For those of you who haven't (or have!) seen the movie "Orgasmic Birth", here's a great article on it from Fox News:
Orgasms During Childbirth? It Happens
It is very open, positive and encouraging of natural birth and of women taking charge of their health and maternity care. Check it out! Here's a great quote from the article:
"More than anything, women who want to experience orgasmic births need to take control of their pregnancy and childbirth. Instead of handing their bodies over to medicine to speed labor, they need to work with non-interventive doctors or midwives. Synthetic hormones can actually make for contractions that are more painful, causing problems like rupture of the uterus."
Amen, sister!
So, I've had natural childbirth.... Was it orgasmic? Well, to be honest, yes. Not pleasurably, but definitely orgasmic. Kind of like sneezing nails rather than just sneezing. But I guess that's better than nothing! After all, you are pushing a basketball through a straw - if there wasn't some pleasure involved, women might not live through it! It was definitely a weird mix of pain/pleasure. That's not something I generally advertise ("Hey, Bible study ladies! Want to hear about my orgasmic birth?"), but birth definitely has its aspects of pleasure.
I think I've got a better chance at a truly pleasurable birth next time. Not a first time mom, much more confident and less fearful, much more knowledgeable and in control of my physical power - all the ingredients are right there! I'll have to report in on that one later.
If I don't incur church discipline for this little snippet, I don't know what will!
Love to all,
Diana
LOL! I haven't seen OB yet either, and I wouldn't call my first birth "orgasmic"; but it was very empowering and when it was done, I would use the term "exhilarating." It's like running a marathon or climbing Mt. Everest or something -- it's tough, it hurts, it takes a long time (although mine was only 9 hours; 2nd time was 24 hours), but when it's over, you get to bask in the glow of...fill in the blank -- a new baby, of course; all those lovely new-mother hormones; a feeling of accomplishment, of success.
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Being a mother of 4, all but 1 natural I have to agree wholeheartedly. I just want to say also that being a Christian woman, if "church women" are giving you greif for your blog then they don't really know Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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