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Q: Here is a great resource site for anyone interested in homebirth and natural birth(and a little rant

so here is a wonderful site that I have really come to enjoy. It's packed with info, as well as amazing birth stories!
http://www.indiebirth.com/

I hope everyone else enjoys it as well!

I believe in the empowerment of women and the sacred nature of birth. I find it sad that more women are afraid of natural childbirth than they are of major surgery today, and I think that it is time to bring back our own personal power when it comes to childbirth and our bodies. We're not patients with a serious illness, we're women doing the most natural and sacred thing we can...bringing a new life into the world. Our intuitions are very powerful and I think that it is time to get back in touch with our sacred rite. This is a powerful and transformative time in a womans life.

â??The first intervention in natural childbirth is the one that a healthy woman does herself when she walks out the front door of her own home in labour.â??â?? Michael Rosenthal, OB/GYN

This question was asked May. 31, 2012 3:39pm
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Answered by Baby_Harris - Jun. 1, 2012 12:23am

The epidural numbed one leg but did nothing for the pain. I then asked for another dose and that numbed my other leg, but yet again nothing for my abdomen. I then received another dose and that still didnt do much. Eventually I wanted to push but the nurse kpt telling me I wasnt fully efaced so couldnt. They started patocin around 11 pm and then 2 1/2 hours later I started pushing. The dr preformed an epesiadimy and still used a vacuum to suction my dd out. By this point my dd wasnt breathing and it took them 15 mins to get her suctioned out ans intibated. Unfortunately she was intibated incorrectly so still went another 15 mins without oxygen.

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Answered by Baby_Harris - Jun. 1, 2012 3:51pm

Wow I am so sorry for your loss. I dont know what I would have done if I had lost my dd. It was a close call with her being on life support for almost a week and the dr telling us that 98% of infants coming in with her condition dont make it. But she beat the odds making me feel that she is here for a reason. What made the whole delivery experience worse was my moms first baby was still born and she said my l+d was exactly like hers. And of course the fear hightened when my dd was born not breathing. To this day Im still unsure whether she even had a heartbeat. A womans intuition is very strong and over time we sometimes fear were wrong. We just have to remember 9 times out of 10 were right. I sometimes wish I could give birth out of the country lol.

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Answered by knicole27 - May. 31, 2012 8:10pm

Love the idea of home birth and natural birth! OB's and hospitals especially in the US treat labor and delivery as an illness. I hate that...

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Answered by MBrannen - May. 31, 2012 7:34pm

I definitely understand that. There's actually many differences between here and europe, and it seems that the rest of the world has a much different view on birth than the U.S. I know that the UK is also supposed to have alot better health insurance as well. The UN actually put out a report "declaring a global investment in midwifery would save millions of mothers' and babies' lives." Where over here there's a large war between obstestrics and midwifery, and it seems that they are more apt to shutting down midwifery practices. Our history is pretty dark and when obstetrics came in to place we began to experience things such as "Twilight birth" also known as "Twilight Sleep". And many times doctors do use interventions, inductions, and c-sections for their own convenience rather than for the good of the mother. Interestingly enough the FDA has never approved the use of pitocin or ultrasounds outside of emergency situations. and our annual c-section rate i

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Answered by Baby_Harris - Jun. 1, 2012 12:18am

Im now pregnant my second time and hoping to have a natural birth this time. I was under the usual assumption that woman go to Obs and give birth in the hospital. I want to say now that my story may be familiar to some but Im not telling it to scare anyone. My ob was amazing but he wasnt the one to deliver my dd. I was in labor 22 hours and since the monitors werent picking up my contractions or a steady heartbeat I was put in bed. After about 12 hours I eventually couldnt take the back labor anymore and asked for pain meds. After 3 doses of nubain I then opted for an epidural.

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Answered by MBrannen - Jun. 1, 2012 1:45am

I appreciate you sharing your story. Mine is somewhat similar but ends in the totally preventable death of my daughter at 38 weeks. Had I listened to my intuition and not the doctors I would probably still have my baby girl. I had been feeling sick for quite a few days and had been calling my doctor over and over, and was always written off. Finally on a saturday I was so sick and in so much pain that I called my doc to see if I should go in to L&D and was told that it was just a virus that other pregnant women had been getting and basically "take two asprin and call me in the morning" kind of thing. Well I knew that I should go but listened to the doctor. Eventually after hours of vomiting I called and told them that I was going in, but unfortunately it was too late and my little girl gave me one last kick as I pulled into the hospital. Once in L&D they told me the news and the docs began the induction and the multitude of interventions, using 4x's as much pitocin as

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Answered by BabyDaisy - May. 31, 2012 6:48pm

Fair enough. I'm UK-based, so can't really comment on intervention in the US - though from what I understand women can be put under quite a lot of pressure to have intervention (my SIL is pregnant and in the US). I think that's really sad, and the main reason I don't want to be in hospital is because I'm scared of being encouraged to have a procedure I don't need or want, just to save doctors' time.

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Answered by looney - Jun. 1, 2012 3:04am

I'm choosing a Birth Center. Although I'd prefer a homebirth, but the closest hospital is 45 minutes away, and that worries me if there were to be an emergency. The birth center is 8 minutes from the hospital, and it has the Aqua Doula Birth Pool already set up for me :) My "birth center" birth includes the stay, birth pool, midwife, OB on call *if needed*, a doula, prenatal care, well baby care, and natural birth classes. And I practice Elimination Communication, so I'm very excited to have that special bond with this baby too!

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Answered by bugsmomy - Jun. 1, 2012 3:20am

I've done two all natural hospital labors+ Delivery. I'm planning on doingan all natural hospital Labor & delivery. With #4 I will try and have a home birth.

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Answered by liebekind - May. 31, 2012 9:30pm

Thank you for the resource! I'm looking to avoid as many interventions as possible. I'm off to do some research now. :)

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