I am going to talk about natural childbirth, and by this I don't just mean birth without pain medication. I mean birth as it was meant to be, spontaneous and uninterrupted and free.
Birth is a process, connected to the life and desires of each individual mother.
We birth how we live, and it is also through birth that we heal ourselves and our relationships. It is within us as women and mothers to take responsibility for our choices and to take responsibility for our baby's birth. I therefore question whether the standards of obstetrical and midwifery care are really in our best interests or in the best interests of our babies. I would like to ask all women if the kind of treatment that we get during our pregnancies is something that we chose and something that empowers us and heals us. Many women don't realize that in our culture they are trained to give away the responsibility of their birthing to doctors and to midwives.