Thanks goodness for natural childbirth and homebirth advocates. They’ve rediscovered what our ancient ancestors knew all along: women’s bodies are perfectly designed to give birth!
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How did they figure it out? They looked at basic facts about childbirth.
Consider:
There is no infertility.
No baby ever dies in childbirth.
No mother ever dies in childbirth.
There are no premature babies.
There are no stillbirths.
There are no miscarriages.
No babies are breech.
No babies are transverse.
There are no twins, triplets or higher order multiples.
No babies are ever too big to fit through the birth canal.
No babies are ever deprived of oxygen during labor.
No babies fail to breathe when they are born.
No babies ever get an infection during labor.
The umbilical cord never prolapses.
The placenta never abrupts.
The placenta never grows over the opening of the cervix.
The placenta is never retained.
The uterus never gets infected.
There is no Rh incompatibility.
There are no birth defects.
No woman ever develops eclampsia.
There is no postpartum hemorrhage.
There are no vaginal tears.
There are no vaginal fistulas.
There is no incontinence after birth.
There is always enough breastmilk.
No breastfed baby ever gets sick.
No breastfed baby ever dies.
No nursing mother ever dies.
So there you have it. Add it all up and it is obvious that women’s bodies are perfectly designed to give birth. That’s why the key to perfection is simply to “trust birth.”
Natural childbirth and homebirth advocates know this; how can those foolish obstetricians think otherwise?
This piece first appeared in November 2013.
