First Aid Training for Childbirth

Most pregnant women plan to have their bags packed and go to the hospital when they are in labor but sometimes baby and mother’s plan collide. Often baby is coming now and there is not much you can do about it. Consider how many babies that you have heard about on TV being born in cars, in parking lots, or at home because there was not enough time to make it to the hospital.

What if the hospital is a considerable amount of time away from you? When it is the first baby, most do not come that quickly but most does not mean all and for this reason and also for those who still rely on midwives, first aid training for childbirth does exist.

Probably one of the most important things that you could be taught is to remain calm which sounds easy enough but when the time comes it could be a whole other story indeed. Try to remember that childbirth is natural and for centuries what you are doing is exactly the way that babies were born before. Think about Joseph delivering Jesus in a dark manger. Keep in mind though that any first aid that you have been taught to prepare for this is by no means a substitution for making it to the hospital. You can never plan for the...