I had my oldest daughter in the hallway in a wheelchair 5 minutes after I arrived to the hospital - that part of the birth was completely fine, we were both healthy and well. Everything that came after that was closer to rape or assault than care (shout out to Johns Hopkins). Drugs given without informing or consent. Bullying. Don't you want to be a good mother? Your baby will die! CPS! I agree that no birth is risk free because, well obviously that's true, but I personally would choose to have my baby in the woods and die there before I'd step foot in a hospital in labor. My rights to my body were given to me by God not a labor and delivery nurse, and I'd rather die in peace than have them taken away from me. And if that absolutely insane statement doesn't make it crystal clear how traumatic and awful these hospitals turn what should be an amazing, wondrous gift from God into, I don't know what could. The system should be ashamed. It should admit fault. It should change. But it won't change until we do. Instead there will just be more totalitarian calls for control in the name of 'safety' - just like there are. And people will submit to the fear-mongering - just like they always do. I won't be one of them and I wish 20 something year old me hadn't been either.
Yes, there is a growing movement of women who are choosing the limited but still real set of risks outside the system than the manifold and well-characterized risks inside the system. But they are targeted for burning at the stake by the media and the mainstream elites and other bearers or righteousness.
The "image your pooping" exercise just made my day. It's such a fantastic parallel to demonstrate the absurdity that we've all allowed to develop over the last 100 years in the child birth realm.
Excellent article all around. My favorite so far!!!!
Thanks, Katy. I have four daughters, and one chose to have completely natural deliveries—both went very well. She described feeling a sense of love during the process, which I can’t relate to physically as a father, but I understand what she means.
She’s also very intentional about how she raises her kids—careful with their diet, selective about immunizations, and she prefers to let their bodies heal before turning to medication. Her children are rarely sick and overall very healthy.
In contrast, my second daughter, who is a nurse, follows more traditional medical protocols, including standard immunizations. Her three boys seem to be sick frequently.
That may or may not be related, but it’s something I’ve noticed. I appreciate your perspective.
I had my oldest daughter in the hallway in a wheelchair 5 minutes after I arrived to the hospital - that part of the birth was completely fine, we were both healthy and well. Everything that came after that was closer to rape or assault than care (shout out to Johns Hopkins). Drugs given without informing or consent. Bullying. Don't you want to be a good mother? Your baby will die! CPS! I agree that no birth is risk free because, well obviously that's true, but I personally would choose to have my baby in the woods and die there before I'd step foot in a hospital in labor. My rights to my body were given to me by God not a labor and delivery nurse, and I'd rather die in peace than have them taken away from me. And if that absolutely insane statement doesn't make it crystal clear how traumatic and awful these hospitals turn what should be an amazing, wondrous gift from God into, I don't know what could. The system should be ashamed. It should admit fault. It should change. But it won't change until we do. Instead there will just be more totalitarian calls for control in the name of 'safety' - just like there are. And people will submit to the fear-mongering - just like they always do. I won't be one of them and I wish 20 something year old me hadn't been either.
Yes, there is a growing movement of women who are choosing the limited but still real set of risks outside the system than the manifold and well-characterized risks inside the system. But they are targeted for burning at the stake by the media and the mainstream elites and other bearers or righteousness.
It's absolutely no mystery why. "My body my choice" - let it burn.
The "image your pooping" exercise just made my day. It's such a fantastic parallel to demonstrate the absurdity that we've all allowed to develop over the last 100 years in the child birth realm.
Excellent article all around. My favorite so far!!!!
Thank you so much Devin!! It truly is ridiculous how we’ve all been gaslit.
Thanks, Katy. I have four daughters, and one chose to have completely natural deliveries—both went very well. She described feeling a sense of love during the process, which I can’t relate to physically as a father, but I understand what she means.
She’s also very intentional about how she raises her kids—careful with their diet, selective about immunizations, and she prefers to let their bodies heal before turning to medication. Her children are rarely sick and overall very healthy.
In contrast, my second daughter, who is a nurse, follows more traditional medical protocols, including standard immunizations. Her three boys seem to be sick frequently.
That may or may not be related, but it’s something I’ve noticed. I appreciate your perspective.