Natural Birth

The Journey to Labor Land: How Women Can Reclaim Their Birth Rights

Lindsay Pyfer | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Parenting, Cesarean Section, Natural Childbirth, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, Childbirth, Natural Birth, Parents News
Lindsay Pyfer

No wonder so many women these days are leery of natural childbirth -- or even vaginal birth -- not realizing how perfectly their bodies are designed for it. As are babies.

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Share Your Birth Story With HuffPost Parents

Farah L. Miller | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: More Business of Being Born, Natural Birth, Alanis Morissette, Birth Stories, Home Births, Having a Baby, Being Induced, Global Motherhood, Ricki Lake, Epidural, Parents News
Farah L. Miller

I think it's time to talk about more of the details, not less. At least here in our corner of the world, let's start sharing our versions of birth, feelings included.

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Catherine Pearson

C-Sections Not Always Best For Preemies

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Preterm Births, C-Sections, Video, Natural Birth, Premature Birth, Preemies, Cesarean Section, C-Section Premature Birth, Cesarean, Vaginal Birth, Global Motherhood, C-Section, C-Section Preterm Birth, Parents News

Cesarean sections may not be best for preterm babies who are small for their gestational age, a new study found. It suggests than those infants have n...

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Caesarean Vs Natural - An Agonising Choice?

Imogen Clements | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Obstetrics, Natural Birth, Twins, Caesarean, Nice, UK News
Imogen Clements

Nice: Will new guidelines, giving women the choice to have a C-section over natural should they want one, present expectant mothers (particularly of f...

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Eleanor Goldberg

Ricki Lake Delivers Maternal Health Awareness

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Ricki Lake, Natural Birth, Video, Gisele Bundchen, Midwives, Infant Mortality Rate, Business of Being Born, Alanis Morissette, Water Birth, Epidural, Maternal Health, Childbirth, Doula, Impact News

Ricki Lake may be best known for her for twirling to the top on "Dancing With The Stars," or for counseling her daytime guests for more than a decade....

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Childbirth as Protest Art? Done That

Karen Brody | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Natural Birth, Cesarean Section, Karen Brody, Vbac, BOLD Movement, Performance Art, Childbirth, Performance, Culture News
Karen Brody

All this 'birth performance art' is signaling that it is time to wake up and smell what is really going on when it comes to giving birth today.

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Setting Up Realistic Expectations of Birth -- Changes We Can All Make

Brandy Ferner | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Birth, Homebirth, Scared of Birth, Birth Expectations, What Nobody Tells to Expect When You're Expecting, Transition of Birth, Amy Swagman, Motherhood, Birth Altar, Birthing From Within, What to Expect, Mother Blessing, Blessingway, Natural Birth, Labor, Denver Birth, Giving Birth, Cesaren, What Will Birth Be Like, Brandy Ferner, Home Birth, Childbirth, Parents News
Brandy Ferner

Our culture sends the message that birth is no big thang. It's pretty ordinary, happens everyday, is nothing more than a baby coming out of a hole.

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Does Giving Birth In A Gallery Count As Art?

BUSHWICK DAILY | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Baby X, Natural Birth, Live Birth Art, Newborn, Baby, Pregnant, Bushwick, Pregnancy, Performance Art, Live Birth, Art Galleries, New York Art, Controversial Art, Arts News

Bushwick's Microscope Gallery will bring an extraordinary real life performance piece opening this Saturday October 8, 2011. Bushwick-based artist Mar...

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Catherine Pearson

Is Pain-Free Birth Achievable?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Hypnosis Birth, Natural Birth, Hypnotherapy Birth, Childbirth Pain, Hypnosis, Natural Childbirth, Hypnobirthing, Hypnotherapy, Childbirth, Video, Parents News

On a rainy June night, six couples strained to get a better view of a home video of a woman, legs spread, giving birth. The room was hushed -- the...

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Home Births Up, Experts Cite Natural-Birth 'Subculture'

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Homebirth, Natural Birth, Home Birthing, Giving Birth at Home, Parenting, Home Birth Statistics, Home Birth, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA -- Home births rose 20 percent over four years, government figures show, reflecting what experts say is a small subculture among white women t...

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Natural Childbirth: 4 Key Strategies To Help You Through

Toni Nagy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hospital, Motherhood, Parenting Advice, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Mothering, Health, Natural Birth, Birth, Natural Childbirth, Healthy Living News
Toni Nagy

In order to make the decision to have an old school birthing experience, you have to substitute fear for curiosity.

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Craniosacral Therapy For Kids

Juliet Linley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Birth, Cranio Sacral Therapy, Health, Italy, Cesarian Section, Babies, Rome-Italy, Sleep Disorders, Integrative Medicine, Home News
Juliet Linley

I recently chatted to Julie Rimmington, one of Italy's top therapists. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in radiotherapy and for the last 20 years has been dedicating herself to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy -- with international certifications of the highest levels.

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I Don't Care How My Baby Is Born

Cara McDonough | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cesarean Section, Vbac, C-Section, Childbirth, Childbirth Options, Natural Birth, Chilbirth Choice, Choice Childbirth, Pregnancy, Healthy Living News
Cara McDonough

Like every parent on the planet, all I want is a healthy child (boring), and what I find strange about this experience is that I'm allowed -- and expected -- to make a decision regarding this desired outcome.

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PHOTO: Danica McKellar Reveals Baby Draco, Talks LONG Natural Birth

people.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Birth, Danica McKellar, Celebrity Kids, Danica Mckellar Baby, Draco-Verta, Entertainment News

It took Danica McKellar a day and a half of natural labor to deliver her son Draco, but she barely recalls a moment of it. "If I had known it was g...

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My Experience With a Doula During Childbirth

Dana H. Glazer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Doula, Natural Birth, Health, C-Section, Childbirth, Caesarian Birth, Caesarian Section, Healthy Living News
Dana H. Glazer

Consider the percentage of caesarian births in this country and how those statistics might change with an experienced doula by your side, giving you and your partner the support you deserve.

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Are Today's OBs Giving Women What They Really Want?

Abi Cotler O'Roarty | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Natural Childbirth, Childbirth, Natural Birth, Parenting, Robert Biter, Natural Labor, Healthy Living News
Abi Cotler O'Roarty

Like a midwife, Dr. Biter puts in endless hours to stay very present in a labor, however lengthy, and tailors the care to maximize a woman's innate ability to birth her baby without interventions.

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