*Pronto en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago I had two quick conversations about sex and labor and all those fun things with women who\u2019ve never had children. They were work meetings and I get very passionate about that small piece of skin that lives between our vaginas and anuses\u2026 I swear they were appropriate business conversations! Anyhow, what was extremely surprising was that neither one of these women knew what the perineum even was!<\/p>\n
Once I explained they were like \u201coh, that, yeah, of course\u2026\u201d they do know that area of their bodies exist, but they didn\u2019t know what it was called\u2026<\/p>\n
And needless to say, they had no idea it is a part of your body you have to protect with your teeth and claws from overly eager OBs who either want to impatiently cut through or just don\u2019t really give a rats butt and sew you up in a hurry without thinking they are ruining your sex life, your sexual self image, the possibility of another natural birth and even the way you walk!<\/p>\n
What I am most aghast by that\u00a0experience is that two women of a middle, educated class, (one was a business owner, the other a freelancer) with university degrees, well traveled, experienced, sexual encounters under their belts, exposure to the world\u2026 and yet they didn\u2019t know what an essential part of their bodies was called.<\/p>\n
Last week I had a session with a Hypnobirthing goddess. I am quite pregnant, my human fermentation weeks are coming to a close and that makes me think about labor and birth more and more.<\/p>\n
I was telling her how most women and practitioners when talking about labor and delivery have their bar set at: healthy mom and healthy baby<\/em>. I feel that is a given and of course I want that but I want so much more!<\/p>\n