Giving Birth
There is only one “good” way to give birth – and that is “naturally”, without pain relief, preferably at home and certainly not by caesarian section. At least that’s what I was left thinking after reading natural childbirth guru Sheila Kitzinger. She, of course, gave birth to her first child in just two and a half hours, and says that she didn’t expect a painless birth but knew that she could cope. And there straight away is the fundamental flaw in the whole “natural” childbirth argument. Because the fact of the matter is that you don’t know what your labour will be like until you’re in it, and anyone who thinks they can plan it could well be in for a nasty shock. I know this because I was that woman who thought she could do it “naturally”.