I decided to do a med-free birth in a bitihrng center with an OB because, and only because, it made the most sense for me, my body, and my priorities. Throughout my pregnancy, I met countless women who planned on similar natural deliveries, but it seemed that they had come to their decisions out of anger they had a bone to pick with modern medicine and they regarded many fellow moms as failures. I still encounter a lot of this anger when it comes to parenting choices: how people put their babies to sleep, whether they wear or stroll them, whether they vaccinate, how they introduce solid foods, etc. They only way to make your peace with your birth and parenting choices is to be absolutely certain that you are acting out of respect for your own family and values, not out of some need to make a statement, prove someone wrong, or solely to go against the grain.
I decided to do a med-free birth in a bitihrng center with an OB because, and only because, it made the most sense for me, my body, and my priorities. Throughout my pregnancy, I met countless women who planned on similar natural deliveries, but it seemed that they had come to their decisions out of anger they had a bone to pick with modern medicine and they regarded many fellow moms as failures. I still encounter a lot of this anger when it comes to parenting choices: how people put their babies to sleep, whether they wear or stroll them, whether they vaccinate, how they introduce solid foods, etc. They only way to make your peace with your birth and parenting choices is to be absolutely certain that you are acting out of respect for your own family and values, not out of some need to make a statement, prove someone wrong, or solely to go against the grain.