Tips on What To Do On 'D-DAy'
To Maximize the Chance of
Having A Natural Child Birth At Hospital

Having a natural child birth can be quite a challenge if you decide to do it at a hospital. Hospital views birth as a medical event. Therefore, rather than focusing on letting the woman to labor freely and supporting this process, hospitals often focus on 'what can be wrong' and assume that women need helps medically in order to give birth.

Unfortunately, these helps often turn into a disaster since these helps change the course of natural labor and make it hard for woman's body to cope with.

To minimize these hazards, it is important for women who want to have a natural child birth at a hospital to have a proper natural childbirth preparation ahead of time.

However, a woman who want to have a natural childbirth at a hospital should also know what to do on the D-day (that is the day you feel you're having a regular contraction) in order to maximize the chance of having an unmedicated birth.

The followings are more tips on what you should (or should not) do the minute you feel you have regular contractions:

• Call your labor partner and your doula (if you decide to hire one).
  Make sure they are around to support you throughout your labor.
  
  
• Labor as long as you can at home.
  This is very important. Don't go to the hospital too early for one reason: hospital has their own policy on 'how long you should labor'. If you turn out to be a woman whose labor is long (or too long for hospital standard), then the staff at the hospital may induce you or break your water bag to speed up your labor.
  
  It is also important to understand that one thing which can halt a woman's labor is stress, fear and uncomfortable environment. Hospitals, as cozy as they can be, are not home. Some women can deal and adjust to a new environment pretty quickly and hence their labor are not hugely affected by the change of environment. However, some women are sensitive to these changes and hence feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the hospital. The feeling of unfamiliarity can create a stress which in turn halts a woman's labor. Therefore, it is not surprising that contractions can stop or slow down the minute a woman gets into the hospital.
  
  
• Don't bring any person you are not planning of bringing to the hospital.
  Think this way. Even with supportive partners and environment, labor itself is a challenging process for you to go through. Any 'unplanned person' that you bring can turn out to be an unsupportive labor person. For example, instead of supporting you with encouraging words during labor, this person may persuade you to accept painkillers when she/he sees you in pain or belittling your wishes, hence jeopardizing your plan on having a natural child birth.
  
  
• Remind your partner about your wish of having a natural child birth and give your labor partner your birthplans. Stick up a copy of your birthplans in your delivery room.
  
  
• Once get into the hospital, make yourself comfortable. Your doula or your partner should be able to coach you to make yourself relax. Natural child birth is easier to achieve when you're relax.

Good luck !

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Other birthing options:

• Homebirth - Why giving birth at home
• Giving birth at a birthing center

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