Its too true that something that is so natural is viewed as something that always needs medical management and intervention to progress properly. All too often I am scoffed for wanting a home birth (oh, no, too dangerous, and no pain relief), and a waterbirth (ewww, messy, do you really want to be sitting in all that? And what? No pain relief?), and a natural birth with no medication (pfffft, you're fooling yourself, you're naive, i give you an hour, and you'll be begging for it...).
I just answer... "I have faith in the power of my body, this is what I'm designed to do".
And just ignore the "ewww" comment to the waterbirth thing too.
Bookmarks