"Listening to Mothers" Survey

First-time moms tend to spend a good deal of time agonizing over a birth plan. Or at least I did, since I had no idea, going into this, of all the birthing options, let alone what the possible advantages and disadvantages of each were. If you're going through this process now, you might be wondering how happy women ultimately were with the results - how was their recovery, short term and long term? How helpful did women rate doulas and various kinds of birth classes? Were they pleased with the kind of facility and support personnel they chose? Well, wonder no more - this national survey talks to mothers with various kinds of different birth experiences to see how they'd rate their experiences:

http://childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ClickedLink=205&ck=10068&area=2

This survey is especially interesting in comparing the short term and long term satisfaction of women who had cesarean sections and vaginal births. Women also answer questions on how long it took them to lose the baby weight, how well breastfeeding went, when their sex lives got back to normal, and other likely topics of interest to new or soon-to-be moms.

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, my mother-in-law, and all my mom readers!