The baby died two days ago at an unassisted home VBAC. The mother wrote on her Facebook page:
Dearest family and friends, baby Isaac was born 2-29-16 weighing 10 lbs 9oz and 23.5 inches long. With so much pain in our hearts and not knowing how to even say this but Isaac did not survive his birth. We are completely devastated. At this time we’re just asking for prayers of strength and peace during the most difficult time of our lives.
Today Isaac’s mother posted this:
…I wanted to tell you ladies that I went into labor NATURALLY ALL BY MYSELF (well after sex that night..) that in itself was awesome bc I have never had that experience before and was starting to doubt my body especially waiting so long! 42 weeks! BUT IT HAPPENED! I labored all through the night and day and PUSHED HIM OUT all 10lb 9oz and 23.5 inches with a 14.5 inch head …
…VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN IS POSSIBLE! UNMEDICATED BIRTH IS POSSIBLE. HOME BIRTHS ARE POSSIBLE. And most importantly OUR BODIES AREN’T BROKEN, THEY WERE DESIGNED TO DO THIS!!! I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE! lol
LOL?
She goes on to say:
TRUST YOURSELF, TRUST YOUR GUT, TRUST YOUR INTUITION AND BACK IT UP NO MATTER WHAT! …
Because all that trusting worked out so well for her. While she was busily trusting herself, her baby was dying because her intuition is worse than useless.
Of course, the mother now insists that the baby would have died anyway, although she doesn’t bother to explain why that should be so.
I can’t help but think of the story of the judgment of King Solomon. According to Wikipedia:
Two young women who lived in the same house and who both had an infant son came to Solomon for a judgment. One of the women claimed that the other, after accidentally smothering her own son while sleeping, had exchanged the two children to make it appear that the living child was hers. The other woman denied this and so both women claimed to be the mother of the living son and said that the dead boy belonged to the other.
After some deliberation, King Solomon called for a sword to be brought before him. He declared that there was only one fair solution: the live son must be split in two, each woman receiving half of the child. Upon hearing this terrible verdict, the boy’s true mother cried out, “Oh Lord, give the baby to her, just don’t kill him!” The liar, in her bitter jealousy, exclaimed, “It shall be neither mine nor yours—divide it!”
The king declared the first mother as the true mother, as a true, loving mother would rather surrender her baby to another than hurt him, and gave her the baby…
I guess King Solomon had never met a homebirth mother like this one. She was perfectly willing to let her baby die to have the birth she wanted … and then boast about it.
Hideous!
