Calling all the med free mamas...
Mar 23, 2015 11:39:38 GMT -5
Post by carolyngrace on Mar 23, 2015 11:39:38 GMT -5
Love the idea of this thread, thanks for starting it!!
I've shared elsewhere, but I watched my sister birth her two sons med-free at the midwife center where I plan to deliver. Watching her endure and really conquer (for lack of a better word) the whole experience was what convinced me to try and go med-free. Before that I was in the "give me all the meds!" camp. Her recovery was so fast in both cases, which is also appealing to me!
However, I have friends who have attempted to give birth in the same midwife center, labored for 24+ hours, and transferred to a hospital. One ended up with a c-section, the other with an epidural. So I feel like I have a realistic view that things can go "wrong" and I might not end up with the kind of birth I'm hoping for.
The thing that has made me feel the most prepared and confident about my birth was taking a class with an AMAZING doula. One, she went through a TON of different coping skills, positions, techniques to try during all the different stages of labor. But more than that, she was great at bringing DH and I together to really talk about what I think I'll need from him, how we want to handle different problems, etc. So I think being in a really good space with your birthing partner is important! And/or having a great doula there.
I know it will be harder for me to stay med-free if I end up in the hospital. Not because they'll be pushy or anything, but because the option is there. Also, in my particular hospital they don't have wireless monitoring, so I wouldn't be as free to move around, etc.
Either way things go I plan to stay home AS LONG as possible. My nurse friend will likely check me to make sure I'm at LEAST 5cm before I head in. (luckily I live 10 min from midwife center AND hospital).
I've shared elsewhere, but I watched my sister birth her two sons med-free at the midwife center where I plan to deliver. Watching her endure and really conquer (for lack of a better word) the whole experience was what convinced me to try and go med-free. Before that I was in the "give me all the meds!" camp. Her recovery was so fast in both cases, which is also appealing to me!
However, I have friends who have attempted to give birth in the same midwife center, labored for 24+ hours, and transferred to a hospital. One ended up with a c-section, the other with an epidural. So I feel like I have a realistic view that things can go "wrong" and I might not end up with the kind of birth I'm hoping for.
The thing that has made me feel the most prepared and confident about my birth was taking a class with an AMAZING doula. One, she went through a TON of different coping skills, positions, techniques to try during all the different stages of labor. But more than that, she was great at bringing DH and I together to really talk about what I think I'll need from him, how we want to handle different problems, etc. So I think being in a really good space with your birthing partner is important! And/or having a great doula there.
I know it will be harder for me to stay med-free if I end up in the hospital. Not because they'll be pushy or anything, but because the option is there. Also, in my particular hospital they don't have wireless monitoring, so I wouldn't be as free to move around, etc.
Either way things go I plan to stay home AS LONG as possible. My nurse friend will likely check me to make sure I'm at LEAST 5cm before I head in. (luckily I live 10 min from midwife center AND hospital).