The top two books on my natural childbirth reading list are Ina May’s Guild to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin and The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Better Birth by Henci Goer. These two books provide a tremendous amount of information about the “medical model” of childbirth versus the natural childbirth model. The Guide to Better […]
Tag Archives: Natural Birth
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Aug
Aug
There is absolutely no way to give birth without pain. Many women throughout history have had painless childbirth, but there is no way they can guarantee a painless childbirth. Even in today’s technology, childbirth most of the time comes with pain. Epidurals can make the pain more comfortable, but they don’t always work and come […]
In this day and age of “thinking green,” many women are opting to have their babies in the comforts of their own homes while other women are choosing to birth in maternity centers. Women are beginning to reclaim the birth experience as one of nature rather than a medical emergency. For women who want as […]
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Nov
Nov
Giving birth is a wonderful, miraculous experience. Most mothers choose to give birth in a hospital knowing they will take good care of you, and if anything goes wrong, all the equipment is ready to go. You also get the dreaded but amazing epidural. I never really considered having a baby outside of the hospital […]
I must admit. 99% of my life I am a strong supporter of natural birth. However, after four completely natural births, I elected to have a pitocin induced birth. There is just something about getting to 38 weeks in a pregnancy and carrying an eight pound baby on your bladder that makes a woman change […]