Kate Middleton Goes Au Naturel!

[BunnyN]

Wow, so "natural" is a obviously a far superior way to give birth and we should all strive for it.

Silly me for having my unnatural cesarean section under a general anesthetic in order to ensure the safe delivery of my daughter and to save my life.

Seriously, when are we going to stop judging everyone for how they give birth, how they feed, how they parent? She gave birth to a healthy baby and looked pretty good afterwards. Who gives a toss whether she had drugs or not? It may well encourage people but how many women who can't do it will end up feeling like crap because they never managed to do it?

If you don't want drugs then fine don't have them but lets not start rating how people give birth. Its hard no matter how its done.

I am proud of my drug free birth and believe it was the right choice for me and my baby but you should be proud of your birth too. In many ways a CS is harder and it takes courage to have one. I don't want to rate anyone but I would like to see better choices offered to women giving birth. What I don't think many people realize is that there is very little support available in many places for a natural birth. I believe better support for natural birth as a normal thing would give many women the chance to have a better experience and would avoid some of the side effects of intervention. Advancement in modern medicine is amazing and there is no doubt interventions can save lives but any intervention or drug can have side effects so it's only reasonable to avoid them when they are not needed. If someone famous can help awareness for natural birth I don't see it as a bad thing.