Posts by ElizabethE

I'm reading Emergency Childbirth right now and it's incredible. It's so practical and useful and helpful, and it actually helped me to understand my past labors better. I think it's a great book to have if you want to confidently UC.

Quote: Originally Posted by AJandElijahsmommy  Originally Posted by AJandElijahsmommy "Sadly, hospital midwives have bought into the...

I agree with every single thing you said 100%. :) Even the hospital bit. People did the best they could and I actually came to appreciate the hospital and the staff, mostly.

At my second hospital birth, the one where it was an at-home turned transfer with midwives, they actually asked if I wanted to leave early because they knew I was an intended home birth. I actually didn't want to. I was enjoying...

Quote: Originally Posted by Greenlea  One thing though, if you go to the hospital after you oops, I wouldn't bring the baby if you can help it.  Of the midwives and doulas I've talked to many hospitals will...

Quote: Originally Posted by lizzie  More than anything I'm coming here to see what other mamas think about this, because while I've been UPing up til now, that wasn't really what I had planned from the beginning...

I would also like to hear a response to this, as I am weighing the options between getting a kiddie pool versus an all out water birthing pool/system.   On the one hand, I don't want to be a primadonna and spend unnecessary...

I am planning my first unassisted birth and am due March 15. :)

If I couldn't get support from my partner on something I really strongly wanted and believed in, I would consider a new man. My birth experience is a critical part of my life and my womanhood on this earth, and I wouldn't let some...

Hi, I'm new here. :)  I decided that I need to do a UC. I have had one child in a medicated hospital birth, and one midwife attended attempted homebirth that ended up in the hospital. I am in Florida, btw.  What people are...