What sort of birth do you expect you'll have? (poll) - Page 3

[chichimamma]

Originally Posted by Carley

Hey!!! We're in Greenwood (north seattle)! Where abouts are you? Maybe we could get together sometime

A friend from my 2006 birth class (with Penny Simkin) referred me to Cindie Brown. She loved her so I'm really excited. Finding a new midwife seemed pretty impossible after such a great experience!

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I think I've heard her name before...I've put a call in to Suzanne Thomson, I was at a friend's homebirth with her about 6 years ago and I recall liking her. I'm in Mountlake Terrace, so not too far!

~Suzanne

[CherryBomb]

I'm the only one that said other

Well, I'm having a hospital birth. My first 2 were c/s (#2 was a planned HBAC turned emergent c/s), my third was a hospital VBAC. No epidural, but not 100% "natural" either- I got a shot of nubain to manage a panic attack, demanded they break my water at 9cm, and had an episiotomy (which sucked, but I'd been pushing for two hours and couldn't move to get myself to squat, so I actually welcomed it...snip and BAM! Baby!)

Of course my ideal is to have a natural vaginal birth with no intervention, but I also believe in making decisions based on my needs, the baby's needs, and the situation at hand. I don't regret at all the interventions with my VBA2C, though of course I'd rather not have them.

So that's my "other" explanation

[rollergirl]

Originally Posted by CherryBomb

Of course my ideal is to have a natural vaginal birth with no intervention, but I also believe in making decisions based on my needs, the baby's needs, and the situation at hand. I don't regret at all the interventions with my VBA2C, though of course I'd rather not have them.

cherrybomb, i am planning to start teaching childbirth classes in the fall and that's EXACTLY the attitude that i hope my students walk away with regarding planning for their birth experiences. good for you!

[RedOakMomma]

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[RedOakMomma]

Originally Posted by Carley

A friend from my 2006 birth class (with Penny Simkin) referred me to Cindie Brown. She loved her so I'm really excited. Finding a new midwife seemed pretty impossible after such a great experience!
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The Penny Simkin who wrote "The Birth Partner"?! We've LOVED that book...it really helped dh feel like he knew what was going on and could advocate for me/us when needed. Awesome. I would love to take a birth class with her!

[Carley]

Yes! "The" Penny Simkin! I am so lucky to be in Seattle - she completely changed my life. Her assistants were even my doulas! It was seriously magic.

If anyone is a survivor of sexual abuse, I highly recommend her book "When Survivors Give Birth." I know 100% my birthing experience would have been completely different if I had not read her book and received her confidance.

Penny is a wonderful, wonderful woman. I am SO thankful for her!

My husband also loved her book The Birth Partner. He buys it for every dad "to be"

[CherryBomb]

Originally Posted by rollergirl

cherrybomb, i am planning to start teaching childbirth classes in the fall and that's EXACTLY the attitude that i hope my students walk away with regarding planning for their birth experiences. good for you!

Aww shucks, thanks!

As for pain tolerance...I think the way you approach it all mentally helps a great deal.

I think this is definitely true to an extent, but I know for me personally, positioning had A TON to do with it. Dd2 was OP and asynclitic, and it was the most horrifying pain I've ever experienced in my life. Dd3 was positioned *perfectly* and it hardly hurt at all! While I was pregnant with dd3 I tried to be really mindful of how I was sitting and I went to a chiropractor regularly the last couple months. I think it made a big difference!

[rebeccalizzie]

I plan for another hospital birth, hopefully natural this time. I freaking love my OB, and the hospital I delivered DS at was amazing. With DS, I managed to get all the way through transition and pushed for two hours before I finally decided I needed the epidural--he was sunny side up and had his arm over his head so he was stuck and HAD to be turned, and the two times my OB tried while I was unmedicated hurt worse than the labor. Much.much.worse. I screamed I couldn't go through it again, so I got the epidural, slept for 45 minutes, woke up, OB turned baby, and he was born 3 minutes later!

Anyway, I *almost* got a natural birth last time, so I'm trying again. My method for pain management worked surprisingly well considering I didn't take a class or anything--I counted through every contraction while taking deep breaths. I can't remember now how long they were, but I knew at the time so when I got halfway through my count I knew the worst had hit and the pain would ease. It worked for everything but transition, and my DH and awesome amazing nurse got me through that!

[Carley]

Originally Posted by chichimamma

I think I've heard her name before...I've put a call in to Suzanne Thomson, I was at a friend's homebirth with her about 6 years ago and I recall liking her. I'm in Mountlake Terrace, so not too far!

~Suzanne

I met Cindy, Mel & Jen at the midwife meet & greet tonight (I think they have one every Wed if you're interested) & I was floored! Not only is Cindy amazing, her partner Jen is awesome and her partner Mel was the apprentace of my midwives with my first daughter! Talk about kissmet!

I am thrilled - completely whole again Wishing you the same!

[arabellalysette]

I have had 3 natural births and 3 epidurals and truly as much as I am a natural person I HATE PAIN.
I couldn't have a epidural with my last 2 because they came in 15 minutes and 30 minutes,so there was no time for any pain meds whatsoever.

With my 1st I was 16 and the nurses listened to my mother and not me,refused to give me any meds cuz she said no she was teaching me a lesson for getting pregnant so young.

[aviesmom]

Home birth with a midwife. DD was born in a birth center, and we LOVED it, but we have moved to another state and there are no birth centers. Really, our home birth won't be "too" much more expensive than the deductible we had to pay for the birth center. And the worst part of my previous labor was just the thought of the car ride to the birth center, lol. So that won't be an issue.

[boheime]

We'll be having another UC.

[Beckula]

Probably a natural hospital birth for me. As long as everything goes well I will probably wait to go in until I am pushing because this will be my second VBAC and my local hospital is not very VBAC friendly. I will probably labor at my Grandma's which is a block away. I desperately wanted a homebirth but have come to accept that I am not really gonna get one due to $$$, my State's stupid regarding to HB, my weird labors and my the fact that both of my guys needed some help after being born. My goal for this delivery is to actually be able to hold my newborn after birth instead of the hours I had to wait to hold both of my older guys.

[veryerin]

Natural hospital birth. Like last time.

There is not a birth center where we live and I don't want to pony up 4 grand for a homebirth If it didn't cost so much, I do it in a heartbeat.

The midwife I plan to use, though, is awesome from what I hear. Everyone I have talked to calls her births "homebirths in the hospital". We are new to the area, so I haven't met her, but I am really excited. My midwives last time were a bit of a letdown, honestly.