| Natural versus Normal Childbirth Lecture |
I was really taken back today to hear Andy’s main critic on the AWOB. I never thought of Americans to be the type to get a cesarean just to shorten the pain. I disagreed when I first heard the statement; Americans couldn’t be that selfish but when I saw how many people in class looked like they would actually do it to shorten the hours of pain I was so shocked. Having a cesarean is so brutal; I would never pick it over a natural birth any day. But as far as accepting drugs from the hospital to numb the pain that seems acceptable to me, it’s not as brutal to me and the baby.
Natural vs. Normal
In my personal opinion I think normal over weighs what’s natural. Although Americans base lots of their decisions off of what is trendy I think when it comes to the operation part of having a baby they would go with the natural option. But as far as having drugs to numb the pain every woman would go with the normal part of birth. It’s become so “natural” to go into labor and receive drugs that when we think of a woman actually going through the pain it seems unnatural to people. I would love to have a baby naturally without pain but after so many I have heard that birth is the worst pain a person could go through the fear of experiencing that makes me want to accept the drugs without any questioning. I think as time progresses the generations to come will eventually turn lots of things that are natural to unnatural. |
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