Episiotomy, hospital birth and cesarean section: technology gone haywire — what is the sutured tear rate at
first births supposed to be?
Not exact matches
My stomach was so tight and stretched from pregnancy that once I gave
birth to the
first baby, I could no longer feel when I was
supposed to push.
A time that was
supposed to be so joyous, the
birth of my
first borns, was met with many tears and an overwhelming mix of emotions.
This was our
first baby we had no way of knowing how things were
supposed to be we were clueless thinking we were going to have this beautiful romantic home
birth & instead we live in a nightmare...
My son was 7 pounds 12 oz at
birth and for the
first month he screamed bloody murder cause if you put the chest buckle at the armpit which is where it is
supposed to be it makes their arms stick straight our like a T. Its awful and it looks so uncomfortable!
Our
first was
supposed to be a water
birth, but we couldn't get the tub set up in time.
Here's one major challenge to motherhood that no one likes to talk about: What exactly are you
supposed to do after the
birth of your
first kid if you and your partner realize you have completely different parenting styles?
Although having to go through IVF and gestational diabetes and 2 c - sections and Joey's NICU / nursery stays and both kids self weaning were all huge emotional and physical traumas for me (and my husband), now that they're in the past and I'm a mommy to two amazing toddlers, I can see that it all worked out how it was
supposed to.And my advice to all new mothers who hope / plan to nurse take a breastfeeding class when pregnant, have a breastpump in the house before the baby is born, buy nursing bras that have front panels that you can open easily (and bring some to the hospital with you when you go to give
birth), don't be afraid to pump and let someone else give the baby a bottle of your milk when you need to sleep, hold off on introducing baby food until much closer to 1 year old than 6 ohtnms, and be prepared for it to be hard and possibly painful at
first (think cracked, bleeding nipples and breasts that are so full of milk you think they will explode so also have lanolin and / or nipple cream in the house, and nurse or pump well before you let yourself become engorged and in pain).
My
first wood not go as planned... It was
supposed to be an unmedicated natural
birth... My water broke a month and a day early with a breech baby... Urgent c - section and a hell hospital stay.