The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative states that “Birth is a normal, natural, and healthy process.” One of the requirements for a hospital, birth center, or home-birth service to receive the CIMS Mother-Friendly designation is that they educate their staff in non-drug methods of pain relief.
see our section on Positioning for Labor and Birth
Hypnobabies®: a hypnosis program for birth
see our section on Labor Support
