Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site vaxwaller.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!vlsvax1!zehntel!zinfandel!varian!vaxwaller!susan From: susan@vaxwaller.UUCP (Susan Finkelman) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: learning 'bout life Message-ID: <332@vaxwaller.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 11:16:50 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxwalle.332 Posted: Wed Sep 18 11:16:50 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 05:39:31 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 35 > :-( > > I've been reading about pregnancy and childbirth for several > months. I have a fair amount of book-knowledge now, but no > people-knowledge. I decided recently that I would like to get > into some kind of a childbirth class (or even beter, an > ongoing discussion group) where I could talk to experienced > people and ask questions. > I am skeptical of the notion that it is POSSIBLE to learn about life in a class. The best information I had about childbirth came from my grandmother who had 3 kids at home with the aid of other women (uncomplicated deliveries didn't require paying a doctor in those days & no one but the very ill went all the way to a neighboring town for a hospital) Ask your grandmother. Ask your mother. Ask your friends who are parents. Volunteer to be a labor coach for someone. (was it Paul who suggested contacting an anti-abortion group? Excellent suggestion. Those women need caring support) > > 2) I want to know how all of you feel about the way we > treat childbirth in America. Is it good that most of > us have never seen a woman go through labor? Is it > good that most of us have never touched a just-born I don't think so, but then I recruited 3 people to be with me in labor and a backup person on standby. I am much more secure when surrounded by my folk, and labor is no time to be anxious about anything but the business at hand. But then I think that our lack of exposure to death is pretty unhealthy, too. Susan Finkelman {zehntel,amd,fortune,resonex,rtech}!varian!susan Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com