Birth

Element IV: The Human Being

The first nine months of a human being's life are spent developing inside their mother's womb. While inside the young person will grow from a very small seed into a fully formed human being strong enough to continue their growth and development outside their mother's womb. Birth is the moment when the baby emerges from their mother's womb into the world outside where they will continue to grow and develop in the care of their family.

Birth and its preparation have gone through great changes from a time when it was managed by the mother alone, to the introduction of the midwife to assist in the preparation and care of the birth, to women giving birth in hospitals attended primarily by male physicians.

Today, birth is truly becoming a family event. A team effort in which every member of the family including brothers and sisters have an important part to play in helping to prepare the home and the family for a new member to come and share in the life of the family. There are now many options available for providing for clean and safe surroundings both in and out of hospitals. Fathers are now playing an active role as a team member and coach in the birth itself and no longer an outsider.

Newborns come into the world staying connected to their mothers and fathers not being so quickly separated as in times past. In short, birth is a major event in the life of the family which can be happily prepared for so that the whole experience, including the hard work are appreciated for a lifetime!

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