Sunday, April 10, 2011  How to get your partner on board with
your birth plan  So, you want to change maternity care providers
but your husband doesn't understand why you should go through
the trouble? You want a natural birth, but your husband says,
"why have pain when you don't have to?" You want to write a
birth plan, but he thinks it is disrespectful to tell
professionals how to do their jobs? You want to hire a doula but
your husband doesn't see the benefit? Or maybe you want to give
birth at home or in a birth center, but he thinks you should
just go to the hospital like "everyone else"?  Here are a few
ideas that might help him see why this matters to you:   • Get
him to read a book, such as The Thinking Woman's Guide to a
Better Birth or maybe a selected article or blog post, such as
Dr. Sarah Buckley's Epidurals: risks and concerns for mother and
baby or Navelgazing Midwife's Pointless Hospital "Rituals".   •
If he is the kind of guy who doesn't like to read, have him
watch a birth documentary with y