“I feel that most of prenatal care is fear based cover your butt type of testing, and barring a justified c-section situation like a prolapsed cord or placental abruption, I would not go to the hospital to give birth.”
Ok Jenny,
I probably shouldn’t even respond since this story makes me so emotional. I respect your determination and your desire. To ignore the possible consequences...I am sure my brother-in-law would have been even more crushed had he also lost his wife.
Meet my niece, Samantha. She is dead from a placental abruption.:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173102/posts
Thank goodness my sister wasn’t at home. She would be dead too.
Luckily their SECOND child, Alex had EXTENSIVE testing. Even though there was no indication that what killed Samantha was likely to happen again.
He was born with 3 congenital heart defects and had open heart surgery at 2 days old.
Meet my nephew:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173102/posts?page=186#186
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481273/posts
“To ignore the possible consequences”
Freebirthers do not ignore the possible consequences. We have EVERYONE around us reminding us daily of the potential dangers of our life choices.
During my pregnancy with our fifth child, I had friends from church calling me weekly to REMIND me of the fact that I had bled down to a 4.7 hematocrit after our 4th was born. As if my husband and I could forget!
This choice was not made casually or even naively.
I give birth at home, because I believe it is the best for the baby. That’s it.
I have had hundreds of stories like yours thrust into my face over the years. My heart aches for the babies and the mommas who give birth to them.
However, I will not be railroaded into a dangerous birthing situation just because of other peoples fears. I have spent countless hours overcoming my fears around birth. I dont’ take one bit of my life or the health of my family and myself for granted.
And I want to testify in the name of Jesus Christ that learning and praciticing Free Birth has Comforted my heart in regards to end times events.
Society itself is very fragile. But this life walk that Paul and I have been on has been so empowering and filled with joy. Do you know how amazing it was for me as a mother to hold my child in my arms for the first couple hours after his birth??? He was my fifth and it was the first time I had been able to bond with and enjoy my baby without anyone taking him away.
I think it is absolutely pathetic that instead of bonding in the immediate hours after birth, Momma has a demerol hangover and baby is being tortured in the NICU. It is a pathetic and sad state of affairs, and this ripples out into our society in bonding disorders, mothers being unable to relate to their children without drugs being involved, and women vowing they will never again have another child.
Most of the UC birthers I know want to have huge families because it was just so fun to give birth alone!
We have a story to share! And we don’t believe this lifestyle is for every mother. However, we are going to pursue our rights of self determination. If we don’t I sadly predict that the day will arrive in America when all sense of what is normal and natural in mothering will be lost, and all babies will be born by c-section and the druggy haze that currently infects our populace will overpower and disable the vast majority of our little ones.
Thanks for sharing your links, and God Bless your family.
Jenny