There's a shocker, right?
I've always looked at the whole drug-free labor vs. c-section, etc battle women fight with themselves as unnecessary. It seems like it'd be a natural decision. Until I thought about it, anyway.
I really figured I'd just know when I was preggers how I wanted to do it. Then I read articles like this one about other women who thought the same thing. About halfway through the article, I figured I'd mull it over. By the end of the article, though, I had a clear mental image in my mind of when I passed a very, very early term Astaria out of my body after a few hours of bleeding. It seems selfish and disrespectful to her, and my future child to not even allow myself to try to do it the way God intended. I know life, God and myself well enough to know that things just don't always turn out the way you intend them to, so, frankly, I have to understand that it may not be possible anyway. At least, though, I know where I stand with it all.
I don't know when I'll have children, or even settle down completely- being in a young relationship, I'm remembering how these things can be difficult even in the best circumstances- but I want to be prepared when I get there, as much as one can be.
And the beat goes on.
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