This is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.

Silent births are labor and delivery done in a calm and loving environment. This means everyone attending the birth should refrain from spoken words as much as possible. Chatty doctors and nurses, shouts to “PUSH, PUSH” and loud or laughing remarks to husbands are the types of noises that are meant to be avoided.

The idea of silent birth is based on L. Ron Hubbard’s research into the mind and spirit. He found that words spoken during moments of pain and unconsciousness can have adverse effects on an individual later in life. What has been said during traumatic experiences such as birth records in a part of the mind called the reactive mind. These recordings store and have the power to influence a person by dictating thoughts, emotions and psychosomatic ills not under his control. Anyone can read about this in the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.

Mothers naturally want to give their babies the best possible start in life and thus keep the birth as quiet as possible.

For more information on the subject of silent birth, for the opinion of birthing professionals on the matter, and for accounts of Scientologist parents and their experiences, see the articles below:

	Silent Birth Questions & Answers
	Silent Birth: What Childbirth Experts Say
	Church of Scientology International – Statement on Silent Birth
	Silent Birth Story from a Mother of 3 daughters
	A Mother’s Silent Birth Story
	What Silent Birth was Like for a Texan Mother of 3

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