Why does it seem doctor’s and hospitals are against Natural childbirth?

because doctors make more money the more treatments you get. plus they think its more painful. personally, i think natural is better.

because if you do it natural, then the hospitals and doctors wont make any money, plain and simple

They don’t make as much money off you that way! Most women change their minds once they get there and it’s in full swing and you don’t need a hospital for a natural child birth in the first place!

That’s why you get a midwife instead Doctors treat pregnancy like a disease and a midwife treats it as it is… a pregnancy. A midwife will be more apt to follow your wishes

Because hospitals are a business and they want you in, the baby out, and a new patient in fast. They don’t want to wait around for a mother to take the time to naturally have her baby. This is why c-sections are on the rise…meds = stress to the baby…stress to the baby = c-section.

I didnt have that experience, and granted was at one that was conisdered a top hospital for OB/GYN. But as the above ones say, hospitals are really businesses.

It seems odd to me to. Science has gotten us this far, why not use it. It’s given people a less painful birth, hasn’t it? With a team of professionals there you’re safer. Why risk some ones life (Yours and a baby’s) if you don’t need to. I’m not a proffsional and I don’t pretend to be, ask a doctor next time he rolls his/her eyes. Each of them must have a different reason.

I don’t think it so much that they are against it, rather that they hear mothers saying they wnt a natural, drug free birth all the time. I was all natural and drug free for mine. I had one midwife in the room plus my family. I had the feeling they were quite happy about that because it freed up staff to attend to other labouring women.

I think they just want to cover themselves in case something goes wrong. It more of a liability thing I feel.

I had that happen and then I switched to a nurse midwife. She was very supportive. I delivered in a birth center at a hospital, and the staff there was really supportive also. It was great. I had my baby with no pain meds, no pitocin (not even to help deliver the placenta), and no IV. I was able to drink what I wished, and I was basically left alone with my boyfriend to labor peacefully until I was 8cm. I walked, changed position, sat in the tub, etc. My midwife helped get me through the last bit and encouraged me while I pushed. She did her best to ensure I didn’t tear, but I did tear a tiny bit (3 stitches). Just be firm about what yo want, and don’t be afraid to switch doctors if yours isn’t supportive. This baby was my first, and I had the delivery I wanted because I did my research and stuck to my birth plan. And…I had a wonderful midwife and L&D staff. Good luck.