I had an Unassisted Pregnancy - True Story

The trend of providing your own prenatal care is growing with a lot of Mothers who are tired of conventional and over managed pregnancies.

I was one of those mother's. No, I do not have a mental illness or a drug problem. I also had perfectly good health insurance. However, I felt I actually had very little in the way of options during my pregnancy, unless I wanted a highly managed pregnancy. I didn't. I also did not wish to do any prenatal testing or ultrasound's. In fact I learned to trust my intuition and trust my body to grow my baby the way it was designed to.

I know how unheard of this may sound to some. I assure you it is a growing trend with women taking back the most precious time in their lives and taking responsibility for their health.

I chose an unassisted pregnancy because my previous pregnancy was highly managed by a group of midwives which also resulted in the development of white coat induced hypertension. After that developed it was all downhill from there. I was subjected to unwanted interventions that spiraled out of control leading up to a cesarean birth. I don't know 100% that my cesarean was warranted, but I do know the health care professionals I hired (and paid) failed me miserably. After my cesarean I developed grave complications that took months for me to recover from and I could have very well died. I was not willing to repeat the process again with my second pregnancy. Being that I had a previous cesarean though, meant I was high risk right off the bat, under the care of any medical professional in my state. I really had very limited options, I wished to avoid it all and I did just that.

Unassisted pregnancy is more about trusting women's ability to gestate than medicalizing and over managing it.

Credit: Jose Torres

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