We’re on day 6 of life as a family of five and of recovery. So far I’d have to say this has been the easiest recovery I’ve had out of my three children. While I’m still sore in a particular area, everything else seems to feel much better. I’m obviously still tired, but that comes with all newborns. As for my sweet little boy, he’s definitely the calmest of the three so far. We can’t help wondering if it’s because he didn’t have the traditional traumatic entrance into the world, where he was immediately scooped away by strangers for poking and prodding under bright lights. Overall, I’m even more determined to affect change with the maternal-fetal healthcare system — seriously, we need to see a serious paradigm shift.
I don’t believe we should blindly accept what we are told simply because we are to assume that a person knows better than us. I believe we all have the right and responsibility to do research and explore our options. Those skills should not be abandoned at graduation but rather continued throughout our lives. What’s the point in learning how to research if we choose to only use that skill for school purposes? We are constantly growing, changing, and learning, and we must be sure to make the best possible choices with as much information as possible.
