tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post111783457124723115..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Birth Meme: Spring time babyjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-22608978104018871842007-05-15T18:04:00.000-04:002007-05-15T18:04:00.000-04:00It's all your fault. You pointed me here from toda...It's all your fault. You pointed me here from today's post and it's made me cry. I love birth stories, and you tell stories so beautifully.angelfeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15294684361170521633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-20721983727564417602007-02-27T01:04:00.000-05:002007-02-27T01:04:00.000-05:00i know this page is w-a-a-a-a-y in the archives, j...i know this page is w-a-a-a-a-y in the archives, jo(e) but i found it when searching your blog for the *love your belly* post, one of my all-time-faves.<BR/>anyway, just to say that i always blondely cry out amidst tears of intense joy and pain, "It's a baby!! It's a baby!!!!" after delivery.<BR/>but no slow labours for me: i had my last bubba at home in 55 mins from first twinge to appearance. fast and scary. but exhilarating.skatey katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586048408864521948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1119486385935245472005-06-22T20:26:00.000-04:002005-06-22T20:26:00.000-04:00I followed links to your birth story the night bef...I followed links to your birth story the night before I went into labor with my first last week (little did I know at the time). How different it is reading it from this side of things...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1118072727431252442005-06-06T11:45:00.000-04:002005-06-06T11:45:00.000-04:00I'm with you all the way on avoiding the medicaliz...I'm with you all the way on avoiding the medicalization of the experience. I too had a long, slow, wonderfully relaxed labor -- napped, ate, rocked, had a bath -- with a nurse-midwife in attendance. No machines that went ping, no strangers lurching into the room at inconvenient times. Just a quiet happy birth in a room lit like a Victorian reading room.<BR/><BR/>Does anyone else remember the "zing" as the baby's head cleared? I know that there's a medical explanation for this zap, but I've forgotten it. I persist in the less empirically grounded notion that what you're feeling is the ensoulment of your child...bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257980437758725837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117939382560323692005-06-04T22:43:00.000-04:002005-06-04T22:43:00.000-04:00Brightstar: Labor and delivery isn't anything to ...Brightstar: Labor and delivery isn't anything to freak about. It's a natural process that has been going on for as long as our species has existed. <BR/><BR/>The only tough thing is how much effort it takes to prevent medical interference. In this country, "natural childbirth" often means "without drugs." But there is nothing natural about bright lights or a hospital setting or a woman lying on her back on a delivery table or a doctor cutting a woman with a pair of scissors or strapping monitors to a woman in labor or any of those other horrible things that are often part of a hospital birth. <BR/><BR/>Avoid all the medical interference, and childbirth is a wonderful experience.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117927008372503062005-06-04T19:16:00.000-04:002005-06-04T19:16:00.000-04:00Wow, this makes it sound not so bad. What gorgeou...Wow, this makes it sound not so bad. What gorgeous writing!RussianVioletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045862026820768104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117897806154767712005-06-04T11:10:00.000-04:002005-06-04T11:10:00.000-04:00I think it's important to share stories like this....I think it's important to share stories like this. I love how it doesn't appear that you freaked out at all. I think if I could freak out less in general, life would be better and I would enjoy things -- even things that most people appear to think are painful, like childbirth.BrightStar (B*)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11167685794935402108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117894576451393342005-06-04T10:16:00.000-04:002005-06-04T10:16:00.000-04:00lovely and exciting.lovely and exciting.Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117859785745208752005-06-04T00:36:00.000-04:002005-06-04T00:36:00.000-04:00How beautiful.How beautiful.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117852452226380722005-06-03T22:34:00.000-04:002005-06-03T22:34:00.000-04:00My doula gave me great advice, which I give (unsol...My doula gave me great advice, which I give (unsolicited) to others--don't watch those birth reality shows or births on TV.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.journalscape.com/reverendmother/2005-02-14-23:06" REL="nofollow">here's one version of my story</A>reverendmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457532866087494676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117851606022200702005-06-03T22:20:00.000-04:002005-06-03T22:20:00.000-04:00Rana: To have a good experience, you just have to...Rana: To have a good experience, you just have to choose your practitioner carefully. <BR/><BR/>Lawmom: I thought that was kind of strange that David would start talking about how he had given birth. I'm relieved that it was really you. I think there are lots of women out there who have had great childbirth experiences --- I know many of them. <BR/><BR/>What I really hate is the way childbirth is often portrayed on television as this horrible, painful process. So many people buy into that ....jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117846581551341182005-06-03T20:56:00.000-04:002005-06-03T20:56:00.000-04:00That last comment was me, not my fabulous husband,...That last comment was me, not my fabulous husband, Scrivener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117846417365595992005-06-03T20:53:00.000-04:002005-06-03T20:53:00.000-04:00Oh, thank you. I've only given a few bits and pie...Oh, thank you. I've only given a few bits and pieces. I might actually have to tell a whole story now. I always feel a little crazy when I tell people how much I love childbirth. It is nice to know I'm not the only one.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1117843952257841322005-06-03T20:12:00.000-04:002005-06-03T20:12:00.000-04:00That is a wonderful birth story. It sounds exactl...That is a wonderful birth story. It sounds exactly like what I'd hope I'd experience if I have a baby; the possibility is reassuring (I've heard so many horror stories, and I'm afraid of being the woman who is strapped to the table, starving, induced, and forced to give birth flat on her back).<BR/><BR/>:)Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041247235612040796noreply@blogger.com