Take natural childbirth back! Birth Activist!
Here's a free article that has some great links as well.
Take natural childbirth back by Karen Brody - Mothering 2005
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A FEW YEARS AGO, while I was watching my four-year-old son bounce a basketball far too big for his hands, a five-year-old girl sat next to me, put her hands on her belly, and asked, "Does it hurt to have babies?" Surprised, I gave her a curious look. "My mommy says it hurt so much to have me that she cried" At that moment, I saw the girl's pregnant mother waving at her. "I never want to have babies," the girl said. My heart felt heavy hearing her words, but before I could tell her that "It hurts, but it's a good hurt," or try to explain (in five-year-old language) something of the beauty of childbirth, my son jumped into my lap and the girl raced off
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