Story at a Glance:
•Childbirth is one of the most important moments in our life. Unfortunately, it has been medicalized and has shifted from being viewed as a natural life event supported by local midwives to an emergency requiring urgent hospital care.
•Many of the interventions used during routine hospital births (and beforehand like ultrasound) are quite questionable, and have a variety of side effects, including making you likely to need more interventions (which also have side effects) and having difficulty bonding with your baby.
•This assembly line frequently leads to mothers getting C-section surgeries—something quite problematic for both the mother and the long-term health of the child.
•This article will discuss the history of the business of being born, the actual risks of many common hospital birthing interventions, and how to reduce those risks.
•It will also provide strategies for choosing the best place to give birth, ensuring both optimal childbirth and recovery, and having a healthy child.
