You have a beautiful vision of what you want your baby’s birth to be.
Most women do, and to have the best chance of fulfilling that vision,
there is much to know…and much to do. The first thing we need to admit
to ourselves is that no matter what others have told us, no matter how
many TV shows, books and websites have tried to portray it differently,
in actuality women’s bodies were created with a perfect design; to
carry a child through pregnancy, to give birth without intervention or
complications, and to easily nourish our babies. The truth is, every
woman knows this innately in her heart and in her soul. Challenges to
this knowledge only arise when we allow ourselves to be convinced
otherwise. If we allow any other person or set of events to dictate
what our pregnancies and birth experiences are going to be…our own
vision of what is right for ourselves and our babies…vanishes. Fear
takes its place, other people’s agendas dominate our own, and
childbirth is no longer what we know it inside to be. This can be
disappointing to some, and devastating to others.