Natural birth or surgery? Counsel to Remember

A natural birth without medication is a fully accessible and reasonable goal for about 85 percent of pregnant women. Only 15 percent have health complications that put them in a high - risk category where they need certain interventions, such as a cesarian section, to make birth, whether mother or child, safe.

What happens, though 85 percent of women are in a low - risk category for a vaginal birth, only about 67.2 percent of U.S. women have performed a vaginal birth according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 32.8 percent have performed births by cesarean surgery.

Some 61 percent of women who have performed a vaginal birth have received epidurals, 39 percent, or have performed an untreated birth, or have used a cure for reduced pain. Some of these women perform natural-born “”, because there is no time for an epidural. Many others, however, are like Anna and do not want or need her.

If you're like Anna and you're hoping to prove a completely natural birth read these seven tips:

Take Lesson Before Your Birth

Search for courses, classrooms that include preparing pregnant mothers for what awaits them - natural birth and natural techniques of pain management such as breathing, self - help, relaxation, and other coping mechanisms. If you don't find such classes, look for any of your moms and learn from her about everything that awaits you during the birth process.

Choose a mother or nurse who assists at birth

You can hire a nurse or a mom or if you don't do this before you're in the hospital, look for a natural delivery nurse, or discuss this first with your doctor, your gynecologist.

Try not to take too much weight

Natural birth tends to get better for women who are not overweight. They have fewer complications and do not require much medical intervention.

Develop a low - control pregnancy

Women who do not do much medical checkups during pregnancy have set a precedent for a less troubled birth and intervention as well. If you do not have a particular health problem, do less test, treatment, and intervention during pregnancy. Of course, some tests are important for every mother, but many are completely facultative. Whenever tests or procedures are recommended, ask why you need them if they will change or improve your health. If your doctor or midwife gives convincing reasons for certain interventions, do so. They're there for good reasons, but not every patient needs everything.

Passing the Beginning of Pain at Home

You can move, make a bathtub, eat and drink and go for a walk. When your contracts are constantly less than five minutes apart and become stronger for at least two hours no matter what you do, then you can contact your medical assistant, doctor or midwife. If you go to the hospital and you're not near the birth process yet, go home.

Use water constantly

A shower, bathtub, birth pool and hot bandages are Mother Nature's tools for pain relief and help you relax. Spend as much time as possible in the water.

Apply your preental knowledge

Breath, meditate, relax, move, adjust positions, massage, listen to music, and everything else you think helps.