THE LOUISIANA NATURAL BIRTH MEETUP GROUP
for anyone in Louisiana interested in birthing naturally.

The Rights of Childbearing Women
The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

We need to replace the business-like way of having babies
with an intimate and natural appraoach to birth.
Our attitude towards family size and childrearing is shaped
by our experiences and practices of childbirth.
Your birth experience will imprint itself upon your mind forever.
Make your birth experience the beautiful act it was meant to be,
so that you will live with the beautiful memory you are meant to have.

-- Lynn M. Griesemer, Unassisted Homebirth: An Act of Love, p. 24


View a map of our members.
Read about Group History.
This page includes comments on
the group's beginnings, transformations, strengths, weaknesses / limitations.
Read about the role of the coordinator

WE SUPPORT

natural birth in any private environment (hospital, birth center, or home)

WE PROVIDE RESOURCES

Birth Stories 1
Myriah's Birth Stories
Birth Stories 2
Birth Stories 3
Birth Stories 4
Birth Stories 5


ob/gyns
midwives
doulas
lactation consultants
natural child spacing
homebirth
waterbirth
birth books
birth-related services
support natural birth
prenatal recommendations
recommended pediatricians

WE OFFER PERSONAL SUPPORT

through Meetups, Support Groups, and our Message Board

OUR GOAL

provide resources and encouragement for families
to allow them their best birth possible.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

We envision birth as a natural process --
one which requires great inner strength and surrender, yet needs minimal outside assistance.
A woman's body is wonderfully made to develop and bring forth this new being.
Still, we recognize that for some women, due to unchosen circumstances, unmedicated birth is not desirable.
We do not claim to be superior to those women who must seek surgical births.
We simply hold the standard of natural birth
(vaginal, unmedicated labor and delivery)
as most desirable for mother and child.

Each child's birth is a moment that a mother will remember forever.
Thus it should be a moment of beauty, intimacy, and sacredness that is treasured and shared with joy.
Too often it is a grievous story of fear, helplessness, and manipulation that is told with lamentation.
We encourage families to take responsibility for their births experiences
-- ask questions, make informed choices, anticipate a wonderful birth --
and share all these with other group members at the next monthly Natural Birth Meetup!

OUR POLICIES

We expect our members to be courteous to the event organizer
by keeping the RSVP current.
An event requires four YES sign-ups to avoid cancellation.
If you choose to post a picture, please be sure it is decent and appropriate to the group.
Be sensitive to other's birth experiences and positive in promoting natural birth options.

WE HOPE TO MEETUP WITH YOU SOON!

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