If you have never seen a birth, here is what to expect visually and audibly:
What unites them is the sound. Not the baby’s first cry—though that is there—but the mother’s vocalizations. Low groans. High shrieaks. Primal, almost inhuman guttural roars. It is the sound of a body doing something no amount of gym training or mindfulness can fully prepare it for. It is the sound of control being surrendered.
If you have never seen a birth, here is what to expect visually and audibly:
What unites them is the sound. Not the baby’s first cry—though that is there—but the mother’s vocalizations. Low groans. High shrieaks. Primal, almost inhuman guttural roars. It is the sound of a body doing something no amount of gym training or mindfulness can fully prepare it for. It is the sound of control being surrendered.