Sentences with phrase «just about epidurals»

Do you need a class just about epidurals?

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My birth was nothing like I had hoped, labored in bed on my back because they couldn't monitor the babies if I moved, had to have pitocin and later an epidural (I could stand the pitocin, it was the fact that no one does a breach delivery any more that, just in case Twin B didn't turn after Twin A was born), puking in the operating room because I couldn't even have a single drop of water on my tongue while laboring strapped down (talk about understanding what hell is like!)

It was just a general birthing class — offered relaxation tips, watched birth videos (natural, epidural, and c - section), learned about interventions.

Your blogs about how epidurals work convinced me that if I have the kind of labor pains I had with my first (posterior, nuchal hand, we both ended up fine but it really sucked), I am just going straight for the epidural.

Just before your baby is born and as the head is about to crown, your doctor or midwife will give you a shot to numb the area (if you have not already had an epidural).

A «birth plan» to me meant a privileged, hypersensitive woman being very loud about the fact that she knew better than the medical professionals who were only reluctantly present before going off to their golf game, obviously trying to prove that she was better than all those sheep moms who just went along with toxic, lazy - people procedures like epidurals and C - sections.

If you are unsure about the choices you would like to make surrounding your birth options, or just want to know a little more when it comes to hospital birth practices, epidurals, c - sections, then The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer and Rhonda Wheeler is the book for you!

I talked with Kristin Mallon of Mindful Midwifery about epidurals — just about every question you'd want to ask.

Surprisingly, deciding between a natural childbirth vs epidural isn't just about the pain.

I have thought about this stuff for years but accepted I would just have to «deal with the consequences» of having a hospital birth, epidural, formula - feeding, etc etc..

During those three weeks I was told by everyone (except for the hospital lactation consultants, they were very supportive and repeatedly told me that I was doing a great job and that feeding my son was more important than breastfeeding him) who knew about my supply issues that I should be pumping more, that I just needed to put him to the breast more often, that it was because I gave him a paci, that it was because I had an epidural, that whatever I do, I should NOT supplement.

Its comforting to know im not the only one, I was set to be induced with my fifth child on jan 1, went to hospital at 5 am, put on pittosin at 6, dialed slowly, and had painful contractions, Dr broke my water at 11, contractions even more painful, got the epidural at 12, labor did not progress, was dialated 3 cm all day, @ 8 pm,, Dr took me off pittosin for an hour to see if I would progress if we started over again, at 9 they hooked me up again, all night and just progressed to a 4, that next morning, still nothing, finally Dr said we need to do a c section, since my water was broken earlier the previous day, he was worried about infection, finally went to operating rm, it was so cold, I was shaking and crying, I was so scared, btw my previous 4 children were vaginal births, I felt so guilty, thinking it was my fault my labor did nt progress.Finally I had her, when the Dr held her up for me to see, I started bawling, she was perfect, it was very emotional, she weighed 6 lb 4oz and 18in, Im very proud of her, and myself

I planned to have a natural drug free birth, once I was about 8 centimeters dilated I just couldn't handle the pain and I went with the epidural.

On my 2nd child I had no pain relief at all just went for it far too scared to ever do a epidural again About to have 3rd now & defo don't want epidural.