aloha members on C-section births (Orgonomy Egroup) i been studying them for 20 years from a natural home & waterbirthing approach. i know many women who've had c-section births because of 'complications' they failed to open cervix/vagina after 20-50 hrs of labor! Why does that happen, when most of them had planned to do a home &or waterbirth, seemed ready to deliver it. The cause of their not-opening-enuf to let baby out, thus needing a c-section, relates to emotional openess, internal stress/armor, supressed natural- instincts, not deeply relaxed for letting-go & to meet newborn with open heart & soft body to love & nurse it. They all had unconscious fears & blocks (birth trama?) to instinctual process of birthing; mostly during their first birth & learned deeply even tramatically from hospital experience. After c-section some wanted to forget it & denied their pain, fear & drugging down deep feelings, so normal in medical deliveries. There's a newage natural birthing movement called VBAC = "vaginal birth after cesarean" promoted by many midwives & birthing educators now. 1000s of mothers who suffered a C-section have grown in healthy energy instincts to next have a natural VBAC with some pleasure & thankfulness for preping more naturally. It takes some deep-emotional-clearing out mothers birth-trama (assuming she had some) to soften & open-up to let baby slide on out, without heavy fear, much pain or any drugs to kill their feelings. The waterbirthing movement began in France & Russia with 2 radical natural birthing doctors in 1960s. It moved to U$ when 'rebirthers' doing much healing of old forgotten birth-trama got pregnant & choose to most relaxing & natural birth process on earth. 100s of 'rebirthed' moms have delivered into water, with deep benefits to their family health & bonding together. It's a simple transition to use a hotub or bathtub for delivering baby into loving arms & open hearts. Rebirthed moms can simply release (cry, breathe, yell & scream) out the pain they feel while opening up for baby to come thru, is common in 1st births. By now 1000s of newage parents have had water- births successfully at home & birthing centers. Many hospitals, mostly in Europe, have water birthing tubs, including the Un.of Oregon med school baby wing in Portland has hotubs for birthing. The spiritual connection to the babies soul is easy withe water, as mom takes baths to soften in & open up for letting baby out into total-love-bonding. The natural homebirth & waterbirthing movement now has 100s of midwives with portable hotubs for homebirths. This is the root of "Conscious Conecption & Prenatal Yoga" (books by JP Baker), healthy parenting & childrens liberation -> deep soul bonding parents together with childrens needs for naturaliving in love. Gaia blessing us micheal sunanda Oness press