tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849122300020088704.post7666496012092062642..comments2014-01-25T15:18:52.873-06:00Comments on Red Pomegranate: BittersweetRed Pomegranatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753090514848716303noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849122300020088704.post-82087508581571887542007-12-11T12:07:00.000-06:002007-12-11T12:07:00.000-06:00All you can do is the best you can. If it means a ...All you can do is the best you can. If it means a hospital because of unavoidable complications, it's not your fault. It's painful. It's not what you would want, but give yourself space to mourn before, if labour is not already on you. I cried so much about so many different things during my pregnancy. By the time I reached labour, I wasn't all cried out by any means, but I was clear about what was upsetting, if nothing else. It sort of cleared the way so that I could get down to business. Hang in there.Dark Daughtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461439416312772862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849122300020088704.post-19403970649161205712007-10-05T22:16:00.000-05:002007-10-05T22:16:00.000-05:00Thank you Ms Tenacious. I know you had your own st...Thank you Ms Tenacious. I know you had your own struggles with your midwives during your pregnancy with your son. It can be SO hard to advocate for ourselves, even when we trust our "care providers"(such a cold term). If anything, it makes me feel that much more empathetic towards the vulnerability of the women I care for. <BR/><BR/>And yes, I feel like, if this would turn into a hospital birth, all I can see is drugs, pit, lines, and a section. <BR/><BR/>As a woman who really trusts her own body's ability, that vision truly sucks.Red Pomegranatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753090514848716303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849122300020088704.post-13164294953390937722007-10-04T09:21:00.000-05:002007-10-04T09:21:00.000-05:00I'm so sorry about your aunt. I don't know how the...I'm so sorry about your aunt. I don't know how they decide who will stay on their lists and whose life is dispensable. That's hard. I think that birth has changed during the time of the hospitals in that there is always the specter of fear hanging overhead. Will "they" deem me unfit to do what my body was built to do? Will they decide to step in and take over? The worry is a negative charge, isn't it? You sound like you've been doing everything in your power to keep it at bay.Dark Daughtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461439416312772862noreply@blogger.com