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HomeSpunLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:22:38 PM)

I actually have considered putting a note on the door. The room the pool is going to be in is the main door everyone would come in. I don't think they want to see that!

You know, I have been getting one main response from everyone about a homebirth "Wow you're brave! Won't it hurt?" Someone asked me if I was scared. For the first time, no. I am actually more at peace being at home than going to a hospital. I am not afraid of the pain.



Royal.Fortress -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:24:18 PM)

Yeah, I get the "gee you're brave" a lot. I don't feel like it's all that brave a thing to do!



PrincessDonna -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:25:58 PM)

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"Wow you're brave! Won't it hurt?"


Seriously? Are these people who have had babies?[8|] Of course it's going to hurt...no matter where you have the baby!



HomeSpunLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:26:53 PM)

Well, the one girl, no, she hasn't had a baby, but you'd think with the way other women talk she wouldn't have needed to ask that!



Royal.Fortress -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:30:46 PM)

LOL - I think they're more concerned about the no epidural thing!! [:D]



PrincessDonna -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:39:12 PM)

I was concerned about my friend who had a homebirth...because I knew she had an epidural for her two previous births. But afterward, she said she was so much more comfortable at home and the only really hard part was transition, at which point it would have been too late for an epidural in the hospital anyway. She plans to have any future babies at home also.

You can do it!!!![:D]

Part of me really wants to mentally prepare and get ready to do this one with no epidural. I've gotten a bit farther each time and I think if they break my water instead of letting me hang out at 6 cm for hours on end, I might be able to do it. Once they break my water, I go from 6 to holding baby pretty quick. It's been that way for the last two labors.

But OTOH, I don't want to psych myself up for it and still need to use the epidural and then be disappointed in myself.[&:]



Royal.Fortress -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:42:30 PM)

I'm going to repeat something a wise woman once said:

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You can do it!!!! [:D]


Mentally preparing for an event and then recognizing that you can't do it isn't a bad thing, and if you really want to try - go for it!!



PrincessDonna -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 3:51:14 PM)

Thanks...you're right. I just don't do well with disappointment and don't want to set myself up for that, KWIM? If I go into it with the mindset that I'm going to try and if it doesn't work, that's okay too...maybe...

I'm also hoping not having to deal with blizzards and barely drivable roads will help me be able to stay at home longer. I could have stayed at home a lot longer last time, but we were under a snow emergency and I was afraid I'd have the baby in a ditch if we didn't leave plenty of time. My dad followed us to the hospital in his 4x4 plow truck in case he needed to pull the van out. There was literally a foot of snow in some spots. That *shouldn't* be an issue in August/September.[:D] I do have plans already for my mom or dad to come take the kids, so I can focus on staying home longer without worrying about them. How cool would it be to show up at the hospital at 6 or 7 cm? I was 4 cm last time, which is more than I had been with any of the others.



Royal.Fortress -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 4:18:25 PM)

That would be great!

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I just don't do well with disappointment and don't want to set myself up for that, KWIM


I know *exactly* what you mean! That's why I'm not 'planning' to have the baby here or there, or have a 'birth plan'. My only plan is to go with the flow [:D]



W.O.F. -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 7:40:31 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Royal.Fortress

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With midwives, the motto is "The fuller the cooler, the shorter the labour"


I love it! Oh, and vomiting in transition is also know to help your cervix open, so it's not ALL terrible if it happens! [:D][;)]


I am not sure who told you that one...the reverse is actually true...your cervix opening sends hormone signals that cause the nausea and vomiting....

and in my case...my gestational diabetes shuts off and my blood sugar plummets....hence the vomiting..and why..when I ate something when in labor...I didn't vomit (and did I mention those were my fastest births?)



clag4christ -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 7:52:10 PM)

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ORIGINAL: W.O.F.

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ORIGINAL: Royal.Fortress

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With midwives, the motto is "The fuller the cooler, the shorter the labour"


I love it! Oh, and vomiting in transition is also know to help your cervix open, so it's not ALL terrible if it happens! [:D][;)]


I am not sure who told you that one...the reverse is actually true...your cervix opening sends hormone signals that cause the nausea and vomiting....

and in my case...my gestational diabetes shuts off and my blood sugar plummets....hence the vomiting..and why..when I ate something when in labor...I didn't vomit (and did I mention those were my fastest births?)



Same here for me and my gestational diabetes. I was begging the nurse to let me have my sugar free yogurt because I felt weak and nauseous with Jael's labor. She kept saying no...so I snuck some anyway and *magically* [8|] my nausea went away. Sheesh!



thisistheday -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 9:48:54 PM)

FWIW, I never vomited or was nauseous in labor. I never ate in labor either, but they were short enough that it wasn't really an issue. With one, my water broke around midnight, and he was born at 9:30 the next morning, but I didn't get hungry in the middle of the night.

With my last baby I talked to the doctor in the hospital and he told me to go eat a good breakfast. Things were just starting to happen at that point. I went home and had some toast I think; I just wasn't hungry. This was probably around 8AM and she was born before 1PM.

My 10yo son was talking about where babies were born today. I mentioned them being at home. He asked which was better or safer or something like that. So I tried to summarize it all in a very small nutshell for him.

My 17yo daughter had to do a talk for her sociology class last month. I don't remember exactly the requirements of the assignment, but she talked about home births. There was actually a short blurb about the medicalization of birth in her text. I thought it was very cool she picked that subject to talk about to her high school peers. But then she likes all things medical, especially that subject.

Hopefully my kids are growing up accepting that there is more than just one way to do things, such as birth a baby.

Dee



HomeSpunLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/11/2008 10:07:48 PM)

I just read a blurb that said 99% of babies are born in hospitals. Only 1% are born in 'other' places, home, birth centers or unspecified areas. My husband looked at me and said "I knew we were in the minority, I just didn't know how much."



thisistheday -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 12:29:53 AM)

Well, I guess that explains why everyone pretty much expects babies to be born in the hospital. I first heard of someone having a homebirth on purpose when I was in HS in the early 80s.

Dee



HomeSpunLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 4:27:10 PM)

When I had first heard of someone having a homebirth a while ago I thought they were weird. I mean, seriously, old fashioned, hippy, naturalist, whatever you want to call it and I thought they were just weird. Here we are planning one. I guess that confirms what I always thought.... I'm weird. [:D]



SweetLittleErin -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 4:50:47 PM)

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ORIGINAL: clag4christ

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ORIGINAL: W.O.F.

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ORIGINAL: Royal.Fortress

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With midwives, the motto is "The fuller the cooler, the shorter the labour"


I love it! Oh, and vomiting in transition is also know to help your cervix open, so it's not ALL terrible if it happens! [:D][;)]


I am not sure who told you that one...the reverse is actually true...your cervix opening sends hormone signals that cause the nausea and vomiting....

and in my case...my gestational diabetes shuts off and my blood sugar plummets....hence the vomiting..and why..when I ate something when in labor...I didn't vomit (and did I mention those were my fastest births?)



Same here for me and my gestational diabetes. I was begging the nurse to let me have my sugar free yogurt because I felt weak and nauseous with Jael's labor. She kept saying no...so I snuck some anyway and *magically* [8|] my nausea went away. Sheesh!


I dont care what the nurses say, I plan to break the no food rule, I mean we'll have snacks for hubby and they wont be in the room the WHOLE time so...I know personally (not in a labor situation) but that no food makes me sick and feel awful so I'm not adding that onto the labor, I personally dont care if I throw up.



JoyfulLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 5:01:05 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SweetLittleErin

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ORIGINAL: clag4christ

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ORIGINAL: W.O.F.

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ORIGINAL: Royal.Fortress

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With midwives, the motto is "The fuller the cooler, the shorter the labour"


I love it! Oh, and vomiting in transition is also know to help your cervix open, so it's not ALL terrible if it happens! [:D][;)]


I am not sure who told you that one...the reverse is actually true...your cervix opening sends hormone signals that cause the nausea and vomiting....

and in my case...my gestational diabetes shuts off and my blood sugar plummets....hence the vomiting..and why..when I ate something when in labor...I didn't vomit (and did I mention those were my fastest births?)



Same here for me and my gestational diabetes. I was begging the nurse to let me have my sugar free yogurt because I felt weak and nauseous with Jael's labor. She kept saying no...so I snuck some anyway and *magically* [8|] my nausea went away. Sheesh!


I dont care what the nurses say, I plan to break the no food rule, I mean we'll have snacks for hubby and they wont be in the room the WHOLE time so...I know personally (not in a labor situation) but that no food makes me sick and feel awful so I'm not adding that onto the labor, I personally dont care if I throw up.


If you're lucky the nurses won't care. I ate popcorn chicken and a hot fudge sundae right in front of the nurse and she didn't say a word, even though I was told during the tour eating in labor was against hospital policy.
I was also sneaking ice chips right up to the time they wheeled me in for a c-section, despite the dirty looks and scoldings. [:D][;)]



SweetLittleErin -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 5:05:06 PM)

I think our nurses are pretty laid back, I took food to my friend's hubby right in front of them (I did ask) and they didnt care and never checked to see who was eating it. And the new nurse in our L&D is a family friend so I think things will go pretty smoothly.


Oh as far as home births...I had never heard of such a thing until I got on here. I talked with hubby about it and wasnt totally opposed to it, but he didnt like the idea of it for our first child since we are both clueless and of course have no idea how I'll handle labor. And midwives dont really exist here.



HomeSpunLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 5:55:57 PM)

Ah, but Erin they do, they just are more underground. You have to know where to look.



TammyIsBlessed -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 9:37:46 PM)

At the hospital where we had Jacob, they kept bringing me all the meals at the regular time throughout my labour!



Brandy -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 10:27:11 PM)

oh my word, can you guys believe I didn't ask about food yesterday??? As in can I eat during labor or what they provide as a hospital.. I'm so sad now!!

I LOVE FOOD.

Geesh.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 11:10:59 PM)

Don't be sad, Brandy--now you can honestly say you didn't know! [8D]

Working people need food. Laboring women really do (unless their bodies are telling them not to eat, of course).



clag4christ -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/12/2008 11:20:29 PM)

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ORIGINAL: TammyIsBlessed

At the hospital where we had Jacob, they kept bringing me all the meals at the regular time throughout my labour!


They did the same with me for Hannah's induction...well, until it was time for the pushing.



HomeSpunLady -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/13/2008 9:53:06 AM)

Can I say that through Kim and Emily having their babies as they did/are it makes me believe that I can do it too? I'm getting more and more excited that this next labor might actually go better and that my body will actually do what it needs to do!!

I'm trying to be positive and say that sort of stuff to myself, in the hopes that the mind-body connection is stronger than what I think and that I will be able to do that which I am telling myself I'll be able to do. Do you think there is any prudence to that?



Consecrated2God -> RE: Natural Childbirth-support and discussion (6/13/2008 10:25:17 AM)

I think positive thinking is very important. You can do this. Just keep telling yourself that. I'm sure you will have a great homebirth experience. The odds are very much in your favor. I can't wait to read your birth story in a few months. [:)]



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