Just a tub of warm water and the towels.Just a tub of warm water and the towels. And the chair, which allowed for birth to be aided by gravity. Why birth in the supine position was ever considered correct seems weird to me; must be that Judeo-Christian thing about "born in blood and pain," accompanied by knives and sutures. No way. Not here. I'm not going to describe the birthing; suffice it to say it was both typical and wonderful, from my point of view. But then I wasn't doing anything except watching. We had finally settled on names the old-fashioned way; she named the boys and I named the girls. |