My prenatal yoga class reads a "birth story" from a former student at the close of every class, and the first two (I had to skip the third class for seder) were both "I didn't need pain medication, go me, it was such an empowering experience!" Which is probably helpful for most of the women in the class, who are hoping to labor empoweringly, as it were, but left me sort of annoyed: as I have ranted before, it's not necessarily helpful for me to hear that unmedicated labor is the pinnacle of empowerment, since the indications seem to be that the best thing I can do for me is accept the planned C verdict. All of which is to say, it is helpful for me (she says selfishly) to hear that I am not some freak surrounded by women laboring in full harmony with their bodies, or whatever.
And I am glad y'all are on the other side of this.
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My prenatal yoga class reads a "birth story" from a former student at the close of every class, and the first two (I had to skip the third class for seder) were both "I didn't need pain medication, go me, it was such an empowering experience!" Which is probably helpful for most of the women in the class, who are hoping to labor empoweringly, as it were, but left me sort of annoyed: as I have ranted before, it's not necessarily helpful for me to hear that unmedicated labor is the pinnacle of empowerment, since the indications seem to be that the best thing I can do for me is accept the planned C verdict. All of which is to say, it is helpful for me (she says selfishly) to hear that I am not some freak surrounded by women laboring in full harmony with their bodies, or whatever.
And I am glad y'all are on the other side of this.