Sentences with phrase «natural labor contractions»

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Heck, one of the reasons I'm glad I got my section the day that I did is that I was effaced and had been having more intense contractions, and there's a distinct possibility that I would have gone into natural labor that night, in the middle of a blizzard, with a breech baby.

As the contractions continued to come very close together and seemed to become more painful with each one, and the back labor became nearly impossible to endure, we tried everything we could for natural pain management.

I'm glad you posted this - I had a super long labor (I lost my mucus plug and had bloody show and contractions for over a week before they eventually forced me to have a c - section 24 hrs after my water broke... I never got to the pushing stage or dilated above 7) and anyway it is nice to hear from someone who had a long labor but still was successful at a natural birth.

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Class 4: The Onset of Labor: Your «Guess Date» and Normal Length of Pregnancy; Preparing for your Birthing Day; Signs of Birthing Beginning; Amniotic Membranes Breaking — Your Safe Choices; True vs. «False» Labor; How to Time Your Birthing Waves (contractions); Your Birth Log; When to go to the Birth Place; Automatic Comfort and Relaxation on «The Drive» and Arrival at Your Place of Birth (if out of your home; Hypno - Guardians; Nurses — the Unsung Heroes; Using Hypnosis for Comfort During Internal Exams; Dilation, Effacement, Position and Station of Baby; The Beautiful Progress of Labor, Including Fast, Average and Slow or Stalled Labor; Artificial Induction and Natural Induction Techniques; Creating a Safe and Serene Birthing Environment; Nausea Elimination; Optimum Fetal Positioning.

When labor and contractions become too much to handle with natural methods, an epidural may be introduced.

«Natural» also meant I wanted an unmedicated birth, ideally avoiding unnecessary antibiotics, labor stimulants like Pitocin (a synthetic oxytocin) and even an epidural, which numbs the lower body and slows contractions, increasing rates of C - section.

By dinnertime, over 12 hours into natural labor, I was hungry and so was he, and labor was still holding at 5 - minute contractions.