Empowered Birth: An Alternative View of Risk

Meg Borman's latest column

Pregnancy can be a time of heightened vulnerability for many of us. Even the most headstrong can succumb to anxiety, fear and rumination regarding the ‘risks’ involved with growing and birthing a baby. And it totally makes sense. For the first time in our lives we’re responsible not only for ourselves, but also for a tiny little life force we would do anything to protect.