It seemed so very important at the time... and now, who gives a
damn about natural birth when the cost is your baby's life?
In case you don't read any further, I want to assure anyone reading this that has doubts
about a natural birth with For Women, that it is absolutely possible.
If you are thinking about water birth, read this article to get all information you need
about natural birth in water.
Every mother loves to share her birth story, so here's your opportunity to tell the world
about the natural birth of your children.
Don't just
read about natural birth, work through the exercises to gain skill and confidence while identifying the tools most likely to help you in labor.
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My wife an I were turned on to the Bradley Method school of thought through a family member that recommended we take the initiative and learn
more about the natural birth process.
Overall though, I think this is a great post to get some of the information out there to the general
public about natural birth, something I think American women are sold short on.
is to improve maternal and infant wellness by increasing access to midwives and and natural wellness providers, supplying public
education about natural birth and wellness options, and provideing professional education for the midwifery and birth worker community
I read lots of books
about natural birth methods, researched about the safety, and started to discover that many of the reasons I thought having a hospital birth made births «more safe» were unjustified (such as the impact of unnecessary interventions).
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Jean was a little
crazy about natural birth slamming hospitals the whole time but we were into natural birth so the red flags didn't go up.
You may need to learn a complete mindset shift, especially if you do not know
anything about natural birth, or have not been around it as women were throughout history; this is extremely important if you don't feel confident, have lots of fear and do not feel supported.
Women are indoctrinated to believe that there is something desirable and
superior about natural birth and brainwashed to fear hospital «interventions» and that does sometimes lead them to avoid OBs.
With the second child, I did have an epidural, but I was on the verge of saying I didn't want it after all, because I seemed to be handling the contractions well, having read a
lot about natural birth in the couple of years between kids.
I am a natural birth instructor via The Bradley Method and I love teaching
couples about natural birth and preparing for such a pivotal and important time in their lives.