tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post7654686975116433217..comments2023-12-05T19:37:24.036-05:00Comments on Well Rounded Birth Prep: WV DHHR wants to know what I think about WV birthsSarah--Well Rounded Birth Prephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430583826211639431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post-79715776365198138862012-04-07T09:03:57.484-04:002012-04-07T09:03:57.484-04:00I would have written something very similar to wha...I would have written something very similar to what you wrote, undoubtedly! When my husband and I were considering a home birth, and my father was worried about it, I did hours of research to write a well-documented essay on all our reasons for choosing home birth, citing many of the facts you shared here. My dad never responded to my essay, but a few years later when we finally did get to have a home birth, he said that it sounded like a reasonable option.<br /><br />By the way, I just found your blog, and I love your "birth evangelism" mentality! That's the perfect way to put it. My husband and I are missionaries in Ukraine, and birthing options available to women here are archaic and frightening. We became birth evangelists after a terrible experience in a Ukrainian government hospital with the birth of our first son. Our second son was born with a wonderful midwife in a hospital in the States, and our third son was born in Ukraine, in a friend's home, with a midwife in attendance. (We had to use a friend's home, because there are no home birth midwives in our part of the country. About a week before my due date, we made the 5-hour drive to the capital city and stayed with a friend for a few weeks to have the baby.) <br /><br />So many Ukrainian woman are terrified of childbirth, and it's mostly due to the conditions in the birthing hospitals. My heart goes out to them, and though I'm not a pushy person by nature, I need very little invitation to begin "preaching" natural childbirth to them. It does feel a bit like evangelism! Of course, it's not the most important kind of evangelism in my mind, but it IS important. Until women understand that things don't have to be this way, there will be no change in the system.<br /><br />All the best to you as you raise awareness!<br />~SharonMommy Joyshttp://mommyjoys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post-42367808577551421072012-04-05T13:01:41.364-04:002012-04-05T13:01:41.364-04:00Yeah, I consider it birth evangelism. ;-)Yeah, I consider it birth evangelism. ;-)Sarah--Well Rounded Birth Prephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430583826211639431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post-55967068979121260732012-04-05T11:19:12.918-04:002012-04-05T11:19:12.918-04:00Well done! I wish I had received one of those too...Well done! I wish I had received one of those too. If I ever do I'll be sure to write in some comments as well. I love that quote you put on the back.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500453176032217934noreply@blogger.com