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I, along with two of my former apprentices, Kellie Sparkman and Elizabeth Smith, have collectively and safely (thanks to God) delivered over 4400 babies at home using the PowerBirth Principle- a woman can "press down" during labor when she feels like it, whether she is dilated to ten centimeters, or not, without fear of hurting herself or her baby! Why is the PowerBirth Principle creating so much controversy? It is controversial because it goes against the established teaching in all medical textbooks: "Bearing down should be forbidden during the first stage of labor, because when the cervix is not fully dilated, the woman will push her uterus downwards and this puts such great strain on the transverse cervical ligaments and the cervical tissue, that subsequent uterine prolapse is likely. It will also cause the cervix to be compressed between the baby's head and the pubic bone, making the anterior lip of cervix become swollen and hard, thereby increasing the pain and delaying labor. The patient who bears down too soon must be asked to stop, turned on her side, and shown how to refrain by breathing deliberately, accentuating inspiration rather than expiration during contractions. If anesthesia is administered, the woman can co-operate more readily." Textbook for Midwives by Margaret Myles. This is wrong teaching! Why should anesthesia be administered to keep a woman from pressing down during labor when her body is telling her to do just that? Why do women in the home birth movement fight so hard to stay within the confines of wrong teaching, the paradox being that they all sing and chant, TRUST BIRTH, but they don't really trust birth at all when they tell a woman to resist her body's own urges. For comments- http://powerbirth.blogspot.com Also, please visit www.rally4riley.org on behalf of my grand-daughter, Riley. She is pictured second from the left in the photographs at the top of this page! This is a letter Riley gave to me a few years ago. It spurs me on with even more vim and vigor than that which I have now- to help all women take back their power in pregnancy, labor, and birth: Dear Grandma, I think that your job is amazing. As a grand-daughter, I think that it was so, so great that when I was born, I saw a beautiful lady holding me in her arms. I saw the sparkle in your eyes, and I heard you say, "You look just like your mom and dad!" And, then I saw another lady holding me in her arms. And, to this day, even though I'm nine years old, I still think back and remember that moment. I love my mom very, very much, but the first person I saw was my grandmother. I love you dearly! So, grandma, I say, KEEP UP THE FABULOUS WORK!!!! |
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