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Step 1
First, you will want to read Henci Goer's "Thinking Woman's Guide to Childbirth." This will help you to focus on your goal of a natural delivery.
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Step 2
Choose your childbirth location and care provider. You have options. You can have your baby in a hospital with an obstetrician, which is the usual method. You can also have your baby in the hospital with a midwife, in a birthing center with a midwife, or at home with a midwife. You are much less likely to achieve a natural delivery in the hospital with an obstetrician.
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Step 3
Hire a doula. This is a childbirth companion/coach who will help you through labor and help your husband/partner understand what he can do to help as well.
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Step 4
Have a healthy pregancy by taking your vitamins, eating appropriately, exercising regularly, and keeping your stress levels in check.
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Step 5
Drink Red Raspberry Leaf tea throughout your pregnancy to tone your uterus.
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Step 6
Stay hydrated, even if you need to use the bathroom several times an hour later in your pregnancy.
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Step 7
Use a stool softener or laxative to relieve any constipation you may have later in your pregnancy. Hard stools can obstruct labor.
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Step 8
Take evening primrose oil or Omega 3 oil to soften your cervix. Another alternative is to have sex as there are prostoglandins in the semen which will further soften the cervix. Contractions on a soft cervix are less intense, therefore do not hurt as much and makes a successful natural delivery more likely.
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Step 9
Walk throughout your labor to cope with contractions. Stay upright, breath, and have your doula and partner cater to your needs in labor.
