Posts Tagged ‘checklist of birth and pregnancy fears’

• Pregnancy and birth checklist of fear

  Date: 2011.03.02 | Category: Birth | Response: 2

  Issa at Love Live Grow, recently published a thought provoking post about fear. Specifically, she made a whole list of the “obligatory” things that people do to help them keep safe. Many of the points on her checklist of fear consist of “common wisdom” that circulates around society, and that is supposed to keep danger at bay. They range from “when walking in the street, be aware of whether anyone is behind you” to more obscure things like “beware of Halloween candy, it may contain hidden razors”. Issa’s point is that these things, when taken together, do not keep us safe but prevent us from living our lives instead. This is the pregnancy and birth edition of the checklist of fear.

  

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• Checklist of fear – pregnancy and birth edition

  Date: 2011.01.02 | Category: Pregnancy | Response: 8

  Issa at Love Live Grow, recently published a thought provoking post about fear. Specifically, she made a whole list of the “obligatory” things that people do to help them keep safe. Many of the points on her checklist of fear consist of “common wisdom” that circulates around society, and that is supposed to keep danger at bay. They range from “when walking in the street, be aware of whether anyone is behind you” to more obscure things like “beware of Halloween candy, it may contain hidden razors”. Issa’s point is that these things, when taken together, do not keep us safe but prevent us from living our lives instead. This is the pregnancy and birth edition of the checklist of fear.

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