• Mar. 27, 2006
Trust Birth
There are a lot of expectant Moms in our community, and I wanted to pass along the site I found recently called Trust Birth. Trust Birth is a group ran by women for women and is specifically about our rightful choices and experiences in birth.
With my last pregnancy I had placental previa (abrupted by a "birth professional" at 21 weeks). I bled continuously for almost 2 months, and the situation was further complicated by unexplainable polyhydramnios that caused me to carry almost 4 times as much fluid as is normal (yes, someday I'll post a picture because it really was rather sad and humorous at the same time). They told us that our son would need to be instutionalized in the long run because he would not be able to swallow or pass urine. They also spent a great deal of time in the hospital convinced I had lukemia.
It was a true and literal mess - the end of the story is much better. Lionheart was born perfectly normal and I did not have lukemia, although I did spend 2 years trying to wean myself off the extreme anti-depressant drugs they said were medically necessary for me to function (yes, I did cry a lot in the hosptial but my placneta was abrupted, I was so big they took pictures of me, they insisted I had a cancer, and told me my son would most likely be a forever impaired beyond our hands as parents.... you do the math).
This time around will certainly be different. We are monitoring the placenta and will have some sort of information on its location come April 4th. Should the placenta again be low, I will obviously accept medical intervention on all levels although there will be no amnios, internal exams, or premature deliveries "just because" something might happen. However, if we find that placenta high up where it's supposed to be, I'm off and running to handle and experience this pregnancy differently.
Fact is the government has no right to dictate where, when or how we deliver our children. The governement only recently (last 50 years or so) established these rights by taking an active interest in the monetary benefits available to their medical community from pregnancy and birth. They further cemented these rights as medical technology became financially beyond the reach of the average American (thus insurance, medicaid, etc became imperative) and then legislated the act of giving birth to require the situation, interventions and oversight they saw would reap the most benefits in the long run dollar wise. We enter into the same rooms where the abort babies to deliver babies because the goverment saw further than we did and claimed it all as a "medical" right and ideal.
Well I say no more. Let us lift our hearts and hands to God, the creator and author of life, and not be forced to sit at the feet of and deliver at the whims of the medical "princes" of this world. Pregnancy and birth belongs to God alone. This is not to say that medical technology does not have a purpose or a place, but that it should not replace our faith and hope in the Lord, and should not be mandated by the government at risk of them sicing SRS on those who won't comply with their marching "orders". Yes, friends, we do need to rise up, whether it is comfortable or not, so that our daughters don't find themselves deeper in the corner than we already are. Off my soapbox now.... I'm just saying............... By the way, for those who don't know me, I am NOT a conspiracy theorist or an extremist. LOL. I am a mild mannered, homeschooling Mom who thinks the entire situation has gotten scarily out of hand in regards to birthing legislation. Me'thinks I best go hide now before the government tries to track me down and monitor my fetus.... ha. Little pregnancy humor there!
Comments
• Mar. 27, 2006
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Posted by CreativeHomeschooling
I enjoyed your post, especially since I've had all my 4 children in a homebirth environment. First ds was born at home assisted by a midwife. Second ds was born out in the Alaskan wilderness assisted by only DH (he was the midwife ) and two of my close friends, yes we planned it that way. Third ds was born at the Luxor Hotel on the Las Vegas strip, yes, it's the big black pyramid. Fourth, dd was born at the other end of the Vegas strip at the Stratoshpere Hotel (the big space needle looking hotel). I have very unusual birth stories that were well thought out and not done without much research. I am glad that you are doing your research. All my delieveries went without a hitch.
Jennie von Eggers
www.TimesTales.com
www.CreativeHomeschooling.com
• Mar. 27, 2006
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Posted by Anonymous
"Let us lift our hearts and hands to God, the creator and author of life, and not be forced to sit at the feet of and deliver at the whims of the medical "princes" of this world. Pregnancy and birth belongs to God alone."
Amen to that!
Amy
iluvretro.iblogs.com
• Mar. 27, 2006
I agree
Posted by Aligirl
I agree with you whole heartedly. I had homebirths, and I appreciated everything that my midwife did for me. Our bodies were created to have babies. It is nice to be able to have the technology to help us when we need help, but it is never good when the doctors interfere too much in the natural process.
• Mar. 27, 2006
Congratulations!!!!
Posted by DandelionSeeds
Please stop by my blog and add yourself to the prayer list of expecting women...
I also stopped by because...
I am sending out a "mass apology" to everyone I told about "The Clean Heart, Clean Home Challenge". I have received some comments in regard to leaving the button on people's blogs and I feel the best way to make sure there aren't others who are offended, is to apologize to those I sent the notice to.
I feel just horrible that some thought I was "advertising" in some way when my intention was to share with other homeschoolers what I was offering as encouragement and a way for us to join together.
If you are one who was upset by my post, please feel free to delete it and email me or leave a comment on my page and I will personally apologize. To those who have joined in The Challenge, I'm so looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us and hope we will all be able to bless our families and grow in the Lord through it! Thank you most importantly for seeing my heart. I never meant to disregard anyone's post when I left the comment about the Challenge, and want you all to know that anything you ever have to say to me, whether on topic or not, is more than welcome on my blog. I will also be making a new category on my blog that will list those of you who don't mind getting urgent prayer requests or information from time to time. I hope this way I will be able to avoid upsetting anyone similarly in the future.
Thanks for allowing me to comment on your blog. I hope you will accept my apology (and not be upset that I'm "off topic" from your post, but I have many people to get to still tonight).
In Him,
Amy Verlennich
• Mar. 27, 2006
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Posted by Kathy
Yeah, doctors just don't get it. We still know our bodies best. I still think I should have been allowed to try to a VBAC even though my c-section had been vertical cut instead of horizontal. After all, it had been 5 years!
I will not be submitted to any tests I feel are unnecessary this time around! Good for you for feeling the same way!
• Mar. 27, 2006
I'm sorry
Posted by Melkhi
about the ordeal you went through with your last pregnancy. I too have had experience with being put on medications that I did not need and spending a year weaning off of it. I pray that you will have peace in your current pregnancy through trusting in the Lord and that you will not experience similar complications.
• Mar. 28, 2006
Thanks!
Posted by aboundingjoy
Thanks for your comments and input, ladies. I'm running 90 to nothing this evening trying to supper around but hope to have a chance to respond to everyone individually later on.
• Mar. 31, 2006
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Posted by Alice
You know I agree with you 100%. They spend too much time treating women like they are ill with some kind of awful disease that needs to be micromanaged and not enough time seeing the big picture. I have been helped by the medical world immensely with the birth of my oldest son. We might have both died had it not been for the doctors and such. But my subsequent births were completely normal and I'm getting a bit tired of being micromanaged to the point of anxiety. Good for you for standing up for what you believe in.