The Vagina:
Designed for Childbirth

The vagina, or "birth canal", is the organ that leads from your uterus to the outside of your body. It is very “elastic” and designed to stretch to many times its regular size during the birthing process.Have you ever seen those stretchable shirts? The material, when not stretched looks like a series of scrunched up folds. The shirts look small, just the right size for a child, but the material they are made from allows them to stretch to many times their apparent size fitting a full grown adult. The material is pretty neat in that it holds its shape really well. When the time comes to stretch, the folds allow the material to stretch to many times its original size, easily and without strain. Then, no matter how many times you stretch it out, it always returns to its original scrunched up size. This is like your vagina.

The vagina connects to the uterus, at and around the cervix. During birth, the cervix dilates and opens up allowing the baby to be pushed out of the uterus, through the cervix, and into the waiting birth canal. The birth canal is able to expand as the baby comes through and directs the baby down and out of your body. The baby is then born into the world, and into your waiting hands. After the baby has made its way out, the vagina will reduce in size and look once again like that material with all of the folds. No harm done. Original (or close to) shape restored. It’s all in the design.

Take comfort in knowing that your body is designed to give birth to your baby. I hope these articles have helped you to visualize the process of birth. Is it a little easier to imagine now? I hope so. Birth is beautiful and natural. Allow your body to function as it is designed. Relax and enjoy the birth of your baby!

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