One of the things that our culture here in the United States does not do well is wait. We are a culture of fast everything. The faster the better whether the fast compromises to integrity of what we want or not. We are busy people who have many things to do and few things if any, should interrupt our schedules.
So when it comes to waiting on a baby and the baby's time to be born it is an exercise in endurance for most. It is even more difficult because the people surrounding us not only often are not supportive but are downright fearful that we are harming ourselves and our babies if we wait on them to come in their own time. Why don't we just go and have an induction since that is what most women do it must be the safest thing to do. Induction of Labour.
Days of pre-labor contraction with our Estimated Due Date getting further behind every day can un-nerve many a first-time homebirth mother.
The period of time that we wait changes us if we accept it as a part of the labor and birth process. If we learn to wait now then it changes the way we view parenting. We can learning right at the start that things are no longer on our terms. If we take this lesson and continue to let it grow we can begin to shed the business out of our lives and embrace the process. If we embrace the process we can let our children grow as they have birthed. In their own time and in there own way.
Let every pre-labor contraction remind you that you are holding your baby inside your body for a precious little time that won't ever come to pass again. Cry when you are frustrated with the waiting. These tears will not be the last that you shed over this child throughout his/her life. Wait.
