We will get to know each other before your birth at pre-natal appointments, and you will be provided with the resources you want to make informed and empowered
decisions about your birth.
She can help you get the information that you need to make informed
decisions about the birth of your baby.
This book is 100 pages total, including 37 pages of unbiased information describing hospital procedures and birth options so you can be truly prepared to make informed
decisions about your birth experience.
Write a birth plan: this is a template that empowers parents to make informed
decisions about their birth.
Although you're thrilled to meet your little one, you have to make a ton of
decisions about your birth plan, and the question of pain relief can be a serious one for many moms.
Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed
Decisions about Birth.
We support each family's right to make
decisions about their birth and postpartum experience.
DONA International doulas are trained to help families connect with evidence - based resources so they can ask great questions and make informed
decisions about their births.
When labor time came, I was able to make fully informed
decisions about my birth and felt like I was the one in control of my experience, rather than a patient whose baby was «being delivered.»
Childbirth educators and doulas will also find this book helpful since each chapter includes, Especially for Mothers, a section with helpful guidelines, questions, and numerous resources for making informed
decisions about birth professionals, hospital interventions, and place of birth.
Updated references and resource lists provide mothers with the tools needed to make informed
decisions about birth, breastfeeding, and parenting.
Take a class at your local hospital, watch natural birth videos, read books and talk to experienced moms so that you have knowledge to make an informed
decision about your birth preferences, including place of birth.
Studies that score higher on the Index thus have greater potential to reliably inform the evidence base for
decisions about birth place by women and health professionals.
If enacted, so - called «personhood» measures could interfere with personal, private, medical decisions relating to
decisions about birth control, access to fertility treatment, management of a miscarriage, and access to safe and legal abortion.
Not exact matches
She is passionate
about ensuring that her families are well - informed
about their
birth options before birthing day — so, the
decisions they make during the
birth of their baby (ies) are based in facts, rather than fear.
Whether you choose to
birth at home, our
birth center, or in a local hospital, we will respect your individuality, your desires for your
birth, and your right to make
decisions about your care.
I talked to everyone I knew
about their
birth stories, analyzing their
decisions.
There are many
decisions a pregnant woman makes
about the
birth of her child, yet it is the hospital she chooses that can directly impact her breastfeeding relationship.
You'll learn
about her experience with becoming and being pregnant, her
decision to have a homebirth, the process she had working with midwives, the importance of social support during pregnancy, delivery, and after
birth, her entire
birth story, and lots more!
When the doctor finally came down and saw that she recognized me (I had been a doula for two
births where she was the Ob) she knew that I was knowledgeable
about birth and couldn't be scared into making a
decision regarding my care.
In talking
about her
birth later, she was angry that no one helped with her pain, and everyone else made all the
decisions for her.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shared just today what I think is their first policy statement specific to homebirth, and as one would anticipate, they concur «with the recent statement of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists affirming that hospitals and birthing centers are the safest settings for
birth in the United States while respecting the right of women to make a medically informed
decision about delivery» (2013, 1016, abstract).
If I hadn't had my mother with me (who is pretty educated
about birth stuff and also a strong advocate for me) I'd have hired a doula for my
births, and can not recommend them enough as a way to make sure
decisions are made in your best interest.
That's okay — just don't make the
decision at the hospital as you're
about to give
birth.
they talk
about how she should be in charge of her
birth, and make the right
decisions for her.
If you do not know your options, you have no options and are ill - equipped to make truly informed
decisions about how you want to
birth.
Families, doctors, midwives and policymakers often make
decisions about where to plan a
birth based on their understanding of the published research.
Their objective is to produce a suite of web - based
decision aids, including one that helps women make informed, values - based
decisions about choice of care provider and
birth setting.
Courtney will be interviewing doulas and midwives, Jennifer will be writing
about home
births and essential books on natural
birth, Lee will be writing
about her
decision not to have children, and much, much more.
No matter the location or who attends a
birth, women need to feel valued, dignified, and empowered, especially when it comes to making
decisions about how her child comes into the world.
Our classes cover all the basic information
about labour and
birth, but also include strategies for pain management, choices,
decision - making during labour, coping techniques, and medical options, as well as breast feeding, baby care, and postpartum reality.
You do not make the final
decision about placing your child for adoption until after the
birth.
Now, we, as new parents, are bombarded with conflicting information
about birth options, parenting choices, and the pressure to make the «right»
decisions is very high.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote
about the American Medical Association's
decision to try to outlaw home
birth over at my blog Crunchy Domestic Goddess.
A huge part of preventing
birth trauma is getting clear your
birth preferences, knowing the pros and cons
about all the tests and procedure, all the interventions your may be faced with, so you can make informed
decisions - rather than simply give over your body, your choice and voice to your health care providers and institution you choose.
It's such a shame that views and comments drop on posts like these, because THIS is the kind of important information people need to have when making
decisions about their place of
birth.
Your posts
about VBAC really helped one of my IRL friends make an informed
decision about where to give
birth and how.
These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and
births, not having to make a
decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned
birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and
birth experience.
Recently I had a chance to connect with Renee to talk
about her
decision to place Liam (a.k.a. «Little Man») in an open adoption, how she stays involved in his life, and what she calls «the business of being a
birth mother.»
In fact, many birthparents and adoption professionals believe you should make your
decision to place twice — once before the
birth of your baby and once afterwards — since your feelings
about it will likely change over this time.
The
decision about how much openness to have is a mutual one, made by the adoptive parents and the
birth parents before the adoption.
How we relate, in our adult lives, to stress at home or work, pressure from loved ones, how we go
about making our toughest
decisions can very well be traced back to how we experienced
birth, when our response to stresses within our nervous system were developing.
Everybody should have the best information available
about birthing at home AND in hospitals so that each family can make their own
decision about where to give
birth.
We recommend that these findings be taken into account when insurers and governing bodies make
decisions about home
birth and hospital privileges with respect to certified professional midwives.
We've designed, trained, and proudly teach the ProDoula Childbirth Education curriculum for those who wish to have all the information possible to make their
decisions about the type of
birth they are planning for in the smallest possible commitment of time.
You should consider all of these aspects in making your own
decisions about your pregnancy and your child's
birth.
In class # 10, we discuss many of the newborn procedures that are typically done after
birth and you'll be able to make an informed
decision about whether or not any are right for your baby.
Empower yourself to make the best possible
decisions by being educated
about birth and possible interventions.
Read more at: http://www.barbarakatzrothman.com/ When it comes to making
decisions about how and where you want to
birth your baby, the information can often be overwhelming.
and «Are women being denied the opportunity to make
decisions about their own
birth choice?»