![]() ![]() Regarding the "need" for c-sections today, most of this is due to the continual interventions routinely performed in hospitals. As Judith Goldsmith states in her book Childbirth Wisdom from the World's Oldest Societies, throughout history healthy tribal women have successfully given birth with little or no assistance. Unsafe tribal practices such as rubbing dung into the umbilical cord also caused numerous problems. Yes, sometimes they died but this was nearly always due to poverty - lack of food, dirty water and inadequate housing. As far as women and babies routinely dying prior to the advent of the modern day hospital, this is a myth. Just as our emotions greatly effect sex, they greatly effect birth. Many of the problems in birth are caused by fear (which triggers the fight/flight response and shuts down labor), shame and guilt. Try bringing a crowd into the bathroom with you and watch what happens. When any natural bodily function is observed by strangers, it changes. Our bodies are extremely responsive to our thoughts as well as our environment. Women's bodies were designed to give birth. I am happy for this family but I agree with Woogie. ![]()
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