Thinking ahead
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aubreymFortunately digestive issues seem to have subsided without full-blown illness, and also without labor. Even though I am so very excited to meet the wiggler, I really want him to make it the full 37 weeks. Mostly for his sake, but also for more selfish reasons. For instance, otherwise - all of the home-birth vs. hospital birth questions will be rather moot. Not to mention, even if Mom isn't at the birth itself (which is still up in the air) I would like her to be close by for after. But I want him to be completely ready when he arrives.
The longer I consider home-birth and natural birth and the state of birthing in America in general, the more I want to do something about it. I'm not certain what, but something. Needless to say, I'm still in the early consideration stages. I'm thinking about becoming a midwife. I think it would be amazing to attend women's births - to be there at the beginning of new life. To help women discover their own power in their bodies, and to bring their babies into the world.
I'm also thinking about what it would take to start another birth center in San Francisco. Not to take anything away from the one already here, but to broaden access. To offer more choices for women. It seems so strange that there's only one birth center for a whole city like San Francisco. And most of the Bay Area. I'm also thinking about how I might use my other talents (writing, organizing) to make a difference - to broaden awareness about the birth situation in America, to advocate for different options in birth.
All of this is still in the germination stages, but it gives me something to think about in the future. A new vision of what my life might look like.
The longer I consider home-birth and natural birth and the state of birthing in America in general, the more I want to do something about it. I'm not certain what, but something. Needless to say, I'm still in the early consideration stages. I'm thinking about becoming a midwife. I think it would be amazing to attend women's births - to be there at the beginning of new life. To help women discover their own power in their bodies, and to bring their babies into the world.
I'm also thinking about what it would take to start another birth center in San Francisco. Not to take anything away from the one already here, but to broaden access. To offer more choices for women. It seems so strange that there's only one birth center for a whole city like San Francisco. And most of the Bay Area. I'm also thinking about how I might use my other talents (writing, organizing) to make a difference - to broaden awareness about the birth situation in America, to advocate for different options in birth.
All of this is still in the germination stages, but it gives me something to think about in the future. A new vision of what my life might look like.
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Date: 2008-01-01 05:26 am (UTC)Blessings,
Barbara
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