This is another reminder about how brutish the moment of birth can be. How those there when a new person arrives can turn from the wonder of Kairos at birth. Thank you for this blog that I share again here
Edited and updated: March 2013
Picture this… A mother sits holding her newborn son on a postnatal ward during visiting time. One of her visitors reaches forward, grasps the baby by the head and pulls him out of his mothers arms leaving him dangling by his neck. Can you imagine the reaction of the mother and those around? Yet no one raises an eyebrow when this occurs during birth.
If we accept that human babies are people and have feelings (both physical and emotional) why do we accept how many babies are treated during birth? What is the experience of birth like from the perspective of the baby? I realise that the following are extreme examples, but this approach is common place worldwide.
A medical approach to welcoming a baby to the world
Once the baby has been ‘removed’ their first minutes are spent away from their mother being subjected…
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Dr Susan Crowther 
Thanks for the re-blog. LOVE your journal article on Kairos at birth!
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Thank you for doing the blog! Great to read how colleagues are addressing the harshness of birth that occurs in so many ways still. I love that you loved my Kairos paper!
Susan
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Thanks for the post Susan. A good reminder of how horrendous the medical model is. Shudder….
Julie
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Yes, it is always a reminder of the work still to be done and yet also realise how far we have come in our personal journey!
Susan
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