Hi everyone. You haven't heard from me in a few days because for some reason I haven't been getting notices about messages on this thread. I suddenly realized that this morning.
I wanted to add my voice to those who are saying the women who have ended up with mw's at the births or in the hospital are very welcome here. The board is more about our beliefs and our ideals and what we wish for than "you have to do ____" and I think it's important that we all realize this.
As committed as I am to UC now (and it would have to be a pretty serious complication for me to give up on UC), I am going to a mw for a gestational diabetes check. I am measuring 41.5 cm at 27 weeks. I feel healthy and think I am healthy–but if I do have GD I'd like to get it under control and I think that is possible. I still suspect I may be carrying twins and my doula agrees, but we just don't have confirmation.
As I've stated on other threads, my family still doesn't know that I homebirthed my son who is now 17. I can't imagine telling them that I plan to UC with this one! In fact, after the troubles I have had and all the people I know who are involved in midwifery (unfortunately in my opinion) I have only told 2 people–my doula who will be there and 1 friend whose husband was a UC birth baby. Nor do I intend to tell anyone else unless forced to do so. I am telling the mw that I see for the GD test that after my horrid experience with the previous mw I am taking my time choosing a new mw–which will explain how I came to be this far along w/o having a mw.
Hope everything works out well and sending good vibes to all those who are anxiously awaiting births in the next few days and weeks!
I wanted to add my voice to those who are saying the women who have ended up with mw's at the births or in the hospital are very welcome here. The board is more about our beliefs and our ideals and what we wish for than "you have to do ____" and I think it's important that we all realize this.
As committed as I am to UC now (and it would have to be a pretty serious complication for me to give up on UC), I am going to a mw for a gestational diabetes check. I am measuring 41.5 cm at 27 weeks. I feel healthy and think I am healthy–but if I do have GD I'd like to get it under control and I think that is possible. I still suspect I may be carrying twins and my doula agrees, but we just don't have confirmation.
As I've stated on other threads, my family still doesn't know that I homebirthed my son who is now 17. I can't imagine telling them that I plan to UC with this one! In fact, after the troubles I have had and all the people I know who are involved in midwifery (unfortunately in my opinion) I have only told 2 people–my doula who will be there and 1 friend whose husband was a UC birth baby. Nor do I intend to tell anyone else unless forced to do so. I am telling the mw that I see for the GD test that after my horrid experience with the previous mw I am taking my time choosing a new mw–which will explain how I came to be this far along w/o having a mw.
Hope everything works out well and sending good vibes to all those who are anxiously awaiting births in the next few days and weeks!
sending labor vibes your way ((Amy)) or maybe you are holding that babe already?
here's a quick rundown to tide you over until dh can bring it to town and type the full thing. labor started at 7 pm, i told dh to sleep so i could be on my own. i thought i'd adjust better that way. by the wee hours, around 5? it was getting pretty hard and wanting dh's help. ...oh, boy, dh just came up and said bodhi is getting restless, so here's the super quick rundown. labor total was 22 hrs. i needed some advice from a mw friend to be less earthy--walk, move, change things. my body was bearing down, but we weren't sure bodhi was low enough. the walking, although slightly torturous at that point was really good, and kind of felt good too. soon after, dh said he saw a yellow sac of liquid. and then i felt the head moving down with the bearings down. what a glorious feeling!!! i was doing it. i'd been thinking of bv, kolthos and katest and the other mamas who'd done it and now i was doing it. pushing was so awesome. i loved it. the babe was born at 4:44pm in the caul caught by me and with only his papa in the camper with us.
for the mamas processing births...i can totally relate and i uc'd! also, kate~ i would love a uc mamas group. i agree that it would be a bit different. also, anyone questioning eating their placenta, i say do it!! it helped me soooo much. i ate about 10 little pieces (they slide right down so quickly and only tasted a little metallic or minerally) after the birth, then 2-3x a day after that. dh had frozen it thin and flat and broke off pieces i'd eat once thawed.
..even cutting the placenta up... wow!
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