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RE: A guide on how to choose a midwife- our experience and journey
Really great write up of the whole process. Things seem a lot more advanced from when my mother used a midwife for my youngest brother in 1993. All I remember was my mom in her bed, the midwife, my dad and one of my mom's friends present. When the screaming started us kids headed out to play, for several hours.
My wife and I now have 3 kids and the thought of using a midwife never even crossed our minds. All three kids were hospital births and c-sections. I wish we had considered this method because it sounds so much better than the hospital route.
That is awesome you have that memory!!! Our children have all been home but sleeping. My daughter saw her sister be born this May and she loved it.
I think birth is being presented as a high risk situation.. doctors scare women into thinking they are incapable of doing exactly what our bodies are made to do. It is very frustrating. It is very painful and it does take a strong mind but for me there is no other choice, unless me or the baby are in danger. Othet than that it is my job to get my baby out. Its supposed to hurt, its supposed to be work. Just like all good things in life, you must work for it. And I have never felt more empowered!!!
I truly hope that birthing can move in a more natural direction!!
It is called labor for a reason...