Learn Natural Child Birth Online With Birthright

With Birthright, an online birthing tutorial, you will learn new practices for preparing for your baby’s birth. Did you know that the average doctor can see up to 50 patients a day? Don’t depend solely on your OB to educate you in the intricacies of child birth. The creator of Birthright didn’t and as a result of educating herself Catherine delivered each of her two babies via natural child birth.

INTERVIEWER: Catherine, when and why did you decide to create Birthright?

Catherine: My inspiration for creating Birthright occurred over the course of several years but began as I fell pregnant with my first child. Being a university research assistant helped me to investigate pregnancy and childbirth voraciously, and the facts I found did not add up with the perceptions of childbirth I encountered from mothers and medical personnel. The more I studied, the more I realized how misinformed we are about birth.

I studied, read, and learned so much about natural birth that when my birthing began, I faced it without fear. I had my first child with no interventions in a total time of about 3 hours with no pain medication and no pain. Then, two years later, I had my second child, in 45 minutes again with no medications, no intervention and no pain. This time, I was even back into my pre-pregnancy jeans two days later.

INTERVIEWER: What did you learn about the standard medical deliveries here in the United States?

Catherine: Currently 1 in 5 women in the US has her labor induced and is never told that induction quadruples her risk of c-section nor of the risks it poses to the baby. In addition, c-section rates are over 30% when the World Health Organization standards estimate that only 10% of women may require surgical births.

I could no longer sit idly by allowing this misinformation about birth to continue. OBs are not taught the natural, normal process of birth, but are taught birth is something to be managed, to be mistrusted at each step. It is this active management which creates the complications so often seen today. In truth, the research supports that 93-95% of all births are completely uncomplicated. In addition, many of the most common procedures performed during birth are not evidence-based, meaning there is no evidence to support their routine use. The most common include episiotomy, pushing in lithothomy, electronic fetal monitoring, restrictions on food/drink, iv, amniotomy, and use of pitocin to name a few. All the above interventions have been shown to increase the risks of complications rather than the reverse.

INTERVIEWER: How is your tutorial laid out?

Catherine: The lessons are delivered via email in sequence from lesson 1-14. The course is cumulative, meaning that the lessons build upon each other. The lessons are as follows:

I. Dissecting Pain in Childbirth
II. How Perception Affects Childbirth
III. Breaking the Chain: Changing Your Perceptions About Childbirth
IV. Removing Barriers to Birthing
V. Intervention Analysis: Understanding Interventions in Birthing
VI. Interventions for the Baby
VII. Prevention & Management of Discomfort in Birthing
VIII. Birth Positions
IX. Natural Comfort Measures
X. Stages of Birthing & Management Strategies
XI. For the Birth Companion
XII. Signs of Birthing
XIII. Due Dates, Post Dates & Induction
XIV. Meconium Happens: Handling Complications in Birthing

INTERVIEWER: What's your definition of success once a student has completed your course?

Catherine: My definition of success is that students will become informed consumers who understand their birth choices, understand the risks/benefits to birth practices, and make their own informed consent in terms of their desires for their own birth. They will understand how their actions and perceptions are directly related to the birth experience they will have and how to employ natural methods to ensure a smoother, easier birth. They will view birth without fear and will have the necessary tools to enter their birthing mentally, physically, and emotionally prepared. They will also understand how to prevent common complications and be better equipped to deal with complications should they arise.

INTERVIEWER: In closing Catherine let me say that I can see just how comprehensive and inclusive your program is. In interviewing you I got a clear sense of your commitment and passion for the subject of natural child birth. It’s obvious to me and I think the readers that this is your calling in life and that you are indeed fulfilling it.

Birthright Online Child Birth Education
New avenues to prepare for your baby's birth.