Understanding alternative birthing options

Understanding alternative birthing options
Understanding alternative birthing options

Understanding alternative birthing options

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The experience of being pregnant and the impending birth, is one that is fraught with emotion, mixed with the opinions of others. Whether because they want to give birth at home or they had a bad birthing experience their first go-around, many women have started seeking alternative birthing options. Owner of Gentle Birth Care and Certified Nurse Midwife, Hillary Kieser, and Certified Professional Midwife and birth assistant at Gentle Birth Care, Rachel Dolan Wickersham, stop by to answer your questions and let us know what new birthing methods are available to make the transition into motherhood that much easier. Photo: Flickr/sabianmaggy