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WILDEBEEST WOMAN
Wildebeest Woman is about the deep place women have recourse to during birthing. Having participated in the birth of my children, it was interesting to note the loss of consciousness as deeper, animal instincts took over. Bovines seem to epitomize inner strength and ability to suffer.
The doctor who delivered my first born, which took 36 hours, had been working in the Congo region where he said the African women had very few problems delivering. He ascribed this to the fact that they worked in the fields and in many cases even gave birth there. Apparently the squatting position is quite beneficial as an aid to deliverance.
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