Congratulations on your pregnancy.
And, if you are low risk, fear not.
In fact, if you arm yourself with information, you will find that you have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Unlike the common misconception, there are not a lot of things that can go wrong in pregnancy or in labor and delivery for women who are healthy and of low risk status.
In addition, there are common sense tips can ensure a good outcome for your pregnancy and for your labor and delivery.
Start prenatal care early with a practitioner of your choice.
This practitioner can be a doctor or a midwife.
Be sure that your practitioner thoroughly answers all of your questions and addresses all of your concerns and do so in language that you can understand.
Seek unbiased information about what to expect during pregnancy, labor and delivery.
Find out what's normal and what's abnormal.
In so doing you will learn a lot about the naturalness of birth.
You will also learn about the signs and symptoms of problems.
Immediately report problems or serious concerns to your practitioner.
Take good care of yourself.
Realize that it is important to eat nutritiously, exercise daily and find ways to reduce the stress in your life.
Practice preventive care by developing and maintaining healthy habits and healthy lifestyles.
This decreases the likelihood of complications, medical interventions and undesirable outcomes.
This can also have a profound effect in avoiding and controlling some of the more common problems that occur in pregnancy such as toxemia, anemia and gestational diabetes.
The risks of complications during labor and delivery are drastically reduced by low risk pregnancies.
These risks can be further reduced by natural childbirth in which there has been little intervention at all and no intervention that is not medically necessary.
You should also seek unbiased information on the risks and benefits of common obstetrical procedures and tests.
Always avoid tests that are not medically necessary or testing where the test results will not change the course of the care that is already being given.
If there are no prenatal problems or risk factors, the best tip is to relax.
Birth is normal, your body is designed to do this and, in most cases, things work out just fine.
And, if you are low risk, fear not.
In fact, if you arm yourself with information, you will find that you have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Unlike the common misconception, there are not a lot of things that can go wrong in pregnancy or in labor and delivery for women who are healthy and of low risk status.
In addition, there are common sense tips can ensure a good outcome for your pregnancy and for your labor and delivery.
Start prenatal care early with a practitioner of your choice.
This practitioner can be a doctor or a midwife.
Be sure that your practitioner thoroughly answers all of your questions and addresses all of your concerns and do so in language that you can understand.
Seek unbiased information about what to expect during pregnancy, labor and delivery.
Find out what's normal and what's abnormal.
In so doing you will learn a lot about the naturalness of birth.
You will also learn about the signs and symptoms of problems.
Immediately report problems or serious concerns to your practitioner.
Take good care of yourself.
Realize that it is important to eat nutritiously, exercise daily and find ways to reduce the stress in your life.
Practice preventive care by developing and maintaining healthy habits and healthy lifestyles.
This decreases the likelihood of complications, medical interventions and undesirable outcomes.
This can also have a profound effect in avoiding and controlling some of the more common problems that occur in pregnancy such as toxemia, anemia and gestational diabetes.
The risks of complications during labor and delivery are drastically reduced by low risk pregnancies.
These risks can be further reduced by natural childbirth in which there has been little intervention at all and no intervention that is not medically necessary.
You should also seek unbiased information on the risks and benefits of common obstetrical procedures and tests.
Always avoid tests that are not medically necessary or testing where the test results will not change the course of the care that is already being given.
If there are no prenatal problems or risk factors, the best tip is to relax.
Birth is normal, your body is designed to do this and, in most cases, things work out just fine.
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