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"If I can do it, so can you." I know from my own birth experiences that a woman's body was designed to give birth spontan- eously, vaginally, naturally. I have never felt more powerful as I did after the natural birth of my first daughter Mae. more about Amy


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29.7% of women have cesareans
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"life only demands the strength you possess."
David Hammarskjold
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birth facts

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29.7% of women have cesareans
44% of mothers get induced
63% of mothers have epidurals
93% of mothers have electronic fetal heart monitoring
85% of mothers are connected to an IV line during labor
58% of mothers have a gloved hand inserted into their uterus after birth
35% of mothers have an episiotomy
74% of mothers who give birth vaginally are on their backs
58% of mothers with a previous cesarean were denied a VBAC
12% of mothers were permitted to eat during labor

source: centers for disease control, 2004, and maternity center association’s 2002 “listening to mother’s survey”