Jenny,
It is common here to cut and paste your items that you link here, for a couple reasons. One internet sites don't always stick around so the discussion can get hampered over time. Second, people go to the links and don't specifically what you are talking about wander about and forget about the conversation at hand. To facilitate the conversation, I suggest you cut and paste the specific paragraphs and include the URL for the link so that people can get more information from those sites.
the peri link you posted only led me to see:
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We find that prenatal and perinatal experiences have a profound influence on health and human behavior. We believe that life is a continuum which starts before conception, not at birth. During this formative period, mother and child are fundamentally interconnected. We understand that babies are sentient beings who are best nurtured when their mothers are provided with a supportive and healthy prenatal environment in which her choices are respected.
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My own digging there didn't lead me to what evidence you may be interested in pointing out.
But that doesn't help me or anyone else understand specifically what you are discussing. It only confuses me because I don't see what evidence you are citing but just an organization. I don't see any empirical data, no information on case studies, no statements of research from phd doctorate students. I see nothing but a statement that says, basically, "We believe..." There is nothing there stating WHY they believe supported by any evidence.
Where is the evidence that shows "prenatal and perinatal experiences have a profound influence?"
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I wonder what the response is however, to my claim that giving birth alone was joyful and strengthening to my marriage?
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The response from that should be, "WONDERFUL! Congratulations!" It may range from,"That's great but I'm too scared to do something like that myself," or even "I would never jeopardize myself or my spouse in that manner." Which if I've read through this thread correctly, is about the range of response.
Which if you bother to look around the site, you'd find that people here are very supportive of people's choices and decisions. Again, they don't have to subscribe to it, but they can be supportive AND disagree with your choice for themselves and their lifestyle. Again, the key to this is being respectful. We don't allow members to flame other members in any shape or form. The community here is a thinking community, most of us here don't take things at face value. The point of this community is to evolve one's thinking. It doesn't happen if you don't have an open mind.
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