FAMILY
INVOLVEMENT
Home-visiting
prenatal care gives your partner, friends or family the opportunity
to be involved in your maternity care if you so desire. Prenatal
care can become a special family ritual. Everyone gets to know
the midwife building rapport and trust for the time of labor
and birthing.
Homebirth
allows immediate contact between family members.
Counting
fingers and toes is a universal practice among humans and a
good way to get to know your new brother.
Dad, Grandma
and "big" sister enjoy the ne
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baby together while mama gets up for a shower a couple of hours
after his birth.