Childbirth one-up(wo)manship continues: "Freebirthing"
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I heard about this a few days ago on the news. Now it's no longer macho enough to give birth in your home in a bathtub with no drugs and a midwife. Now you have to give birth at home with no drugs, squatting on the floor (I suppose) and catching your own baby as it emerges from the womb.
uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKL2148514320070522
The next level in this game of childbirth one-upwomanship is "wildbirthing." You give birth alone in the woods while biting down on a branch, and then you hack through the cord with a sharp rock, wash the baby in the river, and wrap it in the skin of a bear that you hunted and skinned yourself.
Posted at 2:28pm Jun 6, 2007 EDT
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thanks, but if i ever have a kid, ima do it in a hospital, with as many drugs as im allowed.
Posted at 2:29pm Jun 6, 2007 EDT
Don't forget to eat the placenta after you're done! Nothing makes you a woman more than that!
Posted at 2:29pm Jun 6, 2007 EDT
I once owned a birthing chair...I didn't know what it was when I bought it...the thought of it was scary. You sit in this chair, with no middle in the seat, and catch the baby when it is born...very uncomfortable! I got rid of it, because every single time I sat in it...even as a joke, I got pregnant!
Posted at 2:31pm Jun 6, 2007 EDT
Our good friend, who my daughters nanny for, just gave birth at home in the bathtub with no drugs and a midwife...it went VERY well for her, she had bad hospital births before!
Posted at 2:31pm Jun 6, 2007 EDT
My friend just gave birth on her own in a tub of water in her home.
We were honestly surprised she didn't floss her teeth with the umbilical cord after the fact.
Posted at 2:31pm Jun 6, 2007 EDT