LOVE - mother and child.
By K.Rajib G.
@krajibg (11922)
Guwahati, India
March 16, 2012 11:12am CST
Love of mother. There is no love stronger than mother and her child. But.....The depth of love is ocean deep when the child is a natural born one. By this I mean the fulfillment of motherhood is there when she undergoes the unbearable pain in the process of of giving birth of her child/baby.
This is the greatest pain that a human undergoes and ironically man does not understand this and hence the bond between mother and children is always heavier than that of father. The mothers, who out of fear of natural birth giving opt for C section, in my opinion are not full mother for they hardly went through the ordeal of being a mother save bearing the child in her womb for nine odd months.
However C section is approved when the birth precess is critical. I know my friends who took the risk of C just to make it a point that the birth day of both the child falls on the same date. Whoa, what is this? Defying the Mother Nature? LOVE LOVE every where no where to feel the depth.
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@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
16 Mar 12
I agree with you vandana that mothers love their children. But I feel there is a difference in degree of love between natural born and C section born in kind. Exception are there and you know exceptions are not rules.
I too came out naturally and I know my nother who is no more loved me more than she did to herself.
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@celticeagle (167019)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Mar 12
I think that mother love stems from holding that child in a woman's womb for nine months. How ever she has to give birth to it doesn't matter in the sceme of it all. Mother has a love for the child whether she gives birth to it by C section or other wise.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
16 Mar 12
Hi celtie,
There is a saying that easy gotten golds have not that value compared to that gotten with hard work. No doubt the mother bears the child in her womb for nine odd months but giving birth through birth canal that is naturally is different from adopting C section. I do not see the woman a full mother who does not undergo the extreme pain inthe process of giving birth.
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@joannamarie089 (76)
• United States
16 Mar 12
I agree with celticeagle, that the love of a mother stems from carrying the child in her womb for nine months. The child knows the beat of your heart, your natural scent, the sound of your voice. Its as if they are one for those nine months. I loved my child the moment I felt that I was pregnant (before I even found out for sure). Knowing that there was my own flesh and blood growing and developing inside of me was amazing. Feeling her kick and wiggle was the most beautiful thing. She and I bonded so much over the span of conception to birth that I felt as if I already knew her heart and soul the moment she was born. She was mine. She came from my body.
I was not able to give birth naturally. My daughter was born five weeks early and had to be delivered via Cesarean to save her life. Yes, I do wish that I had been able to give birth naturally, but I will not allow anyone to ever let me feel that I love her less because I didn't. My daughter is my entire world. Every single second I share with her is a blessing. Watching her grow and develop is truly incredible. I love my baby girl with every bit of my being, my heart, my soul. I would do anything for my daughter. I would take on the world to protect her from harm. I do not love my baby girl any less than the next mother loves her child, regardless of how they were born.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
16 Mar 12
I have heard of women who choose C-sections instead of natural birth. I would never have chosen one, I took natural childbirth classes and was all ready for birth naturally. Yet I was forced into a C-section because of health reasons both times I gave birth. I felt cheated, still do, and yet I have two healthy adult sons that I love so deeply that I cannot imagine my life without them. I would kill to protect them. I would even kill a member of my own family to save the lives of my sons.
Perhaps those who choose C don't feel the same type of love, I don't know. But there is an increasing tendency to put the needs of adults before the needs of children.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
16 Mar 12
You said it right my friend. If a mother has not undergone the extreme of pain ever how would she feel the bond between her offspring and herself? You must have noticed that in most cases children - be it boy or girl they are more attached to their mother than their father. This is because the love the mother poured on them has pulled them towards her.
But those who opted unnecessarily C-section, this is quite different and that children today are becoming more unruly one cause could be this lack of strong bondage.
@rohimmudin (100)
• Indonesia
17 Mar 12
i think the normal or cesarean delivery does ot effect the taste of mother's love for child, all as mothers must have had such great love for his son
@bing28 (3795)
• Philippines
19 Mar 12
Haha Rajib, maybe there's just a slight edge for the love of a mom who gave a natural birth than that of a c- section say in patience. The mother who experienced the pain maybe are more patient when it comes to their children. They can stand to whatever pain the children may give them as they were able to stand the biggest pain in giving birth. It doesn't mean however that children of natural birth are tolerable in giving headaches to their moms. Though there are deliveries that are easy for moms as there are moms who experienced lesser pains than others. I believe the depth of mom's love for their children is the same no matter what kind of delivery they went through.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
20 Mar 12
Hi bing,
Yes, exactly bing. what you have said is what I wanted to convey through. Yes, let alone mother and child we feel strong bond with a stranger when we live together for a decade. My point was a flimsy, unnoticeable difference.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
19 Mar 12
To be honest..I would have liked to have had pain medication when I gave birth but I had them all three naturally. I had a friend that had to have a c section because of issues during the birthing process and it took her a lot longer to get better. I had my first at 10 am and by 7 pm, I was walking down the hall to see him. Now I wasn't walking comfortably..but I was walking..lol. She was bedridden for two weeks afterwards.
I think that we all have a time to enter and leave. I think there are occasions when mom may have to do c section..but I like the thought of being surprised and a baby having its own time to arrive.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
20 Mar 12
Hi Jen,
Loved to here your your friend's as well as your story about birthing. Thank you very much for sharing.
@maygodblessu44 (7336)
• India
19 Mar 12
Hello my friend krajibg Ji,
Well, first of all I wish to apolize with you and all my friends that I got hibernated due to many reasons. Let me see if I could be regular here-after. You are absolutely right in your thinking and coming to conclusion. I am with you. There is no such comparision with mother and child relation. It is on top of the world. Let's bow our heads in front of our mothers.
May God bless You and have a great
@maygodblessu44 (7336)
• India
22 Mar 12
Hello my friend krajibg Ji,
I wish to repeat and reproduce my views on 'mother-children' relations as below
Thanks for welcoming.
[b]"You are absolutely right in your thinking and coming to conclusion. I am with you. There is no such comparision with mother and child relation. It is on top of the world. Let's bow our heads in front of our mothers."
[/b]May God bless You and have a great time
@shibham (16977)
• India
18 Mar 12
Hi boss.
C section? Probably a new section for me, so no comment. But here i wish to share my views something similar to it. Like to mention that here, in some families the husband expects a boy as an heir but as the mother gives birth girl after girl and the husband desire continues as well, it seems to me that the mother is used as a child product machine by her husband. Which is unbearable and according to woman's freedom of living, it is a stain. ?????
have a nice time.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
18 Mar 12
Hi shibham,
Yu are correct. In our Partriarchial society there is still longing for a boy child. Preaching and lecturing in meetings are apart but in reality what you have said in the case.
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
18 Mar 12
Hi krajib: I agree in almost everything that you have mentioned on this discussion. I just need to add that my mother is just a super woman, doing so many things, caring for us no matter our age and she has been a main source of love and comprehension to me during my whole life. I feel so proud about my mom. She is the most important person for me in the whole world.
ALVARO
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
19 Mar 12
Hi ALVARO,
Thank you for standing by me. And I too agree with you that mothers have natural love towards their children and they scold and admonish them in time but a mother who has birthed through her birth canal is some one special than one who has had through c section.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
17 Mar 12
Definitely the love moth give toward her children is not measurable. I always feel that my mother protecting me, and loving me with her best. Although sometimes she scold me harshly, but she just giving me a lesson to learn, and I should always remember it. I love my mother too.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
19 Mar 12
Hi king parker,
The difference is of course not measurable but the difference lies in degree not in kind. It it is no flimsy and airy that it is not so easily detectable.