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post #1 of 19
1/15/05 at 11:59pm
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post #2 of 19
1/16/05 at 1:47am
I'm so sorry it was so tough on you. I can relate a little bit because parts of our labors were similar, but I can't imagine going as long as you did -- you are a really strong person. Just amazing.
post #3 of 19
1/16/05 at 3:54am
Wow what a birth amazon you are! My son was a HB transfer to c-sec and I was devastated so some parts of your story I relate to. The difference between choosing to have a hospy VBAC and a HBAC is that you know for sure that you needed that c-sec. It wasn't caused by unnecessary interventions. I am so inspired by your courage and hard work. What a lucky baby to have a mama who was so together even in strong labour.
I hope you recover well.
Hugs,
J xox
post #4 of 19
1/16/05 at 4:04am
Katie, You are amazing!!! What a labor! What a story! It has always been aparent to me that this time you and Nate made the decisions and they were in the best interest of you & Levi. It's so incredible how the hospital staff responded to your making these decisions. They had respect for you. And I am in awe of you.
post #5 of 19
1/16/05 at 5:37pm
Wow Katie!!! Amazing story!! I don't think I could have ever lasted that long in labor, you are one strong mama. I'm glad your hospital experience was everything you could hope for!
post #6 of 19
1/16/05 at 6:50pm

What a great story!You are one tough mama!!! You definately have my total respect!
post #7 of 19
1/16/05 at 8:22pm
Wow. What a story.

Welcome to the world Levi!
post #8 of 19
1/16/05 at 8:37pm
Thanks for sharing Katie. It encouraged me to write about my own lost hb. I need to sit down with my doula first. I lost a lot of time.
post #9 of 19
1/28/05 at 10:44pm
You are such a stong, educated woman! And you are right, you took the control and knew that this c/birth was indeed necessary. Congratulations on your new arrival!
post #10 of 19
1/28/05 at 11:04pm
Katie, You sure gave it your utmost!!! You needed to make that decision in the manner you and your dh did, after so much work and deliberation. I myself had a second section after a planned vbac and so I understand the dissappointment. but, what a super strong mama you are!!!! after 32 hrs with nothing(meds) and no sleep I was wiped out and feeling the incisions as the section began and with my screaming, for I was emotionally and physically a mess, they put me out . I was glad tho, I just could not take it.
KUDOS to you and yours
WELCOME LITTLE LEVI
~L
post #11 of 19
1/29/05 at 5:17pm
I am in awe, 5 days of labor...wow.

awesome job, Welcome little Levi!
post #12 of 19
2/20/05 at 1:21pm
WElcome to the world lttle one.
post #13 of 19
2/20/05 at 1:32pm
Congratulations! You are one strong woman, mama. I am so glad you have a healthy little guy to hold in your arms.
Annette
post #14 of 19
2/21/05 at 3:29am
Thread Starter 
Thanks, guys...

It occurred to me: when I was pregnant with Levi, I was pretty cocky about my VBAC. I just thought I was prepared and educated. I had spent so much time reading piles of books and choosing a homebirth midwife, and doing my little visualizations. I think I was judgemental of mothers who tried for VBACs and "failed". I assumed that something had gone wrong in their labors, or they didn't believe in themselves, or they made some bad decision. But NOT ME!! I was informed. I was having the birth I wanted.

Levi's labor and birth taught me humility. I learned things cannot always go as planned. I learned women sometimes do make good decisions and *still* don't have the births they wanted. And I learned that even though it's not ideal, it's ok.

Isn't that what children do? They teach us.
post #15 of 19
2/21/05 at 4:51pm
Wow, Lucysmama. What a reflection on your birth!

I feel really similarly about my first birth (a midwife/birthcenter birth that ended up a CS.). I am a not-very-experiened doula and thought I had it all down, and was devastated to have had a c-section. I've been struggling with how to avoid trying to make the experience of labor into some kind of proof of my self-worth. I am trying to accept that having a cs wasn't a personal failure. And, as I research and prepare for an HBAC, I'm trying very hard to not see a second birth as a "second try" to get it "right" so it can be something I can be "proud" of. I've been searching for a new perspective.

I'm resolving to take your reflective attitude, to make my underlying purpose to understand what the labor (and then the baby!) is teaching me. Thank you for the insight!!

Be gentle with yourself, mama.
post #16 of 19
2/21/05 at 5:18pm
thanks Katie, that was wonderful to read. you are a very strong mama with a very strong FAMILY!
post #17 of 19
2/21/05 at 10:11pm
i almost named my son levi i love it

you gave it some serious effort and that is awesome. and no painkillers after the epidural wore off...wow! 5 days is such a long time to labor
post #18 of 19
2/22/05 at 12:15am
That is the wonderful thing about homebirthing mothers..

YOU KNOW in your heart, that you gave birth the way that you needed to, Not the way that someone thought you should!! I am so very proud of you and your beautiful baby. You embody everything that homebirth is about!! Congratualtions mama!!

(That is the thing about homebirth. I knew that if I ever had to go to the hospital or have a surgical birth, it was because I needed to, not because they wanted to)
post #19 of 19
2/22/05 at 3:44pm
Wow! What an amazing and strong woman you are! Congratulations on your sweet boy! i am so impressed!
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