was such power in those words and it made me think.
He was right: there are numerous places where birth is normal. Where it's not a medical thing at all and where people just get on with their lives right after the birth of the child.
Some will now object that these people would be in real trouble if something went wrong, and in some cases they could be right. But not in most cases. In most cases these births are without complications or maternal nor infant mortality.
Now - I am NOT suggesting that pregnant and labouring women in 3rd world countries should not have access to adequate medical treatment when needed. Of course they should, just like any other person who's ill.

Meme: jokideo.com

We were fooled into believing the mother is a danger to her child in childbirth

I think this statement deserves an explanation.
So here it is:
Statistics show that infant mortality rates have declined since the early 1900's but in some countries, maternal deaths have actually increased. Countries like the US for instance.
Just by taking into account the above and the increase in hospital births, we are bound to believe that a hospital birth is less dangerous for the fetus than it was when hospital births were not as common.
But are these statistics true even? Or are they made to order for other reasons than showing us the true numbers?
And by whom? In one of my next posts I will go into the subject of statistics a little more, but I'll keep it simple this time.

All our lives, men and women alike have heard the horror birth stories out of the mouths of their mothers, wives, neighbours, aunts and even perfect strangers.
On TV, most series, documentaries or movies that cover the subject human birth show women screaming, crying, begging for pain relief etc.
We hardly even hear anyone give us a good story about how much they enjoyed the birth of their child.
Just think back and try to remember any of those. I'll wait.
No? I didn't think so.

This, however, doesn't mean that actually all women scream, cry and beg during childbirth, they don't.
In fact, I'll go one step further: they shouldn't.
Birth is the most natural thing that occurs in life. It is natural for every animal in the animal kingdom, including humans.
Ever seen a cat give birth effortlessly? Or a dog? Or even a giraffe or elephant?
I have. And some of these animals have babies that weigh more than the average adult male and have hooves (yikes!).
Why is this? Why are those animals different from us?
It's very simple: we have conscious thoughts and they don't.
Sure, a dog can 'think' of ways to get that steak off the kitchen counter to devour it, but that's about as far as it goes.
You can sit next to your labouring cat and tell her to push as much as you like: she's not going to take your advice.
She might even think you're acting funny.
Even if she lost a kitten, or problems arose during labour, she will not remember this and worry about it the next time she has kittens.

Only we do this. All our lives, we've been told that birth hurts, that things can and probably will go wrong, that you could die even.
And with that in mind, most mothers-to-be will start their journey into motherhood.
With fear. Fear brought on mainly by factors outside of herself, whether it be experiences or stories.
Sometimes unknowingly by well-meaning individuals, sometimes on purpose by individuals who know exactly what they're doing.

As I'm writing this, a Monty Python video comes to mind.
In it is a sketch of John Cleese playing a doctor and attending a birth. He is giving instructions to the nurses when the labouring woman asks: 'What do I do?' To which he replies: 'Nothing dear, you are not qualified.'
It was a funny way of projecting what is actually a very sad and painful development these days: Birth has nothing to do with the woman anymore, but everything with the doctor who 'delivers'. As if it's a package to be delivered by the mail man.

The machine that goes ping

The Lie

Birth is dangerous, both for infant and mother.
If this were true, we simply wouldn't be around now. Native tribes in the Amazon, Africa and Asia wouldn't exist anymore.
But they do. And this is not because they go to the hospital nowadays to have their babies, but because they see it as a normal occurrence in their lives, just like our mammal friends do.

Of course, birth can be dangerous, if there is bad to no hygiene, no clean water, no medical help when needed. But we surely don't need the hospital to survive as a species.

The Truth

If a first time mother-to-be ever enters the hospital for labour, she is putting herself into the hands of the doctors and staff present. They are not there to give her the best experience of her life, but to 'deliver the package safely'.
If the host that holds this package is damaged along the way, that is fine, as long as the package has little to no dents.
And if it does get damaged or worse, it is rarely to blame on the doctors, but usually explained as an accident, a freak accident, fate.
If it gets damaged, but the infant lives, the mother is usually made to believe that the only reason why the child survived was because of interventions.
Truth is: a hospital is a business. A business is there to make money and in the case of a hospital: not too many lawsuits.

So they have a certain protocol. A protocol they use for every instance and person as they use it for the next.
But no woman is the same and women who've had multiple babies will tell you: no birth is the same.
So how can we use the same protocols for all these different women with all these different births in the same manner?
We can't and we shouldn't, but still it happens on a daily basis.
In the hospital there is a certain time in which the package has to be delivered.
Usually it's 12 hours, but certainly not more than 24 hours.
When nothing happens after a certain time, the interventions start.
From inducing labour, to monitoring fetal heartbeat, to C-sections: these are all interventions a woman in labour could have in the hospital and from the moment she comes in, her mind tells her that one or more of these interventions could be a possibility. So with all these fears, plus the memories of horror stories told by others and her general surroundings, the woman puts herself in a very unfavourable position and into the hands of people who work for a business that doesn't allow overtime. At least: not when it concerns the customer. It is OK for the staff to overwork themselves relentlessly.
The customer in this case is actually called a patient. And with that word, we automatically imply that the labouring woman is ill.

Now looking back at our cat in labour. She finds a quiet, comfortable spot and does what nature and her body tells her to do.
No one tells her how to position herself, how to push, when to push, nothing.
And even if they would: she couldn't care less.
If this cat would be in a noisy, uncomfortable place however, maybe with dogs in the area, or a few noisy kids, she would move to a place where this wouldn't be the case.
Humans are very much like cats and other animals alike when it comes to birth. They need a quiet, comfortable place to birth, and if this is not present, chances are that labour slows or stops all together.
Just imagine going to the toilet while people are running in and out, bright lights above you and others yelling at you what to do. Could you go? I couldn't.
But when it comes to birth, somehow people seem to think it's OK for the same scenario to happen with a good result.
Well think again. It is not.

The Brainwash within the Birth Machine

Now where does brainwashing begin? Does it begin on our first day in school? At work, or when we watch the news or any other program on TV?
In my opinion it starts at birth. Some might even argue that it starts even before that, but let's say birth to keep it easy.

As I said before: Hospitals are businesses and their staff members are overworked and bound to protocols and time.
In this setting, when woman are in labour and things don't go as planned, i.e.: labour stagnates, she is automatically subjected to certain protocol.
People walk in and out, stories are exchanged, lights are shining bright, doors opening and closing, machines are rolled into the room etc. etc. An OB/Gyn or a midwife might come in to check progress.
All these things contribute to a feeling of being uncomfortable to say the least.

The latter, the progress checking, is automatically translated by the body as a violation.
Yes, you understand this right: RAPE.
All these things happen mostly without consent of the mother and father and often times, the father lets it happen because he's been conditioned to believe it's for his partner's and child's best interest.
Later, the woman might receive a chemical to speed up labour, get more chemicals because she can't handle the pain, get an episiotomy to speed up birth, forceps to speed up birth or as a last resort: a C-section.

ALL of the above are felt as violations and ALL have the targeted results:

• The woman feels violated and helpless. The more interventions happen, the more she will feel like she is not capable of bringing a child into this world.
• Her partner is usually on the side-line, helpless. He is emasculated because of these feelings of helplessness and being a by-stander in this so important process of life. The doctor becomes a god, while the man and his labouring wife are 'not qualified'.
• Because the infant is literally connected to the woman, he or she will feel her emotions, fear and maybe even pain, as well as the pain and stress these interventions bring him/her alone.

And with that, the brainwash begins. Our programming to believe that we need the birthing machine to give life to a child. That we need the gods in white coats to bring life into this world. And it will continue to be so, for as long as we believe it.

I told you that this might become a long one

Thank you so much for reading

If you like what I write, please check in with me for more.
In the following days I will do a second introduction about myself and what I'm all about.
If this is the first time reading my posts, and are interested in more, please read my introduction here:
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@misslasvegas/introduction-and-my-very-first-post-finally

And my post about my experience with vaccinations here:
https://steemit.com/vaccines/@misslasvegas/how-vaccines-changed-our-lives-vaccine-induced-injury

Thanks again.

Love,
@misslasvegas