The Business of Being Born June 8, 2008
Tonight we had our friend Phoebe over for dinner and a movie. Billy made a yummy lentil dish with rice and tofu. When trying to decide what movie to watch the question came up of whether or not we had seen the movie The Business of Being Born. We had, but Phoebe had not. Since she seemed very interested in seeing it we decided to see if it was available via the Roku box on the Netflix instant stream. It was, so we watch it for the second time with her. It was still very interesting the second time around. Now, weeks later, it has a different meaning for me and my circumstances are different. I have read up a bit on midwifery and, chances (the fFN, actually) say that I am more likely to deliver pre-term. I guess what I took away from it this time around is the power and strength mothers have. I get to choose how I go into my delivery experience. Even as it gets intense I believe I will think of that. Also, it reaffirmed that I have choices on what interventions I do or do not receive. If I deliver in a hospital, I need to be strong in advocating for myself and my wishes. And, when I go into labor, I don’t want to go into the hospital too early so that I will be in my own environment for as long as possible and also there will be less of a time pressure on me to deliver on their time clock which could more likely lead to them falsely inducing or augmenting labor which will likely bring on complications.
Just thinking about all the hospital possibilities (especially with a preemie involved) strengthens my resolve to keep this baby in for about another month and a half so that he is full term and I can have a midwife deliver me.
The power of the mind is a fascinating thing… one that I wish I understood and could harness fully.
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