I want to take advantage of the fact that we are in the Respected Childbirth Week, to tell you about orgasmic childbirth, a term that may or may not sound familiar to you. You see, although it may seem strange to us, women have the ability to give birth in ecstasy, because if Nature could follow its course without interference, the hormonal cocktail would give us a conscious and pleasant delivery. In fact, orgasmic childbirth is not only to be experienced and enjoyed, but it is also included in the scientific literature.
Below you will see the video starring Amber Hartnell, a wonderful visual archive, in which Amber laughs and shows herself in ecstasy; a very different situation from what many of us have experienced during our births. In fact, while she states that she had hardly read anything about childbirth, and did not prepare too much for the moment ..., the most common is that they fill our heads with information, and also with fears, which later make the process difficult, and in what way!
That happened in 2006, so Amber's child is (or will be turning shortly) 11 years old, but his mother's experience is still publicized, which is not surprising because it is so worth it. Today, we have alternatives to hospital and intervention delivery, but the truly exceptional thing is to ensure that nobody or nothing interferes (I am obviously referring to births that develop normally and without unforeseen events), because there are two factors that a priori will make it difficult for the mother to connect with her body and her baby. They are the presence of other people (midwife, doula, partner) and find themselves in a place other than their own home. Amber (by the way) gave birth in a bathtub, at her home.
Women are designed to give birth.
It's in our genes, we can do it hormones have been designed and activated just for that purpose. They are activated or they do not, because our mammalian brain, which should assume command (over the neocortex), must coexist with very bright, too noisy atmospheres (for the occasion), with medical procedures, with obstetric violence... and of course, like this ...
The woman and mother would use her intuition to facilitate the process (postures, breathing, movements), but what is a physiological process often becomes instrumentalized. Childbirth is part of female sexuality, and as such, It is capable of producing pleasure when the muscles keep pace (Casilla Rodrigáñez). And at the moment when the creature has already arrived in this world, both (mother and baby) discover each other, look at each other and they fall in love, needing each other; the first must return from the state it entered during childbirth, and the second feels sheltered by the mother's body, and feeds on her breasts.
Can we all go into ecstasy when giving birth?
I really believe that a series of artificial needs have been created that in most cases interfere with childbirth. We all agree that adequate care would sometimes be required, but not always, because the first thing that happens when interfering is eliminating the conditions that allow privacy, respect and security.
Labor (which can last many hours) is in turn made up of small processes that are harmoniously coordinated in order to provide the 'miracle': a woman bringing the baby into the world, with little help. Some of the things that could be done to achieve a more natural, more conscious, and ... ecstatic, would be.
- There are respectful childbirth care models that favor natural births, you can choose one of them.
- A low-light, quiet environment during labor helps.
- Eliminate other distractions like electronic devices or watches.
- Giving birth is an act of love: if nothing happens to your baby, you should be together.
- Look for women who have had natural childbirth, surround yourself with feminine wisdom.
And regarding the video that you have just seen, as you might suppose, it unleashed (and continues to do so) very different reactions: surprise, "scandal", admiration ... In my opinion, the disconnection we feel with respect to our own sexuality, the ignorance of the sexual organs, together with different taboos, make it easy to perceive it as a provocation. What do you think?
Images - you infer, grandson2k, Inspired Photography CT
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