Often women laboring in an hospital environment, where they often need to battle standard hospital procedure, are not able to fight simply because their bodies are working hard laboring.
One way to ensure that the laboring mom’s wishes are respected/fulfilled is by putting that power in her husband’s hands by making him her health care proxy. Provided your husband has a cool head, can handle pressure from “medical professionals” and is not easily intimidated, this might be the way to go.
Another option, if you don’t want to battle during labor, is to consider a homebirth.
Here is a general website: http://www.doyourproxy.org/
You can also find health care proxy forms specific to your state by googling:
[your state] AND “health care proxy form”
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