Every mother’s good birth story is different – but they are all encourage, and exciting. Women with realistic expectations also tend to be happier with their births. This doesn’t mean low expectations, but rather an understanding of what you can control, and what you can’t. Remember that once we banish the idea of a “perfect” birth, the “imperfect” birth goes with it.
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In recent years, water births have emerged as one of the most comfortable ways to usher a child into the world.The journey from the womb to water is less stressful on the newborn but the benefits for a mother are quite amazing. One of them includes decreasing a woman's chance of tearing, leading to a quicker and less painful recovery.
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