http://paxye.com/blog/birthing-choices/ My journey through motherhood being a black sheep in the parenting world... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://paxye.com/blog/birthing-choices/#comment-437 msaraann Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:37:29 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=297#comment-437 I learned to trust myself while devouring birth stories and pregnancy information during my first pregnancy. It's interesting now to remember that before I read that first Bradley childbirth book, I wasn't sure if I would use pain medication or not. A little bit of info and stories, and my mind changed very quickly. My whole way of interacting with the world changed during that pregnancy. I hadn't even heard of attachment parenting at that point. When I read natural birth stories, I felt as if I'd been given permission all of a sudden to trust myself, and I went for it. I felt liberated. I became aware of a part of myself that I hadn't known was subdued. I learned to trust myself while devouring birth stories and pregnancy information during my first pregnancy. It’s interesting now to remember that before I read that first Bradley childbirth book, I wasn’t sure if I would use pain medication or not. A little bit of info and stories, and my mind changed very quickly. My whole way of interacting with the world changed during that pregnancy. I hadn’t even heard of attachment parenting at that point. When I read natural birth stories, I felt as if I’d been given permission all of a sudden to trust myself, and I went for it. I felt liberated. I became aware of a part of myself that I hadn’t known was subdued.

]]> http://paxye.com/blog/birthing-choices/#comment-436 mammal_mama Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:25:41 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=297#comment-436 And many of us have a hard time trusting ourselves because our communications were often not trusted by our mothers, because our mothers trusted experts instead of simply responding to us. Since we felt a need to trust our moms, we had to release a great deal of our trust in our own ability to assess the situation, and recognize and communicate our needs. And many of us have a hard time trusting ourselves because our communications were often not trusted by our mothers, because our mothers trusted experts instead of simply responding to us. Since we felt a need to trust our moms, we had to release a great deal of our trust in our own ability to assess the situation, and recognize and communicate our needs.

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