I had been thinking about writing a post about natural birth for a while, but then I discovered that Daja over at In Other Words has already done it so well that all I have to do is provide links to her excellent series. Daja is a doula and childbirth instructor who wrote this series after Kelly of Generation Cedar, a self-proclaimed epidural lover, challenged her to convince her of the superiority of natural childbirth.
Part 1 describes medical reasons for choosing to go drug free for labor. Part 2 covers religious reasons. And Part 3 examines cultural reasons.
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Isn’t this a great article? I was just getting ready to link to it on my blog, too!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I have always gone with natural child birth, but I did have an epidural for my c-section. I guess you need something for a c-section. The Lord was good to me though. It sounds like some people have a MUCH worse time of it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 am
Daja was our Bradley instructor! I was wondering where she had moved. She was pregnant with #4 during our class.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 am
Jill,
You’re kidding! That’s so fun. Daja seems like a really cool person. I love her blog.