Have you ever experienced a mystical experience during natural childbirth?
ByI’ve been reading up on the various hormones and natural chemicals that are stimulated during childbirth like oxytocin and dmt. It seems entirely likely to me that these natural chemicals could produce an experience similar to that of being on the drug ecstasy or lsd if the mother does not interfere with the natural process by using an epidural. I’m just wondering if anyone has actually experienced this.
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January 27th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I had a 4 days labour and was refused pain Relief, so i can say that yes i had a natural birthing experience.
The only ‘mystical’ thing i experienced was feeling like i was in the pits of hell!, i also felt no emotional attachment to my daughter when she was born, in fact i felt more attached to my placenta, sounds horrible but i was so exhausted and so upset about my experience that i literally had no Emotion left.
Iv never taken Ecstasy or Lsd but i can tell you that it does feel like your stoned or extremely drunk, NOT a pleasant experience.
Any women that ‘enjoys’ her labour must have had an epidural or similar, or a short labour (less then 1 day).
January 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Only one of my babies I had without any type of painkiller, and that was my best labor and delivery. The whole time I felt guided and not like things were going out of control. There were times I felt like I was outside of my body; I knew what was going on, but I didn’t really feel the pain, and there was no fear. I am hoping for the same type of experience this time.
January 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
One thing about natural childbirth is you need to release the chemicals your body needs too. With a epidural or c-sections your body doesn’t release the quanties needed. This can cause postpartum depression in the mothers. Hospitals push the c-sections and epidurals not all the time, but too often, because it saves time, headaches, and docs make more money. In some cases c-sections are needed, I have 6 friends 2 relatives all with c-sections recommended by doctors, not one of them had a child at risk. And only one friend who had natural childbirth with a mid wife. It’s sad.
As far as DMT I think the theory is that DMT is released more in the baby then the mother. When a mother gets a c-section or epidural it takes away the babies natural birthing experience too. After all the babies is entering a different world!