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Nov 17, 2011 23:16:50 GMT -5
Post by ZionsDaughter on Nov 17, 2011 23:16:50 GMT -5
There are also needs of sisters that need to be considered, what about Birth?
I have experienced unassisted home birth with just my husband delivering our daughter. After receiving revelation from the Lord that all would be well to homebirth ourselves, the family knelt around the bed as I was laboring and offered prayer. The spirit was very strong and i felt angels with me while I gave birth. The most spiritual experience of my life and for my husband also. I felt His priesthood cover me like a protecting blanket. I also think sisters should anoint and lay on of hands for sisters who are about to give birth.
FOr sisters interested, I also make my own sanitary napkins that can be reused. I think this will be important for women. We are so used to going to the shops to buy what we need. I have tried hard to learn to live without these luxuries. Home made napkins work wonderfully and you can wash and reuse them. I can email info.
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Nov 19, 2011 1:00:11 GMT -5
Post by LDS Anarchist on Nov 19, 2011 1:00:11 GMT -5
We did that with our last born. Just me, the wife and the kids. The kids slept through it and woke up to a new baby, but the wife and I had a fun and interesting time together.
There wasn't much too it, either. Just set up the birth spot, and walk around until the water breaks and you are ready to give birth. Then get in the most comfortable position (that's a laugh, I know) and then go through the growls associated with giving birth. My wife squat down and had the baby fairly quickly, within a half hour from start to finish. All I did was offer words of comfort and support and helped her walk around, etc. Her body did the rest.
We even opted to not cut the cord, so we washed the placenta, salted it, wrapped it up, and kept it with the baby. It fell off a few days later. (It typically falls off within 10 days of birth.) Then we planted it.
Overall, it was a fun, relatively easy, private and cozy birth. All our next kids will likely be unassisted, too.
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