Monday, October 20, 2008

Tone and voice

I read an essay that was written by a natural childbirth instructor. She brings up her own ambitions to follow in the traditions which she teaches to others for her own childbearing experience. She believes in natural birth without interference of doctors and medications, but an awe inspiring at home experience. Not to say that there is no unbearable pain involved, but that women are created with mental strength and physiological effects that allow women to cope with labor pains. She writes with an assertiveness that insists that women are not educated enough about the idea that childbirth is natural and that women are fully equipped to bring forth life in a completely natural way. There is alot of fear involved with the process of labor and some women are overtaken by it without proper education and understanding of how women's bodies are created to conceive without the help of outside forces. The author brings a tone of empowerment throughout the essay demanding respect for the women who have experienced childbirth or are presently pregnant. Her main points state that childbirth is not to be feared but to allow the body to enter the natural state of labor and trust innate instincts of mother and baby to rhythmically find their way through the process of childbirth. She states that women should have the freedom to choose when and where their comfort zone is for this process to take place. She expresses her beliefs on how natural childbirth brings connection to many generations of women who feel strongly about this issue. In the end the writer tells of her success in adhering to her belief in creating the experience that she so desired, and the determination that enabled her to beat the odds and give birth in the way she had planned. Strength and empowerment in voice as well as relatable thoughts and ideas are conveyed. http://thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=15236&themelist=birth&yval=0&start=0

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At October 20, 2008 11:01 PM , Blogger Sophia Nelson said...

I gave birth to 3 wonderful children, all came in less than 15 minutes, and I experienced no pain at all.

As a matter of fact it was quite joyful!

I created the Zero Pain Child Birth Blueprint. You can read about it here:

http://www.scottchopchop.com/zpb

or here

http://sites.google.com/site/zeropainchildbirth/

Sophia Nelson

 

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