That’s an incredibly profound question really. Think about it.
Women around the world have given birth since the beginning of our Humanity. Sure, we’re all One Humanity.
We know any man can impregnate any woman and any child can be brought up in any culture, religion, language and geography.
Won’t it make sense that we, Women, have passed down through each of our cultures the best way to breathe when experiencing the normal and natural occurring pain of labor contractions?
Given the thousands of diverse cultures all dealing with a human commonality (100% of pregnant women will give birth one way or another), do you think each culture would have its own unique way to breathe through labor contractions or do you think we’d share a common set of skills?
The question is:
Do we have individual cultural breathing skills that moms teach their daughters? Do we have a universal way to breathe through labor contractions because 100% of pregnant women will give birth?
While 100% of pregnant women will give birth one way or another, there’s a global truth: There’s no way to know what your birth will be like?
The question is:
If there’s no way to know what your birth will be like, can you actually learn breathing skills for an Unknown?
And what message does the Natural Birth Movement, obstetrician, midwife or doula give you?
The Natural Birth Movement evolved on a belief that women instinctively know how to birth and however a woman breathes in labor is just fine. In fact, the message goes further. Women should be left alone to discover birth for themselves.
Most obstetricians basically don’t care. Not because they are uncaring. They don’t believe it’s their role. They see their role is to bring their skills to safe-guard your health and your baby.
Midwives often are invested in the belief that women know how to birth.
Doulas … Most will support your choice whether you learn breathing skills for your labor.
Did your mother teach you how to breathe during labor contractions, particularly when they get very intense?
Here’s our dilemma. Is birth universal or culturally unique? Does an individual mom teach her daughter how to use breathing skills to cope, manage, work through, deal with, handle, stay on top of and feel in control or does the whole culture teach all their women? And, ultimately do breathing skills work?
Added to that. If moms around the world, throughout time and place taught their daughters good birth breathing skills, why don’t we know them now? We know we don’t or so many women won’t be using an epidural to deal with the normal and natural occurring pain of labor contractions … would they?
I’m going to explain all of this