Birth is an interesting topic. What I find odd about it is that we hold it up on such a high pedestal, we consider birth to be such an amazing thing, yet it happens everyday and is pretty common. The sun rises every day without fail, we take that for granted. I think birth is so miraculous because it is the act of having something that is the combination of you and your loved one. You realize that you made this thing. And you are going to raise it according to your own values. Your child becomes a part of you. The idea of a living thing living within you or your spouse is many emotions at once. You want this thing to have the best life possible and you want to educate it so that you can be proud that you’ve produced a functioning successful seed.
There are over 4000 known birth defects. But we still have this idea of a perfectly healthy baby, nothing else enters our mind. Why can’t people envision themselves as having the same all-american lifestyle with a child that is ill. When people are having a child you often hear them saying, “I don’t care what gender it is as long as it’s healthy” I believe that parents with children who have medical problems are much closer to them, and their connection is far stronger. Health is a prime concern when it comes to our children.We want this perfect lifestyle, the american dream, it involves a perfectly healthy child or two. And we have left no room for compromise.
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