All tagged Birth Plan
(And how we can start changing that)
You’re sitting in an exam room, trying to make sense of what your provider just said, and even though you have a question or concern, you can’t quite bring yourself to speak up. You nod. You smile. And later, you replay the moment over and over, wishing you’d asked, pressed pause, or said, “Actually, I’m not sure I agree.”
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
If you spend any time at all in "natural" birthing communities someone will inevitably tell you that you can "trust birth".
Usually, what they're saying is that you can trust the process, the physiology of birth; you can trust that all of human evolution has brought us to a place where birth actually works quite well.
So you don't need to be afraid. You can just trust birth.
It can be challenging enough trying to navigate our own choices in childbirth. When we add the expectations of others into the mix, it gets downright stressful. How can we manage the expectations of others? Let’s dig a little deeper.
If you are interested in writing a birth plan you may be wondering how to go about it. What should you include? How detailed should it be? How do you make sure it’s effective? Here is what we suggest to our clients.
