In New York City, we have one of the highest C-section rates in the country, and I’m not sure exactly why those statistics are so high, but developing a plan for a healthier pregnancy and a natural birth is so important. So, if you’re a woman in New York City looking to have a healthier natural birth or looking to have a VBAC, you absolutely need to work with a midwife or a doula who is in your camp.
Now, the OB-GYNs, they practice standard of care, and for a lot of older moms or anything that is not exactly looking right to the OB-GYN, the standard of care is almost always going to be the C-section. So that’s what they’re looking to do if anything doesn’t look right.
With a midwife, a doula or a chiropractor who’s experienced in Webster technique, we can offer you advice to ask the right questions to see if there might be a different pathway for you.
Now, as a chiropractor, I’m not here to dictate the birth plan. It’s really what the mother wants. If she speaks to a midwife or a doula and consults and has at-length conversations with their OB-GYN, they can come together, have a meeting of the minds, and develop a plan for a birth that everybody wants and everyone’s on board with.
Some people need to switch their OB-GYN because they might be too rigid and not open to more natural or more holistic options. So, it’s really important to put together the birth team. Listen to the people that you trust, ask your friends, ask your chiropractor and gather all the information, and then sit down with your partner and then discuss the options that make the most sense to you.
It’s not one size fits all, and it should never be that way. We need to listen to other people that have been through it. Ask your friends. Ask your parents what they did. Ask your midwife. Ask your doula. Consult a Facebook group. Find the information you need and then filter it through your stable datums and what you know to be best and then plan to have the best birth that’s right for you.
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Dr. Gregg D. Rubinstein, D.C., is a Midtown Manhattan chiropractor with over 30 years of experience providing customized chiropractic treatment services to a wide range of clients in the Midtown Manhattan/West New York City area. Dr. Gregg Rubinstein and 57th Street Chiropractic can be reached at (212) 977-7094 and is located at 119 West 57th St. in New York, NY.
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