2011 - Talk Birth

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Threshold Moments (2011-03-16 10:49)
In cleaning off my desk this weekend, I found the following note from a webinar by Rose St. John that I
attended some time ago:
”Labor is all about finding your threshold and learning your can go beyond it.” –Rose St. John
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Threshold Stone, Newgrange, Ireland
I think one of the powerful lessons of birth is about one’s own immense capacity—each of my births has
had a ”threshold” moment and, indeed, I have some notes taken for a possible future article about ”At the
Threshold: Pivotal Moments in Birth.” With my first son it was during pushing when I realized I had to
just do it, I had to push him out even though it was scaring me to do it. With my second son, it was when
I realized that I was actually in labor—I had a distinct sense of literally crossing a threshold. A sense of,
”there is no turning back now. I’m going back into the house and I’m having a baby.” With my third son, it
was when I got up in the night feeling contractions and went into the kitchen. There, I talked to the baby,
telling him it was time to let go of each other—”Lets do this. Lets get it done by 3:00” (and we did).With
my last baby, it was when I was talking to myself prior to pushing—fretting that I was too ”in my head” and
not letting go enough. After this moment, I did let go and she was born very rapidly after that.
So, looks like I had two ”pushing” thresholds and two ”bring it on—labor is beginning” thresholds. The
pushing thresholds occurred during my longer labors and the bring it on moments during my short labors.
1. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/newgrange
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