Why I (Honestly) Chose a Natural Birth

I've always held this belief that I was somehow born in the wrong generation. I've long thought that had I been a baby-boomer, I would have advocated for peace and love, I would have danced freely at Woodstock, and I would have had my babies naturally- the way God and nature intended. In a past life, I'm fairly certain I was a hippie.

So it made sense that when my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first son, I would pursue a drug and intervention-free birth. I read all of the natural birthing books and watched documentaries on the state of the U.S.' maternal health system. It seemed like fate that Ohio's only accredited natural birth center located within the Miami Valley Hospital, was just a short drive away...

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