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• tokenhoser member

  March 2013

  Consider hiring a doula. A doula is amazing support and can help you work through some of your previous experience and come up with a plan for your next birth.

  Read. I like "Your Best Birth" for a good early pregnancy read. 

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• hollandmama member

  March 2013

  I'm FTM and was terrified by childbirth in general. I started by reading a practical guide on labor (The good birth companion) to understand what happens with your body. Then I started reading positive med-free birth experiences and that got me really

       

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• aylafsu88 member

  March 2013

  I agree with PPs, read, read, read.  There are a lot of great books on natural birth (Ina May, Henci Goer etc.) they will educate you on L&D and what to expect.  Having a supportive coach is also important.  They will help you believe i

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• StfneTm member

  March 2013

  I also learned a lot watching the documentary "The Business of Being Born." It was really inspiring, and helped tipped the scale towards my decision of going natural.
  

  

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• KruPatel member

  March 2013

  If my husband and I never took the Bradley class during my first pregnancy I don't know how things would of gone. We were both unaware of the decisions that are in our hands vs hospitals or others. I now wish I knew even more than I did then. So this time

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• danuli8 member

  March 2013

  I would start with Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin. It is such a wonderfully positive book.

  Hiring a doula is also a great idea. The doula works for no one but you and is totally on your team.

  A childbirth prep course is als

  
  Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
  

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• Celyn member

  March 2013

  All good advice already.  I just wanted to say hi and welcome.  

  
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• gy86 member

  March 2013

  Stay active, eat well, keep busy -- and start now!  I found a lot of benefit in prenatal yoga classes that combined relaxation techniques with body-strengthening workouts.  I also walked every day, hiked/swam on weekends, and was working full

  

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• beckybeth123 member

  March 2013

  Thanks ladies for all the advice. I am very nervous about labor this time around and know I need to start planning now. I thought about a midwife but I love my OB and he is 100 the reason I did not have a c section last time. I was basically telling him t

  

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• Lolalipsy member

  March 2013

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  Not helpful for now, but definitely stay at home for as long as you possiby can.nbsp; I was already 6cm dilated whennb

  
  

  
  
  

  

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• saintpaulJess member

  March 2013

  I had a similar experience the first time around.  This time, I hired a doula, found a midwife practice I trusted, am birthing at a stand alone birth center, and took a Hypnobirthing class with my husband.  These things have given me the confide

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