generations of women giving birth under such unnatural conditions? And how will women ever get back their sense of ease, grace and ownership for child- birth, and her their own bodies?
It is more urgent than ever to ensure the fullfillment of the basic needs of women giving birth, to become aware and understand the physiological processes, and to give women that knowledge and the freedom of choice.
Being from Germany where natural birthing, home births, waterbirths and trained nurses have long ago started to be widely available, I see a massive lack of experienced doulas, midwives and holistic medical doctors in India
And even if clinic doctors promise to support expectant parents in their natural birthing process, they more often than not change their minds last minute – either because time is short( their golf buddies are waiting) or because higher hospital fees can be charged for C- sections.
“ It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must go further. We must understand that childbirth is fundamentally a spiritual, as well as a physical, achievement. The birth of a child is the ultimate perfection of human love.”
Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, 1953
For more information check key words such as Hypnobirthing, Natural Birth, Waterbirth, Homebirth, check these links:
References:
– HypnoBirthing ®, The Mongan Method
– Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, Conscious Birth Movement
– Birth Wisdom by Michel Odent
– The Oxytocin Factor: Tapping The Hormone Of Calm, Love, And Healing by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg – April Asorson, Natural Childbirth Instructor
–“ Birth into Being” archive
– The Chopra Centre, newsletter