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Cesarean Section

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Why Avoiding the First Cesarean Matters

Jun 30, 2025 by Midwives Of New Jersey

Why Avoiding the First Cesarean Matters When thinking about how and where to give birth, many families focus on the immediate experience such as pain relief options, who will be in the room, and how the baby will be cared for. But the decisions made in a first birth can have long-term consequences that stretch …

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Avoiding Cesarean: What is a Doula?

Feb 22, 2021 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

The Definition of a Doula The word “doula” comes from the ancient Greek meaning “a woman who serves” and is now used to refer to a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after birth; or who provides emotional and practical support during …

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5 Last Minute Ways to Avoid a Cesarean Birth (Even if You are in Labor Right Now!)

Jan 20, 2020 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

5 Last Minute Ways to Avoid a Cesarean Birth 1. Carb Load in Early Labor Labor is incredibly hard work and your body needs fuel.  Think of your labor like running a marathon.  As you start to feel contractions or when your water breaks, eat plenty of carbohydrate foods, you will store Glycogen in your …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Use Water to Manage Labor Pain

Jul 8, 2019 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Labor is uncomfortable.  Women in general are very frightened of the pain associated with labor.  This fear keeps many women from even considering natural childbirth.  Women who often refrain from taking any medication at all their entire pregnancy will allow very strong medications injected into their epidural space for their delivery.  Even when they know …

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Does Birth Center Birth Decrease Risk of C-Section?

May 7, 2019 (Updated: Apr 22, 2025) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Many families today are seeking a more natural, empowering, and low-intervention birth experience. A major benefit of choosing a birth center birth, is a significantly lower risk of cesarean section.  ​​Cesarean section rates tend to be significantly higher in hospitals compared to birth centers. National data shows that cesarean rates in accredited birth centers are …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Do Early Labor at Home

Dec 4, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

When trying to avoid surgical birth, a woman must consider that the longer she is under the care of medical professionals, the more likely she is to experience intervention in her labor and birth. Most mothers and their partners head for the hospital at the first sign of labor. This is generally true because she …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Work toward Optimal Fetal Positioning

Nov 14, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

When avoiding Cesarean section, mothers need to promote a progressing labor. One of the things that help labor move along is starting the contractions with the baby in an optimal fetal position. Once a woman is in her 3rd trimester, she can ask her provider what position her baby is in. Identifying a baby who …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Pregnancy Diet & Childbirth

Sep 20, 2017 (Updated: May 13, 2025) by Midwives Of New Jersey

A woman must prioritize optimal dietary choices for more reasons than just avoiding a surgical birth. An excellent pregnancy diet is the single best choice a mother can make for herself and her baby because her diet impacts her own body and mind, her placenta, and her baby’s current and future health. How Weight Gain …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Alternative Medicine Benefits for Vaginal Birth

Sep 12, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Alternative medicine therapies like chiropractic, acupuncture and massage should be considered when working to decrease cesarean risk. These alternative medicine therapies are very safe in pregnancy and promote wellness and comfort throughout the childbearing year. Chiropractic Medicine Chiropractors believe that the cause of much illness and pain is the inability for the nerves, coming through …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Psychological Roadblocks to Normal Labor

Sep 5, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Consider Psychological Roadblocks That Might Keep You From Laboring Normally Women rarely consider that their minds can prevent their bodies from performing as they are able. But psychological roadblocks are as much of a problem as a big baby or a smaller pelvis. A woman may never relax enough to let the instinctual part of …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Exercise in Pregnancy

Aug 30, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

There is no doubt that exercising during pregnancy can be difficult to accomplish. You are TIRED, so very TIRED! You just want to sleep. It is hard to take a walk when every step makes you want to puke. And it is really hard to even move when your sciatic nerve is acting up. With …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Childbirth Education Classes

Aug 23, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Are Birthing Classes Worth it? In the current climate of obstetrics, it is incredibly important to enter your birth informed and empowered.  Childbirth education classes are not necessary to have a baby but birth is much less scary when you know what to expect. A woman who has actively sought knowledge throughout her pregnancy will …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Choosing Birth Providers and Birthing Facilities

Aug 11, 2017 (Updated: Jun 11, 2024) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Make Informed Choices about Birth Providers and Birthing Facilities One of a couple’s first and most important choices to make, once they have conceived, is in choosing their care provider. All providers of prenatal and childbirth care are not equal. Before heading off to the first person found on the internet, a couple should understand …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Preconception Birth Plan

Aug 2, 2017 (Updated: Mar 14, 2022) by Midwives Of New Jersey

Evidence tells us that the events surrounding a conception can affect the outcomes of the pregnancy, birth and mother and baby’s health for a lifetime. When planning a vaginal birth, begin by planning the pregnancy with a preconception birth plan. An unhealthy conception can result in problems that will impact the delivery. Things like fetal …

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Avoiding Cesarean: Introduction

Jul 26, 2017 (Updated: May 23, 2025) by Midwives Of New Jersey

“Once a low-risk woman has a cesarean delivery, she will never have a low-risk pregnancy again.” (source? Lisa is this your own quote?)  The origin of this series of posts about avoiding Cesarean birth dates back 17 years. The reason  I’m writing about avoiding Cesareans hasn’t changed; there were too many before, and there are …

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