What Happened When I Stopped Pushing During Birth
The Birth of a Mother When I Allowed My Body To Take Over When I say my birth experience was close to what I visualised, I mean that quite literally. I was there, in that same place I had imagined many times before. That morning I went out shopping to distract myself. The waves had started, but they were still small and manageable. I knew I had a long way to go, so I treated them exactly the way I had practiced: breathing through them, riding them like waves. Each surge would rise, peak, and...