Sorry my fren, it was never my intention to shame anyone with my word choice. Far from it! I of course agree that safety is the number one priority. Congratulations on your beautiful family!
Sorry if that came out as an attack, I definitely didn’t mean it that way! My sister in law almost died with her first (didn’t dilate past an 8, baby got stuck on her hips and she started hemorrhaging) and had to get an emergency c section. She’s had a hard time with the term “natural birth” because she tried and almost died and would have died had this been back in the old days. I am not trying to be a snob or woke or anything by coming out against the term, I just think unmedicated/medicated birth is the right way to phrase things because so many women don’t have a choice sometimes and giving birth (no matter how!) is an incredible experience and we shouldn’t make women feel less if their birth went different than planned (or even if it went exactly as planned haha!) because in a world where being a mother is constantly under attack, we need to stick together more than ever!
Sorry my fren, it was never my intention to shame anyone with my word choice. Far from it! I of course agree that safety is the number one priority. Congratulations on your beautiful family!
Sorry if that came out as an attack, I definitely didn’t mean it that way! My sister in law almost died with her first (didn’t dilate past an 8, baby got stuck on her hips and she started hemorrhaging) and had to get an emergency c section. She’s had a hard time with the term “natural birth” because she tried and almost died and would have died had this been back in the old days. I am not trying to be a snob or woke or anything by coming out against the term, I just think unmedicated/medicated birth is the right way to phrase things because so many women don’t have a choice sometimes and giving birth (no matter how!) is an incredible experience and we shouldn’t make women feel less if their birth went different than planned (or even if it went exactly as planned haha!) because in a world where being a mother is constantly under attack, we need to stick together more than ever!