3 Ways to Empower Yourself for Your Birth Today!

If you are pregnant, celebrate by empowering yourself today to ensure your rights are respected tomorrow!

Here are 3 things you can start TODAY to gain some peace of mind!

1. Educate yourself on your RIGHTS during birth. Know that policies may differ from hospital to hospital, provided to provider, but your RIGHTS as the person HIRING those providers should be the deciding factor in your care. 

2. Enroll in an UNBIASED childbirth education class, with an educator whose main agenda is to teach you what evidence based practice shows can be safest and most gentle for you and your baby. Many of the hospital programs will have their own agenda to get you to blindly follow that specific hospital’s protocol, so take the info provided with a grain of salt. (For example, we know now that delayed cord clamping is best for baby’s health, but many hospitals still follow the outdated policy of clamping and cutting the cord immediately, leaving baby with up to 1/3 of their blood volume still trapped in the placenta. )

3. Hire a birth doula, who will be a huge comfort and support you (and your partner) throughout your pregnancy and labor, who will do their best to ensure your wishes and rights are respected and considered during labor.

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