PRENATAL CONSULTATION

As we plan and prepare for your birth and guided by my special questionnaire, we will pinpoint your preferences for birth, attitudes about interventions and pain control, pain threshold, body image, individual fears or concerns, and preconceived notions about birth. Or, in the case of women who have had children, memories of previous births.

I will discuss the eight sources of unnecessary pain in childbirth and describe the fear-tension-pain cycle. I will help you master breathing and relaxation techniques - the best antidotes to pain - including whole body relaxation, guided imagery, and visualization.

With your input, I will write your birth plan.