Natural birth plan??

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So I am a FTM but my birth plan so far is to try to go natural with as little intervention as possible. I obviously will accept medical intervention if needed and if I need an epidural I'm not going to beat myself up over it. Any momma's who have gone natural have any advice? I'm taking birthing classes, meditation and exercises in preparation. Also practice different breathing techniques. What worked for you?!

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I labor and deliver in the water. Over the years (this is my seventh baby) I’ve kind of developed my own technique. Breathing, hypno, essential oils, dimmed lights and soft music and QUIET. It all really helps me stay relaxed which really helps with the pain management. For me, absolutely nothing beats being in the warm water and being able to focus and relax

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A good Birth Class!! I chose Hypnobabies! Make sure your birth class gives you lots of Transition and birthing practice that's where women usually get scared and opt for meds. 
Read about no push birthing
And surround yourself with POSITIVE images of natural birth. 
Your body is designed to do this. 
With my first the only time things hurt is when I was afraid it was going to or my doctor scared me into it so I would hurry up and get an epidural.🙄🙄🙄

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Not a mama yet so I can't give too much firsthand advice but I'm like you and planning to try to labor naturally with my first. I signed up for a class called coping with confidence at the hospital I'll be at and I've done a lot of research on managing pain and birthing techniques. I'm also considering hiring a doula to help coach me through labor. A great book (if you haven't already read it) is Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth. I studied reproductive health in college and read it then but just reread it at 27 weeks pregnant and it gave me so much confidence that I can do this naturally. It has lots of positive natural birth stories and tips from Ina May (a midwife) on how to cope with pain during labor. There are some a little over the top birth stories, but overall I loved hearing all the different experiences and it has made me way less fearful of the pain. I highly recommend it!

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I had a natural delivery. prep work is key. walk every night, do spinning babies exercises. I prob wouldnt have done it though if I had a pain relieve option but I was in a birth center and there was nothing there. Hahah. I also did hypnobabies but it didn't actually come in handy.

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Go to a Webster certified Chiropractor and get a doula if possible.

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Iv had both of my babies natural and I plan on having this one naturally. I guess it all depends on how you handle pain. I have a vary high pain tolerance and when I would have a contraction I would breath in my nose and out my mouth and in my head I would just tell myself this is temporary. I also had to have Pitocin with both my babies and I really hope I won’t need it this time. If you loose yourself and start screaming and stuff it’s hard for women to calm back down. So just tray and take it one contraction at a time. Each one gets you closer to your baby. You got this. Just go within your self and breath. Try not to hold your breath it makes it worse.

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I really wish I could experience this, but 4th pregnancy so not able to. Spinal block for me🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

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Well, this is not my first and I've had several natural births so improbably going to successful with another

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My labor did slow from an epidural but I think I got mine too early. I really wasn’t in much pain but the nurse was so pro epidural that I got it earlier than I should have. Also they said it might take the guy an hour to come do it but he was there in ten mins. I still felt quite a lot though and knew when to push, but it still took one hour of pushing... honestly I think I could handle pushing without an epidural it would be the tearing and being stitched back up then recovering that would be extremely painful. I’m still planning on getting an epidural just going to wait until the contractions are more painful and I’m more dilated. We will see!

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I'm thinking the same thing.. mainly because the epidural slows labour and causes a longer recovering. I just want to get it over with and go home lol
I'll probably cave tho, I don't handle pain well

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