It should be so simple…

I’m pleased to be a new blogger here at birth activist. I have to say I was honored to be asked. I’m loud and opinionated, so I hope you can tolerate me.

I guess I should start by summing up about how I feel about birth.

Birth is simple. It really is. It boils down to be just the basic sciences – biology, chemistry and physics. Now, I know that there are those that take a different spin on things – the beautiful pictures of elegant women laboring serenely, which is all well and good. But basically, we’re all about the ologies.

Biology – life, pure and simple. It’s how you got here, it’s how you got pregnant and it’s how you’ll have this baby.

Chemistry – have you ever looked at the complex system of chemicals (hormones) that are needed to run the show of pregnancy and birth? Amazing. And even better – we don’t have to think about it.

Physics – movement is key. Overcoming inertia to move the pregnant body and responding to the necessary mechanical changes to allow your baby to be born with ease is what it’s all about.

So the next time you talk to someone who tells you that birth is hard or they can’t do it – remind them it starts at a cellular level.