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13/9/2005 2:48
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Ilana Shemesh, natural midwife
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great homebirth חוויה מתקנת
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I am on such a high from this birth that I can't fall asleep. I have such great satisfaction. This was a third birth, with a break of about 8 years since the last one. She was very traumatized by her first two births, even though they were "normal and vaginal". She had big episiotomies, and epidurals, and the big problem was that she felt humiliated and remembers the midwife commenting on her ugly stretch marks and then making her feel badly that some " shit " came along with the birth. She felt that birth was so traumatic for her that if she would ever have the courage to get pregnant again, she would have an elective
Cesarian. She still thought about this till the middle of her pregnancy, but something didn't sit right with this. She rmembered the story of her hairdresser who had homebirths and was so positive. Then this same hairdresser had another homebirth and she met with her and this started her thinking again that maybe this was the way to go instead of the Cesarian. She began to investigate and read all books on natural birth and did a complete roundabout. She realized that the humiliation and trauma was in part due to the loss of control and lack of autonomy, and lying on her back. She decided to take control of her birth. We met a few months ago, and I was concerned how she would deal with the pain and if she would tear. Anyway, she had a wonderful birth, squatting on the floor, and dealt like a pro with the pain, breathing, moaning, changing positions, never once lying down, getting in and out of the bath, husband massaging her back. No stitches, big baby, good breastfeeding and the whole family was overjoyed after, including her parents and older kids. And it was a daytime birth, so what more can you ask for!
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