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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:03:17 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:18:19 +0000

Beautiful thoughts. I know doctors too well, they are a terribly pessimistic bunch. Keep focused on the positive, life is beautiful and you and your baby are safe. Ahh I get all emotional about pregnancies…! I hope he or she comes out all healthy and happy and radiant.

I know the government is in a terrible state right now, but let’s see if we can do our part to improve things – our government’s only a reflection of us, after all. Maybe not the prettiest part of us, but then lucky we’re around then, pretty as we are, so we can start making things better I really, really think we can make a change in this lifetime. I don’t think going into politics is necessarily the way, being independent but influential… like a blogger makes more sense to me in many ways. But we just start with the positive thoughts I think. Am I making sense?

Andrew

By: Flash

Flash — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:57:48 +0000

I live in Canada and home births are very common, even encouraged if there are no anticipated complications.

By: Chris Edgar

Chris Edgar — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:05:53 +0000

You’ll find it happens all the tiiiiimmee! Sorry — that line from the post basically channeled Tom Jones. But seriously, I think that’s true that fearmongering has taken a lot of spontaneity about our lives, which is another reason I read the news pretty rarely.

By: Oscar - freestyle mind

Oscar - freestyle mind — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:05:24 +0000

Great article Ian, and congratulations for your baby!

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:40:31 +0000

Well, like I told my husband who is glad it wasn’t him, I’m glad it was me! Pregnancy and childbirth was one of the highlights of my life. I loved the feeling of my babies moving around inside and the heightened sense of life and connection to nature during childbirth and the newborn period.

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:40:58 +0000

Thanks Michele. As you say, I guess we’ll never know what the consequences are …

See my reply to Brenda for more details about the situation here in Romania. I don’t think Romania is much different from other countries in the region. I also had a child in Poland where things were definitely better, but it was still almost unheard of to give birth at home. Growing up in the UK I took it for granted that home birth was universal. I was born in hospital (1963) but my two siblings were born at home and that was 1965 and 1969!

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:37:11 +0000

It’s always the women who go through it, isn’t it. And I’m not sure whether I’m jealous or releived about that. Maybe a bit of both!

Thanks for the wishes, Lance.