Comments for http://birth-smart.com Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Comment on Saying the cesarean rate is too high is not (or shouldn’t be) a judgment of c-section moms by Sarah Musgrave http://birth-smart.com/2011/10/03/saying-the-cesarean-rate-is-too-high-is-not-or-shouldnt-be-a-judgment-of-c-section-moms/#comment-526 Sarah Musgrave Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:19:17 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1244#comment-526 I know you and the others here are not judging c-girls. But as a c-girl myself, i'd like to challenge the thought that my daughter didn't have a 'birthday'. At 40 weeks +4, i woke up and she wasn't moving. To make a long story short, i had placental failure ( and likely had been failing slowly for a couple of weeks) and my daughter was on the brink. Despite the midwives hadn't caught it. The doctors hadn't caught it. But her mother did. Because i was her mother before she was even born, really. Before how she came to be in the world had been decided. If she hadn't come out via c she wouldn't have come out at all. Or not alive anyway. I don't rue c-sections and imagine what was taken from me. I thank goodness medicine has evolved enough that most women go home from hospitals with babies, unlike communities where only natural childbirth is available. As for Holly? On November 22, 2010 my body bore a child. With help, and maybe not through the canal intended, but she went from being inside me to breathing on her own outside my body. That day was her birthday, and i will celebrate it for the rest of my life. I know you and the others here are not judging c-girls. But as a c-girl myself, i’d like to challenge the thought that my daughter didn’t have a ‘birthday’. At 40 weeks +4, i woke up and she wasn’t moving. To make a long story short, i had placental failure ( and likely had been failing slowly for a couple of weeks) and my daughter was on the brink. Despite the midwives hadn’t caught it. The doctors hadn’t caught it. But her mother did. Because i was her mother before she was even born, really. Before how she came to be in the world had been decided. If she hadn’t come out via c she wouldn’t have come out at all. Or not alive anyway.
I don’t rue c-sections and imagine what was taken from me. I thank goodness medicine has evolved enough that most women go home from hospitals with babies, unlike communities where only natural childbirth is available.
As for Holly? On November 22, 2010 my body bore a child. With help, and maybe not through the canal intended, but she went from being inside me to breathing on her own outside my body. That day was her birthday, and i will celebrate it for the rest of my life.

]]> Comment on Giveaway #5 – Natural Childbirth: Pain Optional? by Angela Zimmerman http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/11/giveaway-5-natural-childbirth-pain-optional/#comment-481 Angela Zimmerman Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:00:13 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1360#comment-481 Okay, second try. Liked page, sharing link, and making comment. Can't wait to read! Thanks. Okay, second try. Liked page, sharing link, and making comment. Can’t wait to read! Thanks.

]]> Comment on Giveaway #5 – Natural Childbirth: Pain Optional? by Angela Zimmerman http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/11/giveaway-5-natural-childbirth-pain-optional/#comment-480 Angela Zimmerman Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:59:24 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1360#comment-480 I really want to read this book! I'm trying to get as educated as possible for my next/last birth. Already like the page, always comment, and going to share right now! Feel free to check up on me! :) Thanks a bunch. I really want to read this book! I’m trying to get as educated as possible for my next/last birth. Already like the page, always comment, and going to share right now! Feel free to check up on me! :) Thanks a bunch.

]]> Comment on Giveaway #4 – gift credit for Cutie Fruity by Trebor Sutler http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/10/giveaway-4-gift-credit-for-cutie-fruity/#comment-479 Trebor Sutler Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:04:04 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1355#comment-479 5 Entries, I liked Birthsmart on Facebook and shared giveaway on my wall. I would love to win this awesome gift credit! 5 Entries, I liked Birthsmart on Facebook and shared giveaway on my wall. I would love to win this awesome gift credit!

]]> Comment on Giveaway #5 – Natural Childbirth: Pain Optional? by Trebor Sutler http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/11/giveaway-5-natural-childbirth-pain-optional/#comment-478 Trebor Sutler Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:02:40 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1360#comment-478 5 Entries! I would love this awesome tool...due in early Jan. with baby #5 2nd homebirth. I liked Birthsmart on Facebook and shared on my Tre'Slings Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/optimal.maternity.care?sk=wall#!/treslings/posts/229690643763960 5 Entries! I would love this awesome tool…due in early Jan. with baby #5 2nd homebirth. I liked Birthsmart on Facebook and shared on my Tre’Slings Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/optimal.maternity.care?sk=wall#!/treslings/posts/229690643763960

]]> Comment on Giveaway #3 – doTERRA Certified Pure Therapuetic Grade Essential Oils by Ashley Buckner http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/09/giveaway-3-doterra-certified-pure-therapuetic-grade-essential-oils/#comment-477 Ashley Buckner Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:53:36 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1347#comment-477 I would love to win this!! I also like you on Facebook :) I would love to win this!! I also like you on Facebook :)

]]> Comment on Giveaway #3 – doTERRA Certified Pure Therapuetic Grade Essential Oils by sandra wilhelm http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/09/giveaway-3-doterra-certified-pure-therapuetic-grade-essential-oils/#comment-476 sandra wilhelm Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:31:04 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1347#comment-476 LIKE< SHARE< AND COMMENT! LIKE< SHARE< AND COMMENT!

]]> Comment on Giveaway #3 – doTERRA Certified Pure Therapuetic Grade Essential Oils by Amanda http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/09/giveaway-3-doterra-certified-pure-therapuetic-grade-essential-oils/#comment-475 Amanda Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:53:43 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1347#comment-475 Liked & Shared! Thank you for the awesome giveaway! Liked & Shared! Thank you for the awesome giveaway!

]]> Comment on Giveaway #4 – gift credit for Cutie Fruity by Mandy Crosby http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/10/giveaway-4-gift-credit-for-cutie-fruity/#comment-474 Mandy Crosby Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:20:41 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1355#comment-474 This stuff is so dang cute! This stuff is so dang cute!

]]> Comment on Giveaway #3 – doTERRA Certified Pure Therapuetic Grade Essential Oils by Heidi Duncan http://birth-smart.com/2011/11/09/giveaway-3-doterra-certified-pure-therapuetic-grade-essential-oils/#comment-473 Heidi Duncan Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:17:35 +0000 http://birth-smart.com/?p=1347#comment-473 I've just recently discovered doTerra and can't wait to get some oils! I've commented here (1). I already like Birth Smart on Facebook (1), which is how I found out about this giveaway in the first place. And I've shared the contest on my Facebook page (3). I’ve just recently discovered doTerra and can’t wait to get some oils!

I’ve commented here (1). I already like Birth Smart on Facebook (1), which is how I found out about this giveaway in the first place. And I’ve shared the contest on my Facebook page (3).

]]>