Yummmm... Well said. Tere ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birthing in dam water
> Hi Frank, in the spirit of good discussion, not hostility, I offer the > thought that the people who tell me about pain free labour and birth are all > men. Despite the thoughts behind the sentiments about why women fear labour > and feel pain, Even in Biblical times women felt pain and expressed the > emotion and the physical feelings. Yes, hypnobirthing makes women birth > much more easily and without anquish as I believe it is a very good > meditation/relaxation method which helps women "go with it" without fighting > it. As a woman who birthed her 1st 38yrs ago, I was unafraid (and very > ignorant) of labour and birth. My mother told me it was easy, and it was. > BUT it was still painful at a level I could deal with (only 3 hrs that I > could identify.) I went on to birth 3 more and found it a very lonely > experience (not frightening) in the labour wards of tiny hospitals in Papua > New Guinea. I think Lieve is more on the track. There is nothing wrong > with pain, it doesn't kill one and it is very character building. I guess I > look at it as muscles working really strongly. Marathon runners, > triathaletes etc also feel the pain of muscles working hard. I did a stress > test on a bicycle this week and believe me, the muscles did hurt!. (Only 15 > mins, not 8-15 hrs). Lets support women through their experience, not try > always to rescue them. Cheers, MM > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
