Suggestions for New Visitors:
Early Pregnancy or Just Planning
A healthy pregnancy improves your chances of having a natural birth.
Check out the Birthing Naturally Nutrition Section to find out how what you eat can make a big impact on your health during pregnancy, as well as how your baby is able to grow. You'll find information about the Brewer Pregnancy Diet, a basic nutrition tutorial and recipes to help you eat well during pregnancy.
Then take a peek at the Birthing Naturally Exercise Section to help you get moving in the right direction. Daily activity is a vital component to a healthy pregnancy. Get some common sense advice and find the activity that is right for you.
Mid Pregnancy
Learn about choosing your health care team in the Birthing Naturally Healthy Pregnancy section. It takes time to make sure you have hired the right doctor or midwife, selected the right doula and to determine what family and friends will support you during labor. Having supportive people with you during labor improves your chances of having a natural childbirth.
The Birthing Naturally Birth Planning Section provides information about common procedures, options you may have and how to put your plan together.
For help in preparing your birth plan, you may want to read Robbie Davis-Floyd's "Birth Messages" chapter from Birth as an American Rite of Passage. Ms. Davis-Floyd has researched interventions used during labor in an attempt to determine why they are done. If you are in the beginning phases of investigating natural childbirth as an option, her work will be something you want to read.
Late Pregnancy
Gain a better understanding of natural childbrth by reading about the normal process of labor. The Birthing Naturally Labor Progress Guide can help you learn how to determine how to deal with each stage of labor.
Read about labor coping techniques, positions for labor and relaxation methods in the Birthing Naurally Coach's Notebook. You'll learn why the techniques are useful for natural childbirth, as well as ways to incorporate them into your labor.
Anytime in Pregnancy
Check out the changes in mom and baby in the Birthing Naturally Month by Month Guide to Pregnancy. Common symptoms are listed for each month, as well as ways to minimize the discomfort from those symptoms.
Check out the suggested pregnancy reading for a listing of books that are supportive of natural childbirth.
You will find a great collection of links to sites that offer high quality pregnancy, parenting and childbirth information at the Natural Childbirth Directory. While you are searching there, you can locate childbirth professionals in your area.
Are you a Christian? You will find even more natural childbirth and pregnancy information written from a Biblical perspective in the Christian Childbirth pages. Included with the articles you will find an online Bible study and devotionals.
You May Also Be Interested In:Learn about epidurals so you can make an informed decision. Explore the list of Recommended Childbirth Books and other products. Find out about childbirth in other cultures and explore how culture changes your perceptions of pregnancy and childbirth. Find out ways to keep a pregnancy journal. Assess your pregnancy weight gain to see if it is healthy. |
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