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I want you and your baby to have the best, safest
and most rewarding birth possible. Therefore I teach and endorse the
following:
- Natural childbirth
- Active participation by the husband, or
significant other, as coach
- Excellent nutrition (the foundation of a
healthy pregnancy and labor)
- Avoidance of drugs during pregnancy, birth and
breastfeeding, unless absolutely necessary
- Training: weekly classes starting in the fifth
or sixth month, continuing until birth
- Relaxation and NATURAL breathing
- "Focusing in" and working with your body
- Immediate and continuous contact with your new
baby
- Breastfeeding, beginning at birth
- Consumerism and positive communications
- Parents taking responsibility for the safety of
the birth place, procedures, attendants and emergency back-up
- Parents prepared for unexpected situations such
as emergency childbirth or cesarean section
These goals are possible for the vast majority of
pregnant couples. Occasionally medical intervention is necessary and
appreciated. There is an appropriate time for intervention, and an appropriate
time to let nature take its course. Educated parents have the responsibility to
make these choices themselves, and to hire the personnel who will support their
choices. This takes considerable effort and sometimes requires seeking special
personnel or traveling great distances to achieve the safest possible birth.
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