Six Reasons to Break Up With Your Prenatal Caregiver

Mothering Magazine

She/he treats your due date like a deadline, has preconceived expectations about the 'best' birthing position or engages in presumptuous usage of the word “let"...Cynthia Overgard of HypoBirthing of Connecticut shares six reasons why you might want to consider "breaking up" with your prenatal caregiver. Have you ever switched practitioners mid-pregnancy?

Six Reasons to Break Up With Your Prenatal Caregiver « All Things Mothering

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To me, changing practitioners is an indication that the birthing mother feels informed, empowered, and ultimately responsible for her birth outcome. She realizes it’s up to her to hire – yes, hire – the right medical expert. For some, this “right practitioner” is a hospital obstetrician, and for oth...