The Importance of Gentle Birth

What is the importance of gentle birth? There may be no importance, it may be the most important instance in the world. At any rate, it's easy to decide.

1. Look at the stastisics. At least one in four births will be a C-section. That would look like this: a a a A a a a A a a a A a a a A a a a A The actual number of needed Cesareans is closer to five in one hundred.
2. The level of intervention in non-gentle childbirth is HUGE. Starting with simply limiting the food and water intake of the mother and forcing her to lay on her back.
3. Babies who are born into a harsh enviroment and separated from mom have lower apgar scores, more problems establishing nursing, and higher infant mortality rates.
4. Gentle birthing is easier on the mother.
5. It increases bonding and attatchment between parent and child.
6. Parents who are able to successfully bond with their children have much lower rates of child abuse than those who maybe didn't have the optimum bonding.

And which of us couldn't use all the loving bonding with our babies? Christ tells us to "Love one another, that your joy may be full". In my experience, natural gentle childbirth just facilitates a wonderful, beautiful loving feeling toward everyone around and your baby and husband, espessially.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said,
“and I will make you fishers of men.”