Comments on: The eroticism of birth http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/ The Diary of a New Midwife Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:25:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: The Student http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-53 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:02:32 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-53 Ooh, thanks for such a neat link and the great studies cited by your friend. I'm going to have to bookmark a few of those. Go Ina May! Ooh, thanks for such a neat link and the great studies cited by your friend. I’m going to have to bookmark a few of those. Go Ina May!

]]> by: kyrap http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-51 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:28:17 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-51 Gaahh! I have never heard of this before. I read this post last night and was shocked and speechless. I can see how this experience might be limited only to women who are completely comfortable with themselves sexually, and who are in a birthing environment that is really supportive and encouraging. I have to admit that it does seem a little odd to my own hard-wired brain to associate sexual pleasure with childbirth. It is a little hard to grasp. Although I guess an act of sexual ecstasy created the child in the first place. And hopefully it was an act of love. I don't think sexual pleasure associated with your child's birth is necessarily wrong. But it is a shock compared to how we are conditioned to think about birth. I think I will have to read and think about this some more! I have been wanting to read Spiritual Midwifery for awhile, and have not read anything yet by Ina May. Someone randomly left a comment on my blog today, and when I read some of her blog posts, she mentioned that she had recently heard Ina May speak, and that she had talked about this very concept! <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/ahavah_ehyeh/2433.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a>. Gaahh! I have never heard of this before. I read this post last night and was shocked and speechless. I can see how this experience might be limited only to women who are completely comfortable with themselves sexually, and who are in a birthing environment that is really supportive and encouraging. I have to admit that it does seem a little odd to my own hard-wired brain to associate sexual pleasure with childbirth. It is a little hard to grasp. Although I guess an act of sexual ecstasy created the child in the first place. And hopefully it was an act of love. I don’t think sexual pleasure associated with your child’s birth is necessarily wrong. But it is a shock compared to how we are conditioned to think about birth. I think I will have to read and think about this some more!

I have been wanting to read Spiritual Midwifery for awhile, and have not read anything yet by Ina May.

Someone randomly left a comment on my blog today, and when I read some of her blog posts, she mentioned that she had recently heard Ina May speak, and that she had talked about this very concept! Link.

]]> by: The Student http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-49 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-49 I've read Spiritual Midwifery, but I've never read her newer one...Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, I think it's called. It's been on my list for awhile, and I'm sure I'll get around to it someday. Have you read it? And yes, here's to hoping. I wonder how much the experience changes if you go into birth with the expectation of feeling pleasure instead of pain, and are all set to turn yourself on, and be turned on. I wonder how greatly that affects the course of your labor. It would be very interesting to give it a whirl... I’ve read Spiritual Midwifery, but I’ve never read her newer one…Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, I think it’s called. It’s been on my list for awhile, and I’m sure I’ll get around to it someday. Have you read it? And yes, here’s to hoping. I wonder how much the experience changes if you go into birth with the expectation of feeling pleasure instead of pain, and are all set to turn yourself on, and be turned on. I wonder how greatly that affects the course of your labor. It would be very interesting to give it a whirl…

]]> by: Bebunu http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-48 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:08:09 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2005/10/23/the-eroticism-of-birth/#comment-48 I don't know if you have read Ina May's book, but she indeed describes many women having orgasms while giving birth. This is thanks to her book that I heard about it the first time. Some of the pics that are in the book show women experiencing pleasure while giving birth. It is indeed difficult to conceptualize, since we associate birth with pain as you say, but I sure hope that giving birth to my babies will be more pleasurable than painful if I can help it! I don’t know if you have read Ina May’s book, but she indeed describes many women having orgasms while giving birth. This is thanks to her book that I heard about it the first time. Some of the pics that are in the book show women experiencing pleasure while giving birth.
It is indeed difficult to conceptualize, since we associate birth with pain as you say, but I sure hope that giving birth to my babies will be more pleasurable than painful if I can help it!

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