RT Book, Section
A1 Aristizabal, Michelle
SR Print(0)
ID 1159260616
T1 Pain Management
T2 Natural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862878
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159260616
RD 2024/04/20
AB I’ll  admit,  I  am  one  of  those  people  who  really  don’t  like  medicine.  I  rarely  even  take  a  tylenol.  I  am  sure  that  was  part  of  the  reason  I  planned  for  a  natural  birth.  However,  it  was  more  than  that.  I  felt  like  I  was  a  part  of  this  tradition  going  back  to  the  beginning  of  time,  where  women  worked  to  bring  their  babies  into  the  world.  It  may  sound  strange  to  a  lot  of  people,  but  I  wanted  to  experience  that.  So  much  of  our  day  to  day  life  is  depersonalized  and  cut  off  from  nature,  I  just  wanted  to  connect  to  this  very  real  process  of  bringing  forth  life  and  to  see  what  my  body  was  capable  of.  I  will  not  say  labor  was  fun,  but  I  am  so  grateful  I  chose  to  do  it  the  way  I  did.  I  have  never  felt  more  powerful  than  when,  after  hours  and  hours  of  hard  work,  breathing  through  contraction  after  contraction,  I  lifted  that  red,  beautiful  screaming  baby  up  to  my  chest.  I  just  looked  at  her  and  thought,  “I  did  this,  I  created  this.”  I  really  felt  like  after  that,  I  could  do  anything.  There  was  no  parenting  challenge  before  me  that  would  be  too  hard.  I  am  sure  people  have  empowering  birth  experiences  other  ways  as  well,  but  for  me  the  process  mattered.  It  was  important.  I  really  felt  like  I  earned  my  motherhood  in  that  journey.—L.  D.,  new  mother