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[quote=Anonymous]I had a natural birth and don't regret it for a second, which is totally not what you asked for... But this is an important thought: Your husband might not (probably won't?) care what a bunch of women on the internet say. I was dead set on having a midwife-assisted, med-free birth and my husband thought I was crazy. Kept saying that he didn't understand why I wanted to do this the hardest way possible when we knew so many people who had wonderful epidural experiences. I tried to explain my feelings and my reasoning, but nothing got through. UNTIL we went to a yoga workshop on childbirth (at Tranquil Space - I *highly* recommend) and something the instructor said got through to him. For my husband, the idea of having a med-free birth clicked when he understood the importance of gravity in helping your baby position and travel through the birth canal, and that an epidural would most likely mean that I would not be able to be up and moving around. My husband is now a HUGE midwifery advocate and tells everyone how great our experience was (even after a long, rather monstrous labor). I am not saying that that particular reason will move your husband, but I think everyone comes at natural childbirth differently. In order for your husband to get on board, he needs a reason *he* understands. The reasons of a bunch of internet strangers probably won't help him much.[/quote]
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