Bump: 1)something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [syn: bulge, hump, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2)the defining feature of pregnancy
02 March 2008
Million dollar babies
Today, I've written an op ed for The Age about Christina Aguilera and the fear of childbirth:
Great article - I like the fact that you do not judge women for having a fear of natural birth, or for making a fear-based decision to birth by caesaren section.
I think it's perfectly normal to fear the unknown... personally, I think I would definitely feel apprehensive about giving birth naturally, but to me the idea of a caesar is actually more frightening!
I think a lot of this fear can be attributed to the way women sometimes seem to take perverse pleasure in regaling pregnant women with stories of gruesome and traumatic births. I don't understand this compulsion! Sure, sometimes a birth may be particularly painful or traumatic, but this is clearly a minority of cases. A pregnant woman, especially a first-timer who is nervous and apprehensive, needs support and reassurance from friends and relatives, not the often exaggerated horror stories (that happened to a friend of a friend) that some people like to perpetuate. Sometimes women really do one another a disservice.
Great article - I like the fact that you do not judge women for having a fear of natural birth, or for making a fear-based decision to birth by caesaren section.
ReplyDeleteI think it's perfectly normal to fear the unknown... personally, I think I would definitely feel apprehensive about giving birth naturally, but to me the idea of a caesar is actually more frightening!
I think a lot of this fear can be attributed to the way women sometimes seem to take perverse pleasure in regaling pregnant women with stories of gruesome and traumatic births. I don't understand this compulsion! Sure, sometimes a birth may be particularly painful or traumatic, but this is clearly a minority of cases. A pregnant woman, especially a first-timer who is nervous and apprehensive, needs support and reassurance from friends and relatives, not the often exaggerated horror stories (that happened to a friend of a friend) that some people like to perpetuate. Sometimes women really do one another a disservice.