Sentences with phrase «as my midwife tells»

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Before I met my midwife, I tried 3 ob / gyn offices that had midwives on staff, and all of them pushed me instantly toward epidural, one going so far as to tell me I was stupid to think I could handle labor without medication.

prego I was told by my midwife she could no longer see me as she had an ongoing legal battle that had come to light.

I remember when I was first training as a midwife and one of my mentors told me about the segment of the population that's turned on by women in labor.

I said that it couldn't be as the midwife has told me that it was to be at least another 12 - 24 hours (I repeated this like a mantra).

If labor stalls, you don't get pressured to be induce or told to go home; you just go to sleep and the midwife gets to be the one that comes and goes as needed.

If you feel feint or have dizzy spells, tell your doctor or midwife as it might mean your blood pressure is particularly low.

Being on - call means anywhere from as little as 5 to as many as 200 text messages can be exchanged during day time, as well as multiple phone calls during the day and night updating me with early labor progress, the birth client or her partner or spouse giving me updates from their doula or nurse on labor progress, and sometimes, to tell me there has been a change made by their OBGYN or Midwife to their previous birth plan.

In fact, as a midwife, I've had women tell me not only that they feel proud of their labor and birth, but also, that they even feel in ecstasy with their experiences - even if intense and challenging.

If you're told you need a C - section because of the baby's heart rate, try to get your doctor or midwife to be as specific as possible.

My midwife had lied to me when she told me I could make it as warm as I wanted.

Veronica Tingzon: Many years ago I was in Guatemala with a missionary group with my father and what not, and we did some medical stuff and there was a mother there who had just birthed a baby and the midwife or as they call the «Partera» was telling her just go ahead and feed the baby but the grandmother of the baby was saying, «no, no, no you don't want the baby to get used to the arms» and I said, «listen to the partera» and that mom was lactating probably within a little bit under two days also.

Fourteen years ago I heard a midwife tell a teenaged mother that she would be unable to breast feed her baby as she had undergone a c - section, in spite of the fact that the girl had come prepared with breast pads, nursing bra etc..

You can also use it as a barrier cream on baby's bum for bad nappy rash and works a treat to protect the skin while it heals, a trick I was told by my midwife.

Ask her if she'll come and identify herself as your doula if she's not comfortable telling hospital staff that she's your midwife.

Something that several midwives have told me, as well as other info I've found in reading material on breastfeeding..

My home birth midwife told me later that she felt like I needed the pressure to push to get Allie out as quickly as possible.

As told by the student midwife, Seana (who took that infamous placenta pic.)

The midwife told me that it was completely normal as the placenta must have taken over by now.

The image of the granny midwife working for the underserved poor is a compelling one, but so far as I can tell, it has no basis in reality.

I have heard first - hand stories of women being denied epidurals, lied to about the effects of epidural analgesia, and not being provided with proper informed consent about the risks of going to 42 weeks at her 41 week appointment (as in, the mother wasn't told anything that was in the College of Midwives» sample consent document about increased risk of stillbirth).

, and her aura was not one which installed colempte confidence in me of her competence.Eventually, we reached a stage where the lead midwife announced that upon another examination (that we had been told was advisable due to the amount of time my partner had been in labour) that she would be calling in an ambulance as the baby was apparently taking longer to recover it «s heart rate between contractions than it had been previously which was a concern, and that my partner needed to be dealt with in hospital.The reassurance of the surroundings of home was soon replaced by a period of comparative chaos and strange faces which then developed into me travelling with my now scared and distressed partner in a speeding ambulance across a busy city road system amidst late afternoon traffic.

Mum had three kids in the 1960s - was very grateful to her male OB for some kind of knockout drug for a fair bit of my delivery; said the same doctor, as he stitched a bad tear caused when the midwife repeatedly ignored mum's cries for someone to come as my brother was born, told the midwife off and explained the damage her neglect had caused.

If you use or have used street drugs (such as cannabis, ecstasy or heroin) or other substances, it is important to tell your midwife.

Remember, when it comes to midwives, not all of them are dangerous (which, as I argue, is the sure - tell sign of a profession with a huge problem.)

The study carried out by Gentle Parenting and released to coincide with Safer Sleep Week, found that out of the hundreds of British women asked, 46 % of those who slept in the same bed as their baby had lied to a midwife, health visitor or GP, telling them they never sleep in the same bed as their baby.

So, here I am to tell you why the midwives, obstetricians and nurses made my job as a birth doula so enjoyable...

When my contraction starts, the midwife told me that I couldn't have water birth as no one on night shift was able to do it, specifically because no one can kneel down to do the birthing process.

Shortly afterwards my Midwife told me about a program that was starting in Atlanta for teenage girls which was the program known as GCAPP funded by Jane Fonda.

I called my midwife and told her that I needed her to come as well.

I felt Tre through my stomach as the midwife had taught me, and could tell that baby was still breech... stubborn little one!

My midwives and others have told me it's safe to use even while pregnant for vaginal itching as it seems to balance the pH even in tiny amts when inserted in a capsule.

Anyway... other than that huge blight on the story, the author was a fabulous story teller and I loved the variety of stories she told from her adventures as a midwife.

I interviewed a war journalist, a midwife and also the postmaster of North Haven Maine who told me in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as a postmistress.

Her aim was to explore how First Nations people had rejuvenated their sense of identity and belonging as a way of healing from intergenerational trauma associated with colonisation, Fergie told the recent Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) conference.