Clarifications

Hello All!
This post is in response to a friend who had some concerns with my last blog post (Hopital, birthing center, or home birth...). So please let me clarify a few things. I may have come across too strongly, making it sound like where you choose to give birth is a moral issue. I do not believe that. I believe a woman has the right to choose where and how she gives birth. I do belive that the how question is more important than the where question, and how is what should influence a women's decision about where to birth.

If a woman isn't convinced that she wants a natural birth, that is totally her choice. I feel that the truth issue comes into play with my belief that God made women able to give birth without the aid of pain medicine. This is what I'm trying to say when I say I belive it is God's design for women. I do not mean it is God's will, just that He physically/ biologically designed women with that ability. Yes the curse made it harder but it did not take the ability away. That doesn't mean they have to do it that way though! I just want women to feel empowered. That they can do it naturally if they chose to. To go through that pain and agony, then to come out on the other side knowing what I had just accomplished was one of the greatest moments of my life. I contribute that sense of abilty and accomplishment to God and His design. So I do feel like it is based on truth, but I do not feel that it is a moral issue. I feel that our modern view of birth as not helped women to see and grasp their own potential. So I am a litle "anti-establishment" for that reason, and I'm sorry if it came across too strongly. I tend to do that when I am passionate about something! I want women to weigh their choices and not just chose something because it is what is expected in our society. Women you have an amazing God given ability. I do not want to offend but encourage. So thank you friend (you know who you are!) for your concerns. I hope these clarifications will put any fears or misunderstandings to rest.

Carrie