Normal Birth, in my opinion, is a form of natural birth with a few adjustments to how mother delivers a baby on his/her birthday. A natural birth involves loved ones, a mid-wife, nudity, the sight of flesh, loud noises, no drugs-such like an epidural, shifting positions (while giving birth)/walking/kissing/sexual contact with the mother to help her deliver the baby faster, all of the attention is towards the mother giving labor to the baby and the baby can be delivered at any time during the day. Meanwhile, normal birth involves a medical professional that has all the attention on him/herself rather than the 'patient' giving labor the a baby. Those who have participated in normal births, which is majority of the country, are familiar with papers gowns and steel instruments, drugs (epidural or pitocin), a scheduled birth that is on the doctor's time & not the baby's time, and usually the baby is taken away after the doctor shows the baby to the mother of how he/she looks like to put into a metal glass 'hot-plate'.
I could understand why normal birth would be convenient to mothers, in most cases, however, the way the message was being made in class is that normal birth takes away all of the natural occurrences in child birth. The fact that the mother is not only alienated by the glass box that the baby is put into-&instead could be getting body heat from his/her mother- the mother is also being fed to FHM and an IV which limits the mother to do anything to comfort the baby. Although the machines and hospital assistance may help the mother deliver her baby, in comparison to natural birth, natural birth seems more efficient due to the fact that the process of delivering a baby is not in a rush and does not involve machines and a glass box that limits the mother and the baby from seeing each other.
& what makes me think is the risks involved when having a normal birth in a hospital.
Natural birth does not seem normal to most people due to the fact that it does not involve medical professionals and the 100 years of science to help deliver a baby. Natural birth is completely normal for those who prefer to not deliver their baby in the hospital, which i think more women should do to get the natural feel of having a baby instead of taking away 90% of what occurs in a natural birth in a normal birth procedure.
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