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Originally Posted by jljeppson
 MN, huh? You sure you don't want to come back to the great white yonder? I'm in Moorhead and we could really use some more mamas out here. My first baby was a not so thrilling military hospital birth. 34 wk appt I ended up in the hospital over night with the threat of a c-section because I gained 5lbs (whoop de doo, I didn't gain more than 15-20 entire pregnancy) in one week, amniotic fluid was measuring almost nonexistent, and doc didn't like my sons FHT's at the appt. Sent home next day barely able to fit into my shoes (darn i.v.'s) and with the instructions to call if I felt any contractions (I had contracted regularly for most of the time while there). Following week on my anniversary (21st) I kept having fluid trickles when I sneezed and about 4 contraction an hr so I called in like instructed and was told to come in. They told me my water had broken (turned out to be a forebag leak that resealed while I was there and happened with my next two pregnancies. Both times resealed and I went a few more weeks) and was admitted around 11 that night. They wouldn't let me hubby stay and sent him back to work the next day, put me on pit the next morning (22nd) and strapped me down with monitors. I wasn't allowed to eat or drink the entire time I was there, get out of bed to pee, or anything. Nothing worked though they kept cranking up the pit. I was contracting but was pain-free and not dilating past a 3. Next day (23rd) they turned the pit off and allowed my husband to come back, a Scottish doc came in and manually dilated me to a 5 (worst pain EVER and I've had 6 kids with 2 being killer labors), broke my waters (I was super pissed since they told me it had already broken), and had a pill placed (pretty sure now that it was Cytotec and was super pissed afterwards). Lots of antibiotics and one shot of i.v. Demerol later (I was so tired I slept through it's effects, it's wearing off, and for a few hrs beyond) and woke up in transition. I had my son vaginally as they prepped the o.r. for my c-section. Even had all staff in the room because they all had met me and wanted to see (some had to go racing out as soon as he delivered because another dad came racing down the hall screaming that his wife was pushing and wouldn't stop and the head was out; they had left her room for mine!). Episiotomy for 35wk 6 lb 7oz baby that a stupid resident stitched and took forever to do because he kept asking the doc to look at each stitch. 56 hr total labor and we went home Christmas day. Have never been angry or anything about the way things went, just didn't see a reason to go back. My dad and his brother were born at home (his sister was the first in that family line to be hospital born and the nurses killed her) and had a neighbor that did it when I was a kid so thought it was a typical alternative. Didn't know how alternative it was considered until I chose to do it! I've since had 5 at home, 3 waterbirths total (2 which were pain free) and #'s4 and 6 were unassisted (would do it that way again if I had more kids). I loved eating when I felt, moving around, having the kids there for 4 of them (my kids have cut the cord for 4 of their siblings), and being able to concentrate on hubby during pushing. For my last 4 births it was like we were the only two in the room. I now do HB's myself, though I think eventually I will go family practice so I can have more contact with my families, order my own labs, etc. And continue to do HB's of course.
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want to come to Colorado, i make it a winter baby so you can ski... on me of course
but I'm pretty ready for another homebirth. 
