Subscribe to our newsletter. It may give you the impression that no one is having natural childbirth anymore. Actually, quite the contrary, natural childbirth is becoming more and more popular as people realize the benefits to the woman, the family and the baby, and as they realize that there are risks to medication used frequently in birth.
Natural childbirth has different meanings to everyone.
Some would describe it as a vaginal birth, others as no medications for pain, and yet others would say no intervention or pain relief medications. Although it is becoming harder to have a natural childbirth as they add more and more machines to the birth process. That is why many women who believe in natural childbirth will tell you to have a birth plan to help you clarify what you need and want with your practitioner. Read as much as you can about childbirth, preferably before you become pregnant. Take childbirth classes that teach natural birth, preferably independent classes, not in the hospital.