Birth Options

There are so many birthing options available to new moms 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?

• Have you decided who will deliver your baby?

• 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 have drugs to help you?

• 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?

For more information:

• Childbirth Techniques
• Choosing an OB or Midwife
• Cord Blood Banking
• Epidural
• Episiotomy
• Expanded Newborn Screening
• Types of Birth
• Find out what other moms are saying about Cesarean Delivery
• Find out what other moms are saying about Home and Water Births
• Find out what other moms are saying about Natural Childbirth
• Find out what other moms are saying about VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)