Everything you need to know about natural birth

Natural childbirth is defined as childbirth without the use of normal medical procedures, such as anaesthesia. Many women choose natural birth because it allows them to go through labour and delivery without the use of medicines; particularly pain relievers such as epidurals. Others go a step further and define natural delivery as birth without the use of any artificial medical interventions such as continuous foetal monitoring, prophylactic antibiotics, or episiotomies. Natural birth may also refer to a method of childbirth that allows the woman to listen to her body throughout labour and cope with contractions in any way she feels most at ease.

Things to keep in mind during Natural birth –

• "Be ready to go in." Going into a natural childbirth without any preparation is like to turning up at the start line of a marathon without having trained and expecting to finish. It's just not going to turn out the way you had hoped. As a result, I completed my schoolwork. I enrolled in the programmes that I thought would benefit me, did yoga and went swimming (which my doctor recommended for developing strong stomach and core muscles), and listened to meditation podcasts to help me learn to be present.
• Eat a good meal before heading to the hospital.
• "Sleep as much as you can." People frequently believe that labour is all about speed, yet consider this: you're generally working for hours. So, if you have the opportunity, take a sleep. When you need the energy to push, you'll be pleased you did.
• During contractions, try not to shout or weep.
• Begin a fitness routine.
• Once you've figured out what kind of delivery experience you want, make a birth plan that outlines everything you want to happen before, during, and after labour. Along with broad preferences like who you want in the hospital room during delivery, what the physical environment should be like, and whether or not you want to breastfeed, your "natural birth" plan may contain additional preferences like the following:
• No medication
• Free movement
• Natural water rupture
• Intermittent monitoring
• No episiotomy
• No vitamin K
• No eye ointment
• No bath for baby
• No IV.
• No membrane sweep