Natural Hospital Birth

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Natural Hospital Birth is a pregnancy guide for women who wish to achieve a natural birth in a hospital setting, written by Cynthia Gabriel and published by Harvard Common Press in 2011. The book was updated in a second edition with Quarto Press in 2018.

The book is geared towards women who desire to have a natural birth, and outlines how they will be able to do this in a hospital. Currently only 2% of women have a natural hospital birth. The book provides example birthing plans and how to effectively work with and communicate with hospital staff. Many chapters focus on creating a supportive team and feeling safe during the birthing process. The book highlights the importance of feeling empowered during birth and also encourages the reader to release any fears about childbirth and avoid unnecessary interventions. A natural hospital birth is defined in this book as having the least amount of medical intervention and the most instinctive, self-directed birth possible all of this while in hospital setting with medical technology on stand by. The book reminds the reader to have "the best of both worlds" while considering her birthing plan.^{[citation needed]}