Do you know what to expect when you arrive at the hospital to have your baby? Most hospital maternity wards (especially at larger facilities) are separated into several different areas. They have a triage space, a medical space, and birthing suites. And when you go into the OB unit to have your baby, often you will stop in at triage first.

But you can guarantee success in your birth space if you make a subtle shift in your focus . . .

Due dates are not an exact science. The Perinatal Institute reports that only about 4% of babies are born on their predicted "date". Most pregnancies last between 259 and 294 days (which is a difference of 35 days!)

What is too large and how do we know? Evidence based birth looks into the current evidence of "big babies" and reports that two out of three expecting mamas were given an ultrasound near the end of pregnancy and told that their babies were too big . . .