Giving Birth
In response to a reader’s comment on my last piece – I certainly didn’t mean that women who don’t have 100% natural births are worth less!! This was a reflection of my personal view on my births. Like many first-time mothers, I was so scared of giving birth that I let my doctor convince me I have to have an epidural. Whilst the pain from the oxytocin was awful, and the epidural magically swept it away, I ended up having a very easy and fast labour regardless, which made me keen to try an unmedicated birth the second time. Following my two experiences I like to let women know (especially those giving birth first time around) that the epidural is a fantastic option if you feel you need it. However, I am quite against convincing women to choose before they are in labour. I am also against denying a woman an epidural if she feels she needs one, as I have heard some Polish hospitals like to do. In my second pregnancy I attended the same antenatal yoga course as I had with Karolinka. The...