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Your hospital classes will cover the bare minimum of what you need to know about the mechanics of giving birth, touch briefly on how to deal with it, and talk more about epidurals and cesarean births.

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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!)

I was far more anxious about a natural birth and the idea of not having an epidural.

They include a more relaxed mother who doesn't have to recover from administered drugs, a more alert newborn (who is also not recovering from administered drugs), nursing is more quickly established, there is minimal or no perineal pain, no recovery from IV or epidural wounds and a mother who is able to move about easily after her birth.

They asked questions about labor and birth interventions to new mothers in the most recent survey Did they receive pitocin, epidural, or both... Read More

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!

We also suggest you read our page about epidural anesthesia for more information and references to key research studies.

More than half of those get spine - numbing epidurals and about 45 percent receive narcotics such as Demerol or Stadol.

But with the help of birthing classes, you can learn about natural methods for pain relief, such as breathing techniques, massage and acupuncture — and get a more informed idea as to whether an epidural is your first choice, last resort or something in between.

Learn more about what some have called «nature's epidural» and waterbirth in Oregon.

In this blog (Part 1), Dr Buckley explores the impacts of epidural on oxytocin and the flow of labour, and what this might mean for... [Read more...] about Epidurals in Labour

In this blog (Part 2), Dr Buckley explores the impacts of epidural on the hormones of labour and birth, and what this might mean for... [Read more...] about Epidurals in Labour (Part 2)

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.

Learn about the stages of labor, comfort measures, epidurals, long labors, birth plans, breastfeeding, bottlefeeding, newborn sleep, and more.

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

In 2012, the National Library of Medicine National Institute of Health published the results of a study finding that women who received continuous labor support were more likely to have spontaneous vaginal births and less likely to have any pain medication, epidurals, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or forceps - assisted births, and C - sections.