Natural Birth and Cesarean Birth

Natural childbirth is childbirth without routine medical interventions, particularly anesthesia. Natural childbirth attempts to minimize medical intervention, particularly the use of anesthetic medications and surgical interventions such as episiotomies, forceps and ventouse deliveries and caesarean sections. A natural, unmedicated approach to labor and birth will suit you best if you want to remain in control of your body as much as possible, be an active participant throughout labor, and have minimal routine interventions such as continuous electronic monitoring.



If you choose to go this route, you accept the potential for pain and discomfort as part of giving birth. But with the right preparation and support, women often feel empowered and deeply satisfied by natural childbirth.



Advantages –

Little potential for harm or side effects for you or your baby There's no loss of sensation or alertness. You can move around more freely and find positions that help you stay comfortable during labor. And you'll remain able to participate in the delivery process when it's time to push your baby out. You're less likely than women who get epidurals to need interventions such as oxytocin (Pitocin) to make your contractions stronger, bladder catheterization, or a vacuum extraction or forceps delivery Your partner can be involved in the process as you work together to manage your pain You can use the breathing exercises, visualization, and self-hypnosis you learn both during labor and later on



Cesarean birth is referred to as the delivery of a baby by making a surgical incision in the mother’s abdomen. This procedure is used when complications arise or emergencies, it becomes necessary if complications arise during pregnancy. Sometimes it can be scheduled/planned if woman is known to have very difficult deliveries. Woman can have a vaginal birth after a c section.



Cesarean birth may be performed due to several reasons such as –

Lack of normal progress during labor

Discovering the baby is in distress

Discovering the baby is turned in the wrong direction

Multiple births (twins or more)

Advantages –

Can be a life saving procedure Great advantage for those who have complications during their pregnancy Can be attempted fairly promptly and within minutes You can skip the countless hours of labor and excruciating pain You will avoid any complications during birth with a C-section and be able to enjoy your birth, instead of screaming through it