Our children should be free to view birth. We would like to have our tape player and music during labor and delivery. We would like to videotape and photograph the birth, even if it is a cesarean. Lights dimmed, room quiet with minimal staff. Freedom to give birth in any position mom chooses.
Mom prefers to squat.
Mom would like to touch her baby's head as it crowns. She would also like a mirror to view the birth. Please allow Mom or Dad to cut cord after it stops pulsating. Baby on mom's tummy immediately after birth. Nursing immediately after birth.