When I think of newborns, I think of a fragile swolen little thing with quivering arms and closed eyes, swaddled in warm but absorbant blankets so they won't hurt themselves by moving around too much.
I don't know, I guess I thought it was like having prune fingers after swimming, just that babies had it for longer cause they were in all that fluid for 9 months rather than a few hours.
Mae was a c-section. She got too big too fast in her momma's belly.
Several of my college friends have been giving birth in the last month, and while reviewing facebook pictures, etc, I found what my previous schema of child birth has been: wrinkled, white and pink all over the place, etc.
I came to the conclusion that vaginal child birth is harder on the baby than I had previously supposed. Maybe they're both equally hard. It's entirely possible. But squooshing a baby through a space that is not supposed to be baby sized never hit me as traumatic for the child until I felt suprized at seeing a baby who didn't have the signs of child birth as I had expected them.
It then occurred to me that babies are formed pretty perfectly in a momma's belly... it's just the method of exit. Poor babies. Let's be nice to them.
Poor babies?!?! Poor Moms!! lol I think vaginal births are pretty traumatic no matter what end you're on. It's even pretty traumatic for the Dads--they often get left out of the mix. But then your body miraculously heals itself and life goes on.
ReplyDeleteEveryone claims you forget...oh, but I have not. I don't think I ever will. Hence, the reason I went from wanting 5 kids to being quite complacent with just Scarlett. :)
Very funny, Julie! I agree!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pic! Though the baby-squishing of the birth process may seem traumatic, it's by design. Following this tight path helps get the baby breathing! Natalie was a c-section delivery and needed some help getting started breathing. But she did fine afterward, thank goodness. And had a beautifully shaped c-section baby head :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty cute baby. The whole making babies/birthing process is pretty amazing. I can't believe how perfectly it all works. But it is sad that those little babies have to squeeze through that tiny whole:(. Good thing they can't remember, right?! Hope you guys are doing well! Grad school- that's so awesome. I want to do marriage counseling some day. That will require grad school. Someday.... :)
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