Not exact matches
When I went into
labor the night before the scheduled
induction, Ursula came to our house in the middle of the night even though it looked
like we might have a long way to go.
But if you are
like the majority of women who do not have reasons for
induction, the safest option for you and your baby is to wait for
labor to begin on its own.
Proponents of birthing as a non-medical event sometimes show natural birth pictures and natural birth videos where
laboring women are strapped onto a special
labor table or undergo procedures they don't really want
like an unnecessary c - section or
induction.
For me, I was so naive, I went in and I was ready to have my baby that day, because I felt
like I was done being pregnant, so I chose the elective
induction, which turned into a very long route with Pitocin, then breaking my water, which turned into an epidural, and eventually my 18 hour
labor.
Yes, there are special circumstances (induced
labor, for instance, is nothing
like normal
labor — but again, the mismanagement of
labor often causes way more
inductions that should be necessary), but for the most part, women who have the right kind of support and preparation would find that
labor CAN BE a tremendously strengthening and spiritual experience.
When
labor doesn't go as fast as practitioners would
like (especially after
induction) Pitocin is used.