The document discusses skills that women can use to reduce interventions during birth such as directed breathing, finding effective positions, and internal work like massaging. It suggests that using these skills can help women have more positive birth experiences with fewer interventions and complications. Statistics from 2000-2002 also show decreasing rates of epidurals and other pain medications as more women learn and apply these natural skills during labor and delivery.

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11. Epidurals for Analgesia

12. What did your mothers tell you about birth?

13. Directed Breathing: