Tips for natural birth?

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I'm a FTM, almost 15 weeks, I really want to avoid having a C section, any tips from experienced moms to better your chances of having natural birth? (And yes, I agree that having a healthy baby is the most important thing)

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I will have a natural birth with epidural I already did a epidural and wasn't that bad at all

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I've had a two vaginal births - one in the hospital with an epidural and one at a birthing center without any medication. My experiences were night and day different. I prefer the natural route 100%! Which is what we will be doing again in August! 😊   You'd be surprised what we are capable of. Your body knows what to do! The natural oxytocin high lasted for almost a month! We were home within 4 hours of my baby's birth. It was an amazing experience. Difficult? Absolutely! Empowering? You have no idea! I suggest hypnobirthing, Bradley method classes, lots of walking and a supportive spouse/doula.

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You can look into hypnobirthing classes either online or with a mid wife. I'm on my 3rd class. I would love to have an all natural unmedicated child birth and I am going to prepare best I can! You can also look into red raspberry leaf tea - it strengthens the uterus to prepare for birth. I would try to stay as active as you can, better muscle tone helps with labor. Look into yoga classes - great work out plus the added breathing to prepare for labor. I wish you the best! Congratulations!

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I had my son all natural. Go into knowing that it will be the worst pain of your life but that your body knows what it's doing! Also, starting at 35 weeks Red Raspberry leaf tea everyday day and primrose oil will get your uterus prepared. Everyone I know who takes those has great natural births and doesn't tear. I didn't take it with my son but I'm definitely taking it with this baby!

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Check out the pod casts on indiebirth.com they are free and some might be too hippy for most, there is tons of info that makes you want to learn more.

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Going to the chiropractor can align your hips helping the baby to move head down and cuts back on pushing time. It has also helped  my back and hip pain. I've heard being induced (unnecessarily) increases your chances of having a c section too, sometimes you can't avoid being induced though.

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Take a look at the mama natural blog. She is awesome with information for helping natural mamas out there.

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