First and foremost we are here to support, encourage and educate one another - ALWAYS.

All posts on the subject of pregnancy, natural birth, natural family living are appropriate subject matter for the community. However, please do not advertise within this community.

Just as no two women are exactly alike, no two births are exactly alike. Every woman has a unique medical history, unique preferences, and a rhythm all of her own. Even within a single woman's life, she may have vastly different birth experiences.

Discussion is allowed as long as it is respectful- no hate speech or personal insults. Members who go to other members' personal journals for the sole purpose of harassing them is also not tolerated. Healthy, even heated, debate is welcome. It takes a lot of personal accountability to be able to debate respectfully. If you are not capable of respectful disagreement, do not engage in discussion on sensitive threads.

Cite your sources. If you read something somewhere and state it as fact, please cite your sources and provide links.

Please keep profanity to a minimum. Some swearing is tolerable & to be expected, but please keep it down to a reasonable rate.

GROUP IDEALOGY
Birth is not crisis management; it is not a rescue mission to relieve the mother of the child and the child of the mother. It is not an emergency.

Birth is safe. Interference is risky.

Breastfeeding is normal. Babies were born to be breastfed. Breast-milk is a babies' birth right. This community is EXTREMELY pro-breastfeeding.

Birth should not be a time in a woman's life when she has to FIGHT for anything. Birth should not be a battlefield.

We also acknowledge that birth is not always without risk, but we believe that life is not without risk. There are a lot of things more risky than birth.

Birth is not the act of rescuing a baby or a mother from death, yet that is the prevalent attitude about birth.

Parents are qualified to become informed about their choices and can make the decision to make all the decisions.

We encourage women to stop giving their authority away and recognize that they are their own authority.

"IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OPTIONS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY."-  A Good Birth, A Safe Birth


If you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to contact me cali4niachef@msn.com