Many women are afraid to get advice from others who have already gone through the experience. Often times, they have to trust the word of a doctor who may only be there for the paycheck to help them decide what options are best for them when the time comes. Instead, women should be getting advice from people they trust to be honest and make their own decisions. Some people will tell a woman pain-killers are bad or breastfeeding is necessary, but it is up to each individual woman to decide what is best for her body.

Key Takeaways:

• I don’t recall anyone asking me about my birth plan at the grocery store, but I do remember being super annoyed that everyone seemed to think I was cool with their touching my stomach (this was back before we called it a baby bump).
• My doctor offered natural childbirth as an option. I’d never had a baby, but I knew I didn’t want to do it drug free.
• My doctor also mentioned a shot of narcotic painkiller to “take the edge off” if I needed it.

“Nobody talked about natural parenting or baby wearing. Most of my friends who were having babies weren’t planning to breastfeed. New moms today are probably shaking their heads in horror about how much we didn’t know back in the Dark Ages of motherhood.”

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1126464/childbirth-without-epidural