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» My Son Tells His Birth Story — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:34:42 +0000

[...] Here is his story: Owen Remembers His Birth [...]

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:28:00 +0000

Shoot, it won’t let me link but if you go to my blog: http://www.thiswomanswork.com and search on “primal wound at our house” you’ll get it.

Some kids remember a lot more than we give them credit for, eh?

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:26:00 +0000

I came in here because I was looking up Robin and stopped on your entry then clicked through to here. I wanted to share my daughter’s story about the days after her birth. We adopted her at three days old but have a fully open adoption with her birth mom. She was 27 months old when we talked about this:
http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/07/13/primal-wound-at-our-house/

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:39:00 +0000

cfm molly,

Wow, that is interesting. My son used the sign he uses for swimming or things that swim in the water when he talked about the birth, so it is interesting that your son used the word swimming when talking about it. I’ll have to try to get a copy of the book you mentioned. I didn’t know there was a book about it. I found very little information online about the subject, but I didn’t think to look for a book.

By: CfM Molly

CfM Molly — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:53:00 +0000

I was so interested to read this whole post after I clicked over here from Birth Activist. When my son was 2, I was reading Babies Remember Birth and asked him, "do you remember when you were born?" He said, "Yes." I asked him what it was like and he said:

Swimming.
Swimming down out of Mama.
Crying (Me: was I crying or you crying? Indicated himself)
Nursies.
Happy now!

My water didn't break until I was pushing. I was interested by the "swimming" connection to your son's "no more water" connection.

By: James

James — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:01:00 +0000

When Jennifer left for the chiropractor the other day, Owen was going to stay home with me. But at the last minute he panicked and decided he had to be with Jennifer. That’s the opposite of how he’s been for the last 6 months.
(He got a free adjustment at the chiropractors’ – this kid gets everything for free.)

By: Mom

Mom — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:48:00 +0000

I’m glad you wrote about this. I’ve been wondering how Owen is doing. It sounds like you are being very intuned to his feelings. You are letting him talk about it and helping him cope. I think he needs to process his birth and you are letting him do that.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:43:00 +0000

That is really amazing that he’s remembering his birth. You are really blessed for that, I think.

Maybe him remembering his birth is making him need you more. What a sweetie. I hope he can find a way to understand that you aren’t leaving him for good.