API encourages parents to make informed choice regarding childbirth, and that includes selecting your health care provider. Many AP families choose midwifery. API's blog discusses a couple reasons why.
Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
Become emotionally and physically prepared for pregnancy and birth. Research available options for healthcare providers and birthing environments, and become informed about routine newborn care. Continuously educate yourself about developmental stages of childhood, setting realistic expectations and remaining flexible.
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As much as I need your guidance, I may need some space, too. I may not always say it right and my hormones may display in some weird ways, but please know it’s not personal. |
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If you’re anything like me, your first pregnancy may have been typical in terms of common interventions. Ultrasounds? Of course! Doesn’t everybody get those? Antibiotics for GBS? I heard that was safest… Pitocin and an epidural? |
My mother was pregnant with me in 1978. Labor induction was unusual, and so the weeks ticked by past her due date until finally, at almost 44 weeks, she went to the hospital to be induced. |
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Once upon a time, I operated under the assumption that, once my children reached a certain age, parenting would get, well, easier. Hey, don’t laugh. It’s a logical assumption to make, okay? |
With our increasingly jam-packed lives, most expectant parents are not taking childbirth education classes and many aren’t getting to the stack of books they had hoped to read. |
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So what are the essential experiences that an infant needs to set their primary attachment figure apart from their other secondary ones? |
API advocates knowledge and practices that value and maximize parental leave, recognizing parental presence with a child fosters early secure attachment and benefits families, businesses and societies. |
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Half of all U.S. babies are born into low-income families, the population segment least likely to be able to take parental leave of any type -- paid or unpaid -- after the birth of a baby. |
Sometimes, moms who know during pregnancy that they want to practice Attachment Parenting worry that it will be more difficult or impossible after a cesarean birth. |
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