Like you said in your post on unmedicated birth- which I partially agree with you about- but your underlying point is very valid- constantly trying to protect everyone’s feelings obscures truth. As much as sparing people’s feelings is a value, sharing truth also is.
I do feel that people from different faith traditions can share a common bond of answering the same questions even if the answers are different. Searching for truth, valuing sacrifice, long-term thinking. It’s something we have in common.
Really beautiful piece! Totally agree with you - the lack of interventions in birth is the key to unmedicated birth, not just suffering for suffering’s sake.
However, as someone who does struggle with pain conditions, I think it is okay if you do derive meaning from your suffering. I certainly do — I believe that my suffering can redeem others if I can offer my pain to God like Jesus did.
With that being said, I’m not above pain medication when I need to function in my life and for others.
It’s hard to know how to lead a good life. Very few are willing to share their wisdom and hold themselves accountable for sharing.
Do this. It will be hard. But it will resonate and feel right.
Like you said in your post on unmedicated birth- which I partially agree with you about- but your underlying point is very valid- constantly trying to protect everyone’s feelings obscures truth. As much as sparing people’s feelings is a value, sharing truth also is.
I do feel that people from different faith traditions can share a common bond of answering the same questions even if the answers are different. Searching for truth, valuing sacrifice, long-term thinking. It’s something we have in common.
https://open.substack.com/pub/logicandmorality/p/epidural?r=2z8wkz&utm_medium=ios
This is my piece if you should choose to read it.
Really beautiful piece! Totally agree with you - the lack of interventions in birth is the key to unmedicated birth, not just suffering for suffering’s sake.
However, as someone who does struggle with pain conditions, I think it is okay if you do derive meaning from your suffering. I certainly do — I believe that my suffering can redeem others if I can offer my pain to God like Jesus did.
With that being said, I’m not above pain medication when I need to function in my life and for others.
Personally, (not related to my article) my reticence to epidurals comes from a lot of research about what it does to mothers and babies.