Not
talking about your birth experience means that your emotions and feelings can fester and grow and get to a point where they can consume your life.
When a friend and I were
talking about birth experiences, I said that I'd had the gamut of birth experiences and could just have normal births from now on and she responded: «No you haven't.
Not exact matches
All in all, I wish I spent less time in my early pregnancy watching YouTube videos and reading blogs and worring
about fighting with the hospital and doctor, and more time doing what I'm doing now:
talking to people who actually live where I do and have given
birth at my hospital, who had positive
experiences.
On the first day of the training, we looked at the eight different points that the HTGC course had to cover — things like giving
birth, weaning etc, and the form it takes, which is that it's based on a group of expectant dads, and what we called the «experts», dads who already had kids of their own and would
talk about their own
experiences and offer mentoring.»
Different
experiences can affect early breastfeeding success Labor and delivery aka your
birth story is something you will
talk about for years to come.
I worked through my feelings
about my first
birth experience by writing
about it and
talking through it with my partner, but I still wanted to know what childbirth was like without drugs.
However, recently people have begun to
talk more openly
about postpartum depression, a potentially serious and debilitating condition many women
experience after giving
birth.
Different
experiences can affect early breastfeeding success Labor and delivery aka your
birth story is something you will
talk about for years to
Journey to
Birth Midwife Cathy Gallagher talks about the profound experience of labor and birth (2
Birth Midwife Cathy Gallagher
talks about the profound
experience of labor and
birth (2
birth (2015).
After another friend of mine
experienced an amazing home
birth, I began
talking to her more and more
about it and she encouraged me to meet with a midwife just to discuss my options.
Me and Rachel spent most of our consultation
talking about how unpredictable
birth is and how her
experiences tend to be a bit crazy.
I can't thank you enough for your emotional support as I prepared to
birth this new little life and I so appreciated the time you took to
talk with me
about my
experience after.
I think to be fair it should begin in Europe where we lay in bed many nights
talking about having a midwife in the United States and starting to look at water
birth experiences.
Before your
birth,
talk with your husband or partner
about the kind of
experience you hope to have.
I also
talk about my
experiences with natural
birth, home
birth, VBAC, breastfeeding, babywearing, and gentle parenting in general.
You can also
talk to others
about their
experiences (including online in places such as mothering.com); read stories; watch videos, (including Youtube) of home and hospital
births; and ideally attend the meeting of a homebirth group.
Why not also
talk to other dads
about their
experiences of being at the
birth on the DadInfo Forum.
According to Blumenfeld, any mother who has
experienced a traumatic
birth should seek help from a licensed professional therapist and / or a support group —
talking about your
experience and feeling less alone is integral to the healing process.
Talking to other mothers with similar
experiences can help you work through your grief
about the
birth and how it continues to impact you.
While medicated
births are common, there are things no one will tell you
about having a medicated
birth; Things that shape how we
talk about medicated
births; Things that made each
birth, medicated or otherwise, completely unique for the woman
experiencing them.
If it wasn't
birth we were
talking about, what is the level of risk you would be prepared to expose a helpless volunteer to for the sake of your physical
experience?
Research shows that families who feel involved in their
birth process as active decision - makers
talk about their
births as «good ``; families who feel steam - rolled or ignored in the decision - making process report feeling more trauma
about their
birth experiences.
But the rise in popularity of so - called natural or gentle
births, where the focus often becomes ensuring that the mother has a certain type of
birth experience, means that we don't always
talk about the very real risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth.
Prenatal visits are a great time to
talk about how both parents envision their
birth experience.
This may take the form of glasses of water, foot massages, bringing you up a meal, holding the baby whilst you have a shower,
talking over the
birth experience, postnatal exercises, chatting
about baby names, offering you the evidence for episiotomy or scar healing and much more.
We allow a safe place for our new parents to
talk, laugh, cry, question, and explore their thoughts and feelings
about their
birth and how their
experience might shape them as new parents.
A great suggestion I can offer up for expectant dads is to, sure, read some books and articles
about what to expect, but most importantly, take the time to
talk to the wife (or girlfriend or baby mama)
about everyone's goals for the
birth experience and immediately after.
Take a childbirth class with your partner to
talk about your
experiences with other couples, and to learn
about the different labor and
birth options available
Experiencing her own difficult
birth with her son Tracey has become a strong advocate for birthing the way you choose and she can usually be found
talking about birth or breastfeeding with who ever will listen.
I wish I would have saw this in Aug. then just maybe I would not feel so sad now everytime I hear some one
talk about there natural
birth experience.
When
births don't go as hoped, Mamas need to
talk about them, write
about them, discuss them, and work through to a point where acceptance of the
experience and inclusion of all the details occurs.
After the
birth of your baby, your doctor will
talk with you
about things you will
experience as your body starts to recover.
I'm no expert, but in addition to the vast amount of research I did before my 2nd child (homebirth), my
experience with an ob before I switched to a midwife with that same child, my
experience with a medicated vaginal hospital
birth w / my first child, my
experience in
talking to dozens of women that have had surgical
births, in addition to all that anecdotal «wisdom», I have taken a graduate level Sociology of Medicine class that was an in depth look at our current medical system from a sociological perspective and we spent a couple of weeks
talking about the medical model of
birth and the alternatives.
Take a class at your local hospital, watch natural
birth videos, read books and
talk to
experienced moms so that you have knowledge to make an informed decision
about your
birth preferences, including place of
birth.
The number of women having orgasmic
births is small (
about 0.3 % in this survey) because many mothers are simply not
talking about their pleasurable
birth experiences.
Might sound like a weird topic, but having
experienced home
birth ourselves and interviewed dozens and dozens of moms and families who have chosen it as well (some who've also had
experiences giving
birth in a hospital), it's easy to see why we wanted to
talk about the elements of giving
birth at home which we really appreciate.
Gisele Bundchen - BOBB did a followup four - part series, one of which featured celebrity moms
talking about their various
birth experiences.
In this episode I'm solo and
talking all
about my home
birth postpartum
experience.
Natalie
talks about her journey to home
birth, having her first in a hospital, and deciding that she wanted a different
experience for future
births.
Likewise, after giving
birth, you may feel a similar instinct to
talk about your
birth story and
experience.
Talk with others who've had positive
birth experiences, and ask your health care provider
about options for pain relief.
Further,
talk to your doctor
about their
experience with difficult
births and ask them to share some success stories with you.
While Rosa did not
talk specifically in the Save the Children video
about postpartum depression, research shows that stressful life events, including premature
birth, are risk factors for maternal depression.24 Evaluation studies confirm that women who participated in home visiting programs were less likely to demonstrate symptoms of depression and reported improved mental outlook when compared with control groups of women who did not participate in home visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program —
experienced lower levels of stress and depression at the end of the program compared with parents who did not participate.26