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2 home births, first 26 years ago
[Read the article: Ricki Lake's "awesome" vagina]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I delivered my first child at home back in 1981 at the ripe old age of 20 and my second in 1986. The birth IS all about the mother. The less stress the mother feels, the better the birth will go for mother and baby. I was deathly afraid of hospitals, deathly afraid of stiches, never had one, hope I never will. Pain does not bother me, holes where they are not suppose to be bother me immensely. Therefore my choice for home birth, with excellent prenatal care and doctors available if necessary. Where and how a birth occurs should be up to the mother and should be whatever makes her most comfortable. There is enough judging and second guessing going on, let's not add to it.
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