As a future mother, I feel that I have a huge responsibility to my baby to make the most informed decision for my childbirth experience that I can. That means learning everything about every option there is. After much research and prayer, I have decided that as long as I remain healthy and low-risk, I will give birth at home in water with a midwife, a doula, and close family.
This video has helped to confirm my decision. It is amazing for everyone to watch. It is about a filmmaker whose wife becomes pregnant, and decides to do a documentary about her pregnancy and birth. Once he began filming, he and his wife saw the reality of pregnancy and childbirth that America has created for itself.
This is a beautiful film, very emotional. I laughed, I cried, I was angry, I was scared, I was empowered, and I felt like I connected with the people in it.
Here is the trailer to the film:
This film can be streamed online and ordered through Netflix. If you don't have Netflix, rent it. It is that worth it. They also have a great website: www.pregnantinamerica.com
I'm not trying to persuade everyone to do a home birth, because I know that it may not be for everyone. I am trying to encourage families to take the step to do your own research and make informed decisions about your childbirth and pregnancy, which includes knowing all sides. I do believe that hospitals definitely have their place, and they can do amazing, miraculous things. But so can mothers. If a mother is healthy, you let her do what she was physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually designed to do, and you will witness a miracle.
Julene, thank you for taking the time and effort to educate yourself and take responsibility. Our babies depend on us, we have to make hard and sometimes unpopular decisions, but they are always worth it. I do a reunion class with my childbirth students, and i ask every single on of them if there is anything they would do differently about their birth. I absolutely love it when they say, "Nothing, it was perfect the way it was". No regrets....there's nothing better. Motherhood is hard, especially when we are being prompted to take the road less traveled. Kudos to all you mothers out there doing your best. You will be blessed for it.
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