Your Pregnancy

Going in with a PLAN

If you're thinking, “I plan to give birth, I guess that's my plan,” then it's possible you've missed just how intensely some of your peers are preparing for the big day of baby's arrival.

These days we're accustomed to being able to choose anything and everything, in three sizes and custom colours too.

And in the same way, the number of choices you can make while giving birth is growing exponentially.

Will you choose a caesarean section? A water birth? To be shaved? Have an enema? Be allowed to choose your pain relief options? To have your waters manually broken, to be allowed to walk during

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