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not preg, but trying to get DH on board with UC BEFORE i do get preg
I believe that I CAN birth. My body is made for birth, and my babies know how to be born. I believe it is, in many cases, damaging for birth to be interfered with.
DS's birth was interfered with, and because of that, he suffered. I will not let that happen again.
DS was in the NICU(unnecessarily) because his birth was interfered with. I think this scares/worries DH -- that something will happen with DC#2 and he will need medical attention. I've tried telling him that, no, in most cases, if anything happens, our DC will be just fine until we get to the hospital. But, he has a hard time being convinced of that. Similarly, "what if you need an emerg c/s" is answered the same way. but he thinks i'm just a crazy hippie or something....
i had him watch BOBB and he now understands why I ran so quickly from the OB last preg, and he supports that
So, I realize that, if DH could just understand birth the way I do, he would be more supportive (he's supportive of HB with a MW in another room, but I haven't found a mw willing to do that yet)
He's not a fan of reading(but please, if you have a good book suggestion, i'd love to know of it
) so anyone know of any movies/videos/classes we could watch/take? oh, and anything "credible" enough for my DH -- meaning "accepted by the mainstream/having hard evidence behind it"
What made your SOs convinced about UC?

I believe that I CAN birth. My body is made for birth, and my babies know how to be born. I believe it is, in many cases, damaging for birth to be interfered with.
DS's birth was interfered with, and because of that, he suffered. I will not let that happen again.
DS was in the NICU(unnecessarily) because his birth was interfered with. I think this scares/worries DH -- that something will happen with DC#2 and he will need medical attention. I've tried telling him that, no, in most cases, if anything happens, our DC will be just fine until we get to the hospital. But, he has a hard time being convinced of that. Similarly, "what if you need an emerg c/s" is answered the same way. but he thinks i'm just a crazy hippie or something....
i had him watch BOBB and he now understands why I ran so quickly from the OB last preg, and he supports that

So, I realize that, if DH could just understand birth the way I do, he would be more supportive (he's supportive of HB with a MW in another room, but I haven't found a mw willing to do that yet)
He's not a fan of reading(but please, if you have a good book suggestion, i'd love to know of it

What made your SOs convinced about UC?