Afterwards, when Gloria was asking me what I learned from study group, I first mentioned what had immediately come to mind- how vulnerable women are when being examined. I had been watching the woman's face as Gloria was gently examining her, and it was so clear how she hung on Gloria's every word, every expression. Women are amazingly vulnerable at this time, and must be treated with the utmost, crystalline respect. It became clear how I'd suppressed this feeling of extreme violation. Birth is not about midwifery, nor about the women who are midwives.
Birth is about women giving birth in dignity, with as little interference as possible.
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