tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110052640237660954.post3733216578988440184..comments2024-03-19T10:13:56.342-05:00Comments on Walking with Dancers: My Birth Stories -- Behind the ScenesLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834453573285443355noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110052640237660954.post-75360621315686964202013-10-25T21:31:12.990-05:002013-10-25T21:31:12.990-05:00I started reading at part 2 of your first birth st...I started reading at part 2 of your first birth story (I found you by googling full-panel maternity pants, just refreshing my memory on where to cut the pants and other details). Thank you for including the fact that birth is emotional. That God cares about us and our experiences and that He wants to help us heal even when we don't understand the direction He gives us. Very few birth stories involve the emotional, they're mostly "this happened and then that happened." That makes is very hard to connect with their experience and I'm left feeling judgmental about how their birth went (which I hate feeling!). I, like you, read the natural birth books and have been caught up in their bias. But I also don't appreciate the medical bias either. Very few sources acknowledge bias at all (unless it's coming from the opposite 'side') and very few acknowledge how very personal birth is and how much God will support us through it if we allow Him. Your emotional honesty and reliance on God for healing and understanding gives much more to identify with and I feel like giving you a great big hug through all my tears. I really appreciate reading your comments about and journey with God through each beginning of motherhood. For some reason, it just doesn't seem to get easier emotionally (I'm on my fourth). Thanks for sharing your struggle and your faith.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929047382575338139noreply@blogger.com