Natural Childbirth in the News 12/2/2008

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Unassisted Childbirth on National TV!

Watch Discovery Health on October 21 at 9pm EST to watch a special on Freebirthing. We are all curious to see how they portray this natural and beautiful human function. As they say, any press is good press, right? We are happy to have national media attention spotlight this perfectly legitimate childbirthing [...]

Video:Unassisted Childbirth

This is a nice video by Laura Shanley who wrote the book “Unassisted Childbirth” and runs the site www.unassistedchildbirth.com. The concept of not using a doctor or midwife at all makes so much sense when you come to terms with the fact that a woman’s body already knows how to give birth and will [...]

Unassisted Childbirth

Why an Unassisted Childbirth (UC) or Homebirth is the Superior Choice over Hospital Birth for the Vast Majority of Women.
A woman in the United States today has three options for giving birth.

Hospital Delivery
Midwife Home or Birthing Center Delivery
Unassisted Childbirth

Although all choices can be appropriate depending on the circumstances, the vast majority of babies can be [...]

Unassisted Childbirth in the News

Freebirthing is making headlines as more and more women are choosing to keep this intimate, personal event, well….intimate and personal. Unassisted Childbirth really stirs up emotions in those that believe we should blindly trust the medical establishment (”yes sir, mr. doctor sir) and let them do whatever they like to us. Perhaps if [...]

Video: Unassisted Childbirth Testimonial

Many unassisted and midwife assisted homebirths are preceded by a traumatic hospital birth. First time moms are often more naive, innocent and trusting of the “system”. They come out of the hospital traumatized from a violent birth that either blasted their baby from their body with chemicals or sliced their baby from their [...]

Homebirth: The Family Choice

Despite the fact that many people do not understand the choice to deliver a baby at home, homebirth is an option that more and more families are choosing. Homebirth offers the chance to give birth naturally in an environment familiar to the mother and her family. It also gives the baby a safe, gentle welcome [...]