tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35319936994465610.post4588422933775932743..comments2011-03-03T09:13:19.375-08:00Comments on Canadian HBAC: ThinkingSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02322251975208147077noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35319936994465610.post-23932645515873092282008-05-12T12:24:00.000-07:002008-05-12T12:24:00.000-07:00Huge hugs!!!Pray Love, pray. Calm that restless m...Huge hugs!!!<BR/><BR/>Pray Love, pray. <BR/><BR/>Calm that restless monkey mind and pray, <BR/><BR/>and then listen in that loving peaceful silence.<BR/><BR/>You know what? I *knew* Nature Girl would be a girl and that she would be born in the setting sun. I even knew she'd have nuchal hand (arm - she came our waving) I *knew* despite planning like crazy for a womyn supported birth I would ultimately birth Wild Thing alone - unassisted. And I knew that I needed to be prepared for Sprout to be born by c-section and I was surprised when I was "allowed" to labour in preparation for a vaginal birth (and really a c-section would have been less traumatic for both of us) I knew in a deep down settled in my bones way.<BR/><BR/>The only one I wasn't prepared for was Dark Mirror - I could not accept that ANYTHING could go wrong and pushed all those thoughts away. So I was not prepared emotionally for his cord wrap and how floppy he was (double cord wrap too tight to lift over his head, super low apgars) I should have allowed myself to deal with fears as they arose.<BR/>You will too.<BR/><BR/>The fear, when you're ready to birth, lifts and you'll just KNOW how to react if you let yourself take the counsel those fearsa bring with them.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12730940231520639971noreply@blogger.com