以下文字引用自：http://www.ithoughtiknewmama.com/2013/10/natural-birth-in-hospital/

10 Ways to Make Your Hospital Birth Experience More Natural

by Charise Rohm Nulsen

Throughout my daily life, I prioritize making choices that help our family live a green and natural lifestyle. Is everything we do completely eco-friendly and natural? No, but we really do try our very best. It was important to me to have as natural of a birth experience as possible when my daughter was born 16 months ago. You can read her VBAC birth story here, but here are ten choices that I made to create the most natural birth experience possible for us even though we were in a hospital setting:



1. Hire a doula.
No matter how wonderful and supportive your partner is, there is nothing like having the additional support and knowledge of a doula. I feel very blessed to have had Jennifer of Family Strong Birth Services by my side.

2. Say no to the epidural.
I think most women beg for it at some point during labor, but I was so thankful to have made it through without it and to have been able to move around as I needed to.

3. Labor at home for as long as possible.
The longer you can labor at home, the more likely you are to avoid medical interventions.

4. Set the mood in the hospital room.
Have your phone or iPod set with a music playlist that creates the mood that you are looking for. Have your doula and partner pin inspiring pictures and words to the walls around you. Bring healthy snacks and drinks from home to keep up your strength. Say no to the hospital gown and wear something that makes you feel like you rather than just a hospital patient.

5. Make sure that everyone who you come in contact with has access to your birth plan.
At our hospital, the birth plan was scanned into the computer system in advance, so everyone was aware of our preferences.

6. Register to have a midwife attend your delivery.
Most hospitals now give you the option of having a Certified Nurse Midwife attend your birth rather than an OB-GYN. Typically, midwives are more naturally minded and supportive of natural birth choices. Although I had been seeing a practice of midwives before my daughter’s birth, I had never met either of the midwives that attended our birth. I felt so lucky to have them as they were so supportive of VBAC and of all of our natural birth choices – even when they went against hospital policy.

7. Don’t be afraid to voice your needs.
If your choices go against hospital policy, that is okay. You are not at the mercy of the hospital. You are in charge of your own birth experience. You may have to sign paperwork before or after if your choices differ from the hospital’s, but that’s okay. Do what you need to do to make yourself feel at ease.

8. Don’t forget all of the natural choices you have once the baby arrives.
You can breastfeed, co-sleep, delay cord clamping, bathe your baby yourself and/or choose not to have the baby vaccinated, circumcised, bathed immediately, taken away from you, etc. These things are all part of your and your baby’s birth experience, and they are optional – not required.

9. You can leave the hospital when you’re ready.
If all is well with your health and your baby’s health, you do not have to stay in the hospital a certain amount of time. Actually, many insurance plans will send a visiting nurse to your home if you leave early, which was a very nice experience for me.

10. It’s all about your mind set.
There is not one way to give birth. There is not one way to have a natural birth. You have to choose what is right for you. What is most natural for you is not the same for someone else. Trust your instincts, know your options, and stand by your choices!

What natural birth choices did you make or hope to make in the future?

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在醫院"自然"生產的10要項~
＊以下是我針對十要項的翻譯，(())中的文字為個人加註之

小說明。

1.聘僱一位陪產員

  ((一位真正支持你，讓你與家人一同努力生產的

    陪產員；若產前功課做得夠足，朋友、家人也

    可以成為你最棒的陪產員！))

2.對減痛分娩說"不"

  ((打上減痛分娩後，產婦活動受限制，較難擺動

    骨盆；並可能在第二產程時，使產婦因感覺遲

    鈍而無法有效用力))

3.盡可能在家待產，延後到醫院的時間

  ((過早入院，可能增加不必要的醫療介入，且

    可能活動受限))

4.在醫院待產房內佈置你要的感覺

  ((醫院雖然不如家中熟悉、溫暖，我們還是可以

    製造自己喜歡的氣氛))

5.確保到院後所有與你接觸的人，都知道你的生產計劃

  ((醫師不會隨時在你身邊，待產時的照護通常由

    護理人員執行，想得到一致性的照護，就必須

    確保所有人都知道你的生產計劃))

6.指定助產師陪伴你生產

  ((助產師擁有評估母嬰狀況的能力，且能在待產時

    陪伴在你身邊，對於產前、產中、產後，提供滿

    足你需求的照護))

7.不要害怕提出你的需求

  ((沒有人能為你的身體做決定，想要得到怎麼樣的對待，

    就要自己去爭取))

8.當寶寶來到這世界，別忘了你有更自然的選擇

  ((寶寶是有感覺的生命，渴望受到尊動，需要滿滿的愛；

    出生以後，不停適應這世界，更需要我們的幫助))

9.當你準備好，就可以出院了

  ((生產不是生病，它是自然的過程，生產與育兒是連續的，

    我們有能力做個好媽媽；再說，醫院的病菌會比家裡少嗎？))

10.一切的設定，都在於你的意念

  ((沒有人能強迫你做任何決定，除非你願意))

請做好完全的產前準備，
認識自己的身體、
了解你將經歷的過程；
並千萬記得，⋯⋯
關於"生產"這件事，
你，就是主角！
其他人都只是協助者，
他們沒有權利左右你的選擇。