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HOMEBIRTH EMPOWERS WOMEN & IT IS SAFE, TOO
Lois Smith
February 11, 2003
I am a mother of seven children. I gave birth to three children in the hospital and four children at home. This contrasting experience was a real eye-opener for me. The births that I had in the hospital were not empowering to me as a woman, but, of course, just seeing my babies was exhilarating. However, having my babies at home was empowering and exhilarating. Seeing birth as God meant it to be was incredible.
Women have been taught to fear birth. I have never seen a peaceful birth on television. Usually the woman is screaming for all she is worth and the men look like helpless idiots. These are the images people expect and this is what most people experience.
I experienced pain-free birth because of the support I received from my midwife who was there just for me, allowing me to birth in my time, allowing me the space I needed to get birth out of my head, and to drop down to the sacred place that we should all have the privilege to experience.
An investigation conducted by the Chicago Tribune discovered 75,000 people died from preventable, hospital-borne infections in just one year.
Maybe if the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations started to do a better job regulating hospital safety, hospital births might seem like an option to educated people.
I am always amazed at people's logic when they ask, "Why would anyone take the chance and have a home birth?" Pregnancy is not a disease. God designed women's bodies to do the job of child bearing.
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