tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551466722529127235.post2701851227860641231..comments2023-05-19T01:13:38.607-08:00Comments on Mindful Serenity: Musings on Powerful BirthJennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01279308378287322473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551466722529127235.post-33862498916331677062010-01-14T18:22:44.796-09:002010-01-14T18:22:44.796-09:00Wow, interesting post! I have never had a natural...Wow, interesting post! I have never had a natural birth by choice... (my first one was natural, with back labor, but I wasn't prepared for it to be natural, and had a HORRIBLE experience.) I swore I'd never get pregnant again after that... but somehow it didn't work out that way!! ha ha! Anyway, I have always been afraid of doing it naturally since my only experience with it was so traumatizing. So I've had epidurals with the other 3 births, but I have always wondered what it would be like to do it naturally. I would like to try it, but I have very little support from my family and friends. They all think I'm crazy. But I might just do it anyway this time. I'll need to do some research and get prepared if it is something I decide to do. Thanks for your insights... it was helpful to me.<br />However, I don't know about the water birth. It just seems like too much work... especially in my case with 4 other kids running around! But I'll look into it.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741359084280079271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551466722529127235.post-59823829159636615732010-01-12T11:28:15.148-09:002010-01-12T11:28:15.148-09:00I loved reading the different perspectives from yo...I loved reading the different perspectives from your births. I have often wondered how the birth of this coming baby will be different from Bug's birth...in more ways than just one being at a hospital vs. home.Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991788960863652000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551466722529127235.post-36924869334693974402010-01-12T09:42:06.089-09:002010-01-12T09:42:06.089-09:00I have similar feelings about my two births, the f...I have similar feelings about my two births, the first in a hospital with an epidural, and the second at home in the tub. I also had different expectations going into each birth. But the part I love most about this post is the picture at the end. That picture was hanging on the wall of the bathroom I gave birth to my son in. How perfect is that?~Aimee~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15026141298899069357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551466722529127235.post-8743378968667626522010-01-12T09:19:20.756-09:002010-01-12T09:19:20.756-09:00It's so funny you posted this today because I ...It's so funny you posted this today because I was going to do a post about how I finally understand what people mean when they say birth is beautiful. I have always seen the beauty in other people giving birth, but I couldn't imagine me giving birth as beautiful, until now. Primal is the perfect word for what happened in my room 11 mornings ago. Everything I did was instictual and without effort. My husband has a totally different view on birth now, and when people ask him, even the same day, will we have a home birth again or go back to the hospital, he says we will only go to the hospital if there is an emergency. He believes in me, in himself, in the natural order of things now. If I only changed his opinion of birth... I have done enough.Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700383690878839987noreply@blogger.com