Found this on one of the links someone posted x
says, "I had natural childbirth"
and B says, "Oh, yeah, well I had PAINLESS childbirth"
and C says, "Well, ladies, I can top that. I had an ORGASM during childbirth!"
and:
A says, "I had my baby in a birth center"
and B says, "Oh, yeah, well I had my baby at HOME"
and C says, "Well, ladies, I can top that. I had my baby at home BY MYSELF!"
now:
A says, "My partner cut the cord"
and B says, "Oh, yeah, well we waited until the cord stopped pulsating and then cut the cord"
and C says, "Well, ladies, I can top that. We didn't cut the cord AT ALL and just waited for it to rot off!"
That is honestly how I see things now a days, a competition, who done the best, least drugs, shortest labour, longest labour, number of pushes etc.. It's about the safe arrival of an infant, no more no less.. Respect any womans decision on what they do or how they do it (apart from UC), but I hate the "I done one better" attitude people have now x
but having had an unassisted birth, there's no way I'd plan one!! Well, it'd be planned to the extent that there's a fair chance baby would just fall out again and I was told after I had E that if I had anymore they'd give me a home birth kit and train up my family, but that's a bit exceptional like! I'd never go completely unassisted tho! Before midwifery became a profession, there were still women "trained" to deliver babies, ok the training would probs just have been passed down thru generations, but people still had folk around that could help! Bloody madness!
