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The moment of childbirth is a unique and special moment, and it is important that we arrive at it calm, informed and prepared. The information empowers, and facilitates us the access to the childbirth that we want, a respected childbirth where we are the protagonists, together with our baby.

Little by little, the birth plan has gained the importance it deserves. From becoming an anecdotal document with overtones of bureaucracy that some hospitals offered to do "per procedure", it has become a document that, in addition to making you investigate what can happen during and after childbirth, is the most effective means of specify what your preferences are in any of the situations that may arise, so that the medical staff is aware of them at all times.

There is news that surprises you because of how amazing the situation that its protagonists are experiencing is. Giving birth at home because the baby can't wait could be one of them, but when we look more closely, we find a scenario that is anything but idyllic.

Today it seems normal to us that the father is present during the birth of his baby, but more than half a decade ago it was something very unusual, as if the arrival into the world of a child conceived by two people was an act that only concerned to the woman.

Motherhood gives us unique and special moments that no other life experience can offer. From pregnancy, mothers begin to create a powerful bond with our baby, feeling how it develops throughout this stage.

Water birth is an alternative that pregnant women can choose for the birth of their babies. Over the years its use has been increasing, especially due to the benefits that have been found for both the mother and the baby.

Josy Peukert, 37, gave birth to her son Bodhi on the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the rhythm of the waves and without medical assistance. The mother shared it in a video posted on her Instagram account in February, although it has gone viral in recent days.

The Constitutional Court has decided, by eight votes in favor and three against, to endorse the decision of a judge who ordered that a woman who wanted to give birth at home with the assistance of a midwife be transferred to the hospital since her baby was running danger.