on cesereans v natural birth

[mirideee]

http://www.empoweredmomma.net/main/vbacs.html - watch the 'a dramatic difference' video - i can't believe anyone would choose (other than in a life or death situation) to have a C section, they're gross! and so unnatural

Comments

[alchemistboyuk]

"ps y is a vaginal birth called a 'vbac'? y do they hide it behind a code?"

Because if they had the word "vagina" in the search terms for their website you'd never find them due to the vast number of "less educational" web sites that are search engine optimized for the word "vagina" but you might find them under birth or pregnancy etc...just a thought.

Good Luck *Hug*

[mirideee]

interesting thought... thanks:)

[trempnvt]

VBAC is an acronym for "vaginal birth after cesarean"; it doesn't refer to all vaginal births.

[mirideee]

ohhhh!

[ninabrujaha]

Jonathan asked his rav (I'm almost positive it was Rav Sherlo) how a husband can help his laboring wife, when she is niddah, etc, and the basic answer we got was that he could be there the entire time, no need to like, leave the room or anything, and that as long as a woman in labor needs her husband to lean on, it's ok for him to be there as a "support post". Jonathan was mine the entire time, and I am so thankful for that. He helped me feel safe and relax when I could.

I'm assuming this is a major kula, but I'm a fan. I was niddah in terms of touching the moment Gavriel was out, basically.

[mirideee]

hmm, i want the same answer. - i'll have to work on how to phrase it...

[tdc311]

I will add to this that I've never gone through this personally obviously but we learned a lot of sources about the issue in my hilchot niddah class in school (yes it is fun to be in a Talmud and Halacha program) and I would say that there are very wide-ranging opinions about when exactly during the labor process a woman becomes a niddah and the opinion of Rav Sherlo here while certainly more mekil and maybe not held by most rabbis, certainly seems legit and I know is held by some other rabbis here in the States. There are also a lot of in between opinions that will say that through some of the labor you aren't a niddah and you become niddah somewhere in the middle. And there are also the stricter opinions. I would say go ask your rabbi and if this is important to you (which I would imagine it is) try to have a longer conversation with him about the issues. Also, Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Ovadiah Yosef both say that it is fine for the husband to be in the room with her even if he is considering a niddah as long as he doesn't

[tdc311]

should say: "even if he is considering HER a niddah" sorry

[mirideee]

gotcha, thanks.