Posts by InfoThirsty

In Canada all midwives carry oxygen to a home birth. Quite frankly, I wouldn't agree to homebirth if they didn't! They bring oxygen for mom and oxygen for baby. You never know when a real emergency will crop up, and oxygen truly can...

@eggsandpancakes: thanks so much for the spinningbabies tip! I am doing some of those exercises now to see if they help me get baby into a better position for birth. Anything to have a more standard delivery this time...

@tyme mama: it's weird that the polly jeans should seem to slow down your braxton hicks? I thought the whole point of the herbal preps was to bring on more braxton hicks and prepare and tone the uterus for labor, leading to more...

I didn't know lobela could do that! Thanks for the warning - it is in one of the formulas I listed, so it's at least good to know the effects others have seen. I know there's some blue cohash in Gentle Birth, but you've pointed out...

Wow! It is great to see a comparision of 5W and Gentle birth :). I would LOVE to only know I was in labor for 45 minutes lol! I also hadn't thought about the idea that tinctures might be better assimilated than dry herbs. Is the...

Hi Ladies,   Have any of you used one of these formulas? My first labor was 56 hours, and I do not want this labor to be long and drawn out again. I am going for a vbac, and having a shorter labor will help me reach my goals...

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I feel so sorry to hear how things went down - HUGS mama!!!   I often stick my neck out there and tell ladies they don't need an induction/RCS at 42 weeks or even at 43 if they and baby are healthy, etc etc...

Thanks so much for sharing your experince with gentle birth - I hadn't heard of the other supplement, but I looked it up and I'm guessing it would be good for maintaining hormonal health. Did your midwives say what other reasons they...

Hi Ladies,   I am planning on using Dr. Christopher's birth prep to prepare for my upcoming vbac in January. Has anyone used this herbal birth prep - or any other type of birth prep - to prepare for there vbac? If so, how do...