• hands off birth
  • unmedicated
    • nitrous oxide if natural approaches don't help
    • showers, massage, heatpacks for pain relief
    • no morphine or epidural
  • limited medical interventions
  • internal exams only when requested
  • intermittent monitoring only
  • hepatitis b vaccine and vitamin k injection asap
  • physiological third stage
    • no cord traction
    • syntocinon or syntometrine only if PPH
  • delayed cord clamping
  • immediate skin-to-skin
  • latched within 30 minutes
  • only my SO as a support person
  • no episiotomy
  • no assisted rupture of membranes
  • labour in water, standing, sitting or squatting
  • birth in a squatting position or on all fours
  • no formula, no sucrose, no pacifiers
  • possible use of hypnobirthing tools
jul 22 2013 ∞
dec 26 2013 +