I know all of you have missed me and my AMAZING blog posts. Just kidding….:) Well, I’m back. I took so long off because I decided to have surgery. Can you believe it? Yes, healthy living….crunchy mama….ME….. decided it was time to fix a surgical hernia, have a scar revision…..AND while we’re already cutting me open…..get a BOOB JOB! You read that right….YES, I am one week out from a breast augmentation and lift.
Now, I’ll be honest, I am a woman who prides herself on being tough. Growing up, I was a phenomenal baby in almost every way. I avoided anything that might show the remotest sign of being in any way painful at all costs.
I still remember when I told my family we decided to have a home birth. I can still hear the constant laughter ringing in my ears. My family actually thought I was joking at first. They regularly commented that there was NO WAY I was going to be able to do it. That I couldn’t handle pain like that without whining and crying every step of the way.
Well, since that time I have had 5 babies at home, 3 abdominal bowel surgeries, regular bowel obstructions for 4 years straight (that in my opinion hurt just as much if not more than having a child) and the hernia repair, scar revision and boob job…..have TOPPED them all. I came home and for the first 4 days thought….”What the HELL have I done.”
Today is the ONE week mark since the surgery. I’m priding myself today on the fact that I actually took a shower. I even shaved my legs. This is a BIG deal, people! Just 3 days ago I was still wallowing in the fact that I’d made a HORRIBLE mistake and recovering from boob job surgery is literally choosing to live in hell for about 5 days.
So I guess the jury is still out…..Am I a total WIMP or is major surgery a HUMONGOUS PAIN? I’m speaking both literally and philosophically here. 🙂 I am on the UP and UP! I actually took a shower today which is a BIG feat in and of itself for me. I do feel a little like WONDER WOMAN! Yes, I’m learning to deeply LOVE myself even in the lies I tell myself. LOL!!!
So, since every post has to have some WONDERFULNESS about babies and mamas and birth, I’ve decided to post the article below. It is disheartening to think that labor now takes longer than it used too.
My opinion…..LEAVE moms and babies and Dads….ALONE during the birth process, labor will be shorter and quicker and LESS painful….IF even painful at all. Its that SIMPLE!!! Let nature and nurture do their jobs and low and behold, relaxation and serenity step in to create a birth that feels easy and blissful and usually ends up happening quite FAST!
Have a Terrific Thursday!
In Peace,
Rachel
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Babies Take Longer To Come Out Than They Did In Grandma’s Day

I wonder if the excitotoxins have anything to do with the longer labors. If the hormonal balance is off from a struggling endocrine system, then I would deduct that the length of the labor or the ability to go into active labor would be compromised. As far as the weight of babies being bigger, that doesn’t surprise me one bit with the addiction to processed junk people call food.
By the way, being “tough” is relative to each individual’s current state of being and circumstances. Would you agree? If you think you have handled it all well, then you have!! Good job 🙂