If you are into having a natural childbirth experience, as we did, you want to consider all of your options first. It's important that you weigh the consequences of your actions and to keep the well being of your wife foremost and first! If you can't tell already, I'm the husband in this process.
The first option for a natural childbirth is having it done in a hospital, as opposed to a birthing center or at home. You should be making this decision as early as you can in the pregnancy as it will set up your procedures to come. But how do you come to this decision? Just because your friends and family use the hospital, doesn't necessarily mean you have to. We went the hospital route as it was better equipped to handle what we were going to go through.
Thankfully our hospital understood our natural birthing wants and needs and accommodated nicely. Do your due diligence and ask the right questions to see if the hospital staff can accommodate your needs.
I mentioned birth centers before, and they are a good choice for some couples. At those birth centers you usually have more options and choices for how you want the birthing to go. Again ask the right questions and also ask them how many birthings they've done over the past 6 months. Not that quantity means quality, but it may be an indication that people love to go there and they're doing well by it.
If you want to go the home birth route, you are more than welcome. We didn't have the space nor the tools to do that, and I think if we did, we may have done a home birth, but it wasn't in the cards for us. If you do go this route, you must be psychologically and financially dedicated to this- you can't do it at half speed. It's either you buy what you need to do it, or you don't!
If you do go the natural pregnancy home birthing route, see if you can hire the services of a midwife. They're generally more experienced than the person giving birth and can help you with all the details.
Your best tool for a natural pregnancy is your mind. Do all the research you can and read up on all the stories and see if it is really right for you. My wife and went that route and don't regret. You are more than welcome to visit our site to see how went that route and what we used.
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By: Hear.me.out | 28-08-2008
My 1st day of my last period was on the 6th of August--today it is the 27th. My boyfriend and I had sex almost every day of the month in hopes of becoming pregnant. We've had sex all the way up until last night. Today I took a EPT and it was a negative. Literally, in 10 more days should be when I get my period. BUT, I sometimes have an abnormal period--some months its fine and is right on track--others not so much where I'd miss it completely or it was several weeks late and so on. The last several months its been a tad wishy washy. For the last few weeks of this month I've been feeling so horribly tired-- Just moving a couple things around, like a 20-30lb object and I get so tired I feel like I need to take a short nap. Most days I randomly will feel nauseous at any given time just out of no where. I also tend to get headaches. But can I possibly have these as signs of pregnancy? or Is it still way to early to tell? Are these even signs for pregnancy or is it something else? Please help me out!
Pregnancy and birth control
By: anonymous | 26-08-2008
Im still taking birth control pills. However Im 12 days late from my period. Because of the pills, will the pregnancy test be affected? Should I stop?
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By: ReyB | 25-08-2008
I've gone through what seemed like my period, though all of the symptoms of the period felt different than normal. I have read that the early signs of pregnancy and the menstrual cycle are somewhat similar. I believe it's too soon for a pregnancy test. Is it possible for me to be pregnant even though I experienced what seemed like a period?
I had my last period on June 7th and it was only 3 ...
By: 30&worried | 25-08-2008
I had my last period on June 7th and it was only 3 days long but I usually have 5-7 day periods. I should have started my next period on august 6 (30 day cycle) but its was late and today I had cramps and i had light pink blood but it was not enough to use a pad. Whenever I wipe I can see it but it had a little egg white discharge. My head started hurting really bad and it still hurts two hours later.can someone tell me what this could mean? I really want to have a child but I have never been pregnant and I don't know how it feel to actually be pregnant. Please help!
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By: Alesse | 24-08-2008
I started taking the birth control pill Alesse about 3 weeks ago. I had really bad reactions to it day two (can't get out of bed nausea!) but I kept taking it in hopes that things would settle down. Things were good for the last 2 1/2 weeks, but now that my period is due, I feel nausea, lower back pain, sensitivity to smells, really bad cramps, but no period! I'm thinking I might be pregnant as I did have sex 9 days after I started taking it. Do you think this is just my body reacting to the pills and the change in my menstrual cycle, or do you think it is a pregnancy?
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By: adda | 21-08-2008
i'm only 16 i had sex with my fiance the day after my period, 3 days after that day, and 2 days after that day. so in all i had sex with him 3 times. how common or likely is it that i'm pregnant?
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