Birth Options
There are so many birthing options available to expecting parents today. Here is a list of questions to help you decide how you want your labor and delivery to proceed.
Have you decided where you will deliver your baby? Will you deliver in a hospital, birthing center, home or even in water?
Have you decided who will deliver your baby? Will your Ob/Gyn deliver your baby or will you opt for a midwife or doula?
What type of birth are you planning?
Are you aware of other birth options available to you?
What are you going to do to control labor pain? Will you use breathing and relaxation techniques or medication?
What about after the baby is born? Will you bank your baby's cord blood stem cells?
Will you arrange in advance for
Expanded Newborn Screening to be done on your child to check for metabolic or genetic diseases?
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