Childbirth is always challenging. It is no small thing to bring a new soul into the world, no small thing to suffer so that another may have life. But birth is not meant to be unbearable. We are not meant to suffer so completely that the experience leaves us feeling less of a woman, instead of more. Natural birth has always allowed for a woman to keep her power and her strength for the birth.
Water birth allows much more.
It allows less pain and less suffering, and nurtures one s belief in oneself. Lakshmi Bertram is the mother of five beautiful children.