Sentences with phrase «want labor and birth»

It's best for everyone to know ahead of time how you want labor and birth to be.

Not exact matches

I just wanted to give her a heads - up since she was planning on being here during the labor (once we needed her) and birth to watch Ava.

We were talking about birth plans and she said, «I don't want to be judged the next time I'm in labor.

I wanted to get into my birth tub, but she didn't think I was dilated enough and that going into the water could cause me to pause or regress my labor.

I knew myself and how I wanted to labor and give birth.

Narrator: If your goal is a drug - free childbirth or you want to ease labor pain naturally before getting numbed with an epidural, moving and trying different birthing positions can help you come closer to having the birth experience you want.

The hospital birthing center where I had my baby offers it... My midwife was actually excited that I wanted to do water labor but no water birth... I was the only one of her patients who DID N'T intend to birth in the water and she needed people birthing out of the tub for a control group in a waterbirth infection study she was contributing to.

Having a home birth and want to take advantage of a roomy, accessible tub to labor and / or birth in.

-LSB-...] might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.As part of Eco Child's Play Labor of Love series on birth stories, natural birth, hospital births, and home births, our writers will be sharing their birthing and -LSB-...]

My mom arrived to watch my three - year - old daughter during my labor, because as much as I wanted her to be part of the home birth of her sibling, I was afraid I would hemorrhage again, and she would be scared.

-LSB-...] during my labor, because as much as I wanted her to be part of the home birth of her sibling, I was afraid I would hemorrhage again, and she would be scared.

As the Founders of LLLI suggested, they wanted to be aware and involved in labor and birth.

After wanting and trying so hard for a natural birth, the long, unproductive labor and transfer to the hospital for a medicated birth was disappointing, to put it mildly.

However, I will also share my resource list with you so that you can contact a some of my favorite local doulas (ranging from Delray Beach and Boca Raton doulas to Fort Lauderdale and Miami doulas) so that they can help you prepare and go over various labor pain coping strategies, especially if you are planning an unmedicated birth (or even leading up to getting an epidural during labor) it is good to learn about your options now so that you can be prepared, know what to expect and know what you want.

If you are cared for by a midwife they come and assess you at home when you go into labor even if you are planning on a hospital birth (unless you choose to go right in and meet them there but most midwife clients want to be at home as long a possible from what I understand).

The midwives explained that if I truly wanted to leave, I could, but I would be risking a car birth and that this was the quickest part of labor.

«I know the guidelines state IOL is indicated, but she really wants a home birth and wants to wait for labor.

I'm sure the reason I have so little anxiety about labor and birth is because I took a childbirth education class and doula training back in my early twenties, before I was even certain that I wanted to have kids.

In recent years elective cesarean delivery has become a popular choice for women who don't wish to have a vaginal birth and who don't want to experience traditional birthing methods and the pain of labor.

Giving birth in water is a safe, healthy choice for women who want to minimize their pain during labor and maximize their experience of birth.

What you will need to include is your name, your labor partner's name, your doctor's name, your doula's name (if you have one), and your baby's name (if decided already), your due date, things you would like during labour i.e. if you would like ice chips for nourishment or want to be coached when it's time to push, what you would like when it comes to pain relief, i.e. if you want an epidural or not, things that you would like to happen straight after the birth, i.e. your partner to cut the cord, if you want to hold the baby straight away or after they've been cleaned up, special requests if you need to have a C - section, concerns and fears and anything else.

Before you give birth, you'll want to think carefully about questions like what kind of pain relief you want during labor and what you want to pack in your hospital bag.

Of course laboring women want to mitigate pain, but short of using pharmacological interventions, how do you really reduce pain in labor and birth?

A birth plan will outline what you hope to happen during your birthing experience like who you want in the room with you, what kind of props you desire to help you through the contractions (such as music to listen to or pictures to look at), what kind of pain medications you may want to take to ease your labor pain, and the overall mood you hope to achieve in your birthing room.

As wonderful as the exercise ball, or birth ball, is for labor and even pregnancy, there are times that you may want to steer clear of it.

A midwife will provide personal attention throughout your labor and strong support for a drug - free birth, if that's what you want.

It's better understood in retrospect (first - time mamas take note) that women in labor do NOT want to get in a car — staying at home for the birth, not having to come right home, and having post-partum home visits is pretty awesome.

Giving birth is one of the hardest things you'll ever do, and you don't want to be fighting for your choices or second - guessing the motives of your doctor or midwife while you're in active labor.

I think there are a lot more nutso's in the cohort who want a planned home birth than in the cohort who requests a planned (elective) C - section — no birth is «elective», but the cohort who wants to preserve perineal strength and function while avoiding the pain of labor and the risk of labor on the baby should have their autonomy acknowledged.

They wanted to know if the mom ended their first - time labor and birth experience with a c - section.

Choices as to whether a woman wants to move around or whether she prefers to remain in bed during the labor and whether or not she wants access to a tub or shower are some of the things discussed in a birth plan.

For instance, if you have a natural birth plan in place, then the nurses and doctors will know that you do not want any interventions for pain and that you plan to go through the labor and delivery that way.

Some pregnant moms do want the standard treatment, as they are more concerned with GBS than a few doses of intravenous antibiotics, and do not feel the IV in labor will hinder them or their birth dreams.

I ended up with a nightmare of back labor, wanted and received medications to ease that pain,, so not part of the birth plan LOL My MIL did not respect boundaries, and within hours of delivering I had to get ugly with her regarding our plans for visitors, etc..

(You probably don't need a doula for a home birth, because a home birth midwife will provide you continuous support throughout labor, but you might want a doula if she's an expert in something you're using like self - hypnosis and your midwife isn't experienced with it.

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.

A lot of thought and planning for exactly how you want your labor to go is a good idea, but keep in mind that as the hours drag out and progress is slower than you hoped for, birth plans frequently have to change.

Laura went into labor one afternoon and by midnight, she knew that she was about to have her baby They called three of their friends over (all males) who wanted to be present during the birth.

Whether you want a «natural» birth because you want to avoid medical interventions or because it seems like the best choice for you, one thing is sure: planning your labor and delivery is a big deal.

Whether you are planning a birth with some interventions or planning to avoid them entirely, this episode has some great tips on how to distinguish between early and active labor, how to communicate with your care provider, and what you can do to prepare for the birth experience you want.

It tells them about the type of labor and birth you'd like to have, what you want to happen, and what you want to avoid.»

I was poked and prodded during labor, and the doctors and nurses continually offered medications even though I wanted to give birth naturally.

If you want to be able to see these things, then you should consider labor and delivery birth photography.

I do know how to be a «sister» — as a mother who has also given birth, a supporter who that «average Jane» wants with her during her pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum.

Things are circulated there as truth — «You only have one position you can labor in at the hospital,» «You can't make noise at the hospital,» «At the hospital they'll try to force drugs on you that will hurt your baby» — that aren't true, and so many women who choose home birth think they are making a choice that will give them more «control,» when really they'd have all those same options at the hospital (multiple labor positions, noise or no noise, no drugs if they want) and MORE.

I wanted what felt like a happy medium — an opportunity to labor and birth with the goal of avoiding medical interventions, but have all the medical assistance ready to go if things went wrong.

But I have been through labor and birth twice, and let me tell you: Many moms will NOT want all the pictures you've taken of her and her baby right after labor and birth to be shared to the farthest reaches of the Internet — so don't share any pictures unless it's okay with the mom or she's said ahead of time that she doesn't really care.

Anyway She Wants It: I love the fact that, after a long and arduous pregnancy, my wife, Monica, will be able to not only experience a natural labor unlike she experienced with the medically - induced births of our other two kids, but she'll also be able to direct the show, so to speak.

I had my first baby this past October naturally at a hospital birth center with a midwife... it was precisely the labor experience we wanted, and it was wonderful.

Her first birth involved several days of prodromal labor, and if you don't know what that is, you really want to listen to this episode.