"Unmedicated labor" refers to the process of giving birth without the use of any pain-relieving medications or interventions. It means a woman experiences the natural sensations and pain of labour without any medical interventions to manage or reduce discomfort.
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And I have to be honest, I definitely think that
unmedicated labor pushes you to some really raw, sensitive depths of your soul.
The purpose of this post is to give you a side by side comparison of
what unmedicated labor and delivery was like for me at a hospital and at a...
(Remember, no matter where you fall in the medicated or
unmedicated labor decision, the ride to the hospital is unmedicated for everyone.)
This means that, if mom is looking at a ten - hour or longer labor, she's going to experience between six and eight hours
of unmedicated labor.
I would go through another 10
unmedicated labors, 20 bouts of mastitis, two solid years of potty training, and an infinite number of sharp jabs to the kidney in the middle of the night if I never had to worry about my child making friends.
Are you comfortable with
unmedicated labor?
Mark Albini, M.D., chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, CT, feels water birth is a tool to help mothers who want
an unmedicated labor.
Weaning cold turkey can give you mastitis — which was worse for me than two
unmedicated labors — and can also make your hormones drop so strongly that you could get thrown into PPD.
Most women are nervous about labor pain whether their goal is
an unmedicated labor or not.
I was pulling out all the stops, too — aiming for
an unmedicated labor and a VBAC (vaginal birth after Cesarean).
Although I wanted to see if
an unmedicated labor would be possible for me, I appreciated how nonjudgmental Ursula was about the use of epidurals when that was the direction I chose to take, and when I opted for the epidural it was an informed decision.
There are staunch defenders of both epidurals and
unmedicated labor, while some people prefer to remain open to any and all alternatives.
Politically stated to claim half of OBs are women who've had
unmedicated LABOR.
Empower yourself whether you are planning for
an unmedicated labor, epidural anesthesia, or even a cesarean delivery.