Natural Birth, No Epidural? Rica Shares Unmedicated Home Birth | Smart Parenting Poprica | Episode 5<br /><br />Parents today have a lot of decisions to make when it comes to the kind of birth they want and need: CS or natural, medicated or not, hospital, lying-in clinic or home, water birth or not, and so on.<br /><br />Other than our doctors' perspective, parents also want to hear labor and delivery stories from other parents who went through the same ordeal. That's why Rica Peralejo-Bonifacio now reveals the preparations she and her husband did to be able to successfully pull off the unmedicated natural home birth of their second son and bunso, Manu.<br /><br />Catch the highlights here:<br />00:25 - A tour of the room where Rica gave birth to Manu<br />00:53 - Rica recounts the experience of giving birth to her bunso at home<br />01:48 - The steps that Rica took to make sure her home birth would be a success<br />02:25 - Rica shares her first birth done via Cesarean section or C-section, and how that became the starting point of her preparation for an all-natural birth.<br />04:38 - How a home birth doesn't necessarily mean water birth. Rica shares that even if you plan a water birth, it does not mean that you will actually deliver in the water.<br />05:19 - Rica shares that labor and delivery is a collaboration between mom and child. There is also an effort the must come from the child.<br />05:47 - Rica shares some benefits of an all-natural birth, and the reasons why she decided to pursue it.<br />08:08 - Rica shares four pointers on how to prepare for an all-natural birth. This includes how to prepare your body, mind, heart and soul.<br /><br />#SmartParenting #PopRica #NaturalBirth #HomeBirth #NoEpidural #BirthVlog<br /><br />Visit our website at www.smartparenting.com.ph<br />Check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/smartparenting.ph<br />Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmartParentingVillage<br />Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smartparenting<br />And Twitter: https://twitter.com/_smartparenting<br />Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SmartParentingPhilippines
