How did you Birth? - Page 2

[Belle]

Originally Posted by annakiss

Annakiss with the revolver in the drawing room.

:LOL

I had a doctor assisted hospital vaginal birth with no drugs/no pit and I ate and drank during labor.

[annakiss]

Originally Posted by annakiss

Annakiss with the revolver in the drawing room.

oops! I meant at home, through my vagina, with a midwife, no pain medication and ate & drank.

[3daughters]

These stats are great! Where else but at MCD would you see the majority of women giving birth out of hospital and with a midwife ????

My last birth was at a freestanding birth center with a CNM and zero interventions. I labored in water and ate and drank as I pleased.

No doula, just dh, and the midwife left us along and spent most of the time I was in the tub KNITTING in the living room! She joined us when she sensed that I was in transition but was just a calm presence in the room.

What a great experience.

[wasabi]

Originally Posted by shelley4

just curious.. since many of us have more than 1 child, make it about your most recent birth

Whoops didn't read before I voted. I voted to cover all my births which covers quite a few things. For my most recent birth I should have voted I had a midwife attended vaginal birth in a hospital with no pain meds or any other interventions (barring a hep lock and very limited fetal monitoring for the brief time I was at the hospital-mainly labored at home). I had a doula (for the last few hours anyway), no episiotomy and I ate and drank during labor.

I thought Stadol was a narcotic so I would certainly think that it counted though from what I have heard it doesn't do diddly for your pain just makes you feel drunk in between contractions.

[the_lissa]

I had a midwife assisted home birth attempt-hospital transfer, with no interventions. I ate and drank until I got to the hospital more than 24 hours later.

[arimama]

home waterbirth, midwife

[UUMom]

Dang! I answered wrong! All of mine were born at home--but my last was unassisted. Dang!

First- HB Didn't feel hungry or thirsty- midwide kept offerring liquids and kept saying no.

Second-- Same

Third- UC and I didn't eat the whole day. I am never hungry in labor. Drank a lot of water that i didn't really want.

I love to eat right after, however. Whole wheat toast with butter is my absolute fac thing right after birth.

[celestialdreamer]

With my dd I had a doctor attended, vaginal birth in the hospital, which was induced, I had an epidural (which didn't work by the way!), AROM, and an episotomy. Very traumatizing for me since I really wanted a natural birth : Hence the reasons we are planning a homebirth this time (maybe a waterbirth?) with a wonderful midwife and I shouldn't have to deal with any of that crap!

Someone needs to do this poll again after I have my next baby in April! :LOL Then I can answer HB with a midwife and thats it

[massagemom]

i used a midwife, in a hospital, used pain meds after 24 hours of labor, delivered vaginally, had a doula and drank/ate during labor.

[DoulaLyndsey]

My most recent birth was attended by a midwife in a birth center, no pain meds, ate and drank during labor, had a doula, but she missed the birth, but my midwife brought along the birth centers doula so I still had one.

[yequanamama]

Ate meatloaf somewhere around 8 cm - and didn't throw up during transition like I did the first time, when I hadn't eaten for hours. Go figure!

[Ruthla]

First birth: midwife, doula, homebirth
second birth: midwife, home birth
third birth: UC (but CNM for prenatal care and post-birth hospital transfer for no good reason.)

I ate and drank normally through all 3 labors, no interventions, very slight tearing that required no stitches for the first 2 births, no tearing at all with ds.

[bri276]

the anti-birthplan birth lol:

midwife, hospital, induced, epidural, sort of arom (water started trickling, it was a high leak so she helped it along), but I did get to drink juice and water. I didn't want to eat but would have if I felt like it (I snuck stuff in, lol)

I'm happy w/ it even though it wasn't what I planned- I felt very in control and made very informed decisions though of course I wish it could have been different- it's over and done with now!

[LoveChild421]

midwife, HB, no interventions, ate an apple, drank a lot of energy drinks

[famousmockngbrd]

Originally Posted by annakiss

Annakiss with the revolver in the drawing room.

Darn, I thought it was the candlestick. :LOL

I had an accidental unassisted birth - the midwife didn't make it in time. At home, obviously, no meds or interventions. My DH was not in any frame of mind to be giving me an episiotomy, har har.

[RubyWild]

cesarean for a breechling that couldn't be turned, couldn't descend, and was basically tethered to the placenta at the fundus. She was 9 pounds. Her first apgar, even with the cesarean, was a 4.

[AngelBee]

Midwife, hospital, no pain meds, ate/drank during delivery (coffee ), vaginal

[teachinmaof3]

#1 - Hospital, Dr attended (not mine but the resident on call b/c my Dr didn't get there in time), vaginal birth, epidural for last 10 minutes, no complications, didn't eat/drink

#2 - Hospital, RN attended (my Dr didn't make it...AGAIN), vaginal birth, med-free, no complications, didn't eat/drink

#3 - Home waterbirth, mw attended, no complications, ate/drank some.

[spruce]

Voted for my last birth but I've had four (and one expected soonish).

1. Hospital, idiot dr who lied to me about listening during labor. Ate and drank anyway and pissed him off. He sliced me when I told him not to...episiotomy for a 6 lb baby. Grrrr. No pain meds, walked when I wanted, no IV.

2. DEM, freestanding BC, no drugs, no episiotomy, no interventions whatsoever. One cervical check, which I requested, and that was it. Wanted a waterbirth but the heat gave me hives bad enough to make me get out.

3. DEM, freestanding BC, same as #2's birth but he was born w/ a nuchal arm, punching his way out. One cervical check at 9cm (requested by me). Only went to the BC for the water, then couldn't stand it.

4. CNM, homebirth in our hot tub outside, no interventions, one cervical check (again, requested by me...I seem to need some reassurance from an outside source during labor, lol). I birthed him into my own hands, I checked for the cord, I checked his heart tones under the water (w/ an underwater doppler), etc. It was pretty much me birthing my baby and doing all the "stuff" that goes with it, but it was a party as we had company, including friends who stayed for the birth. MW gave me pitocin afterwards, which was not necessary, IMHO, but I was woozy enough to say ok.

This birth: Hopefully more "unassisted" than the last, w/ DEMs who were at births 2 and 3. They might not make it . Dh is comfy w/ an unassisted birth this time, but we'll see how I feel in labor. I like these women so I don't mind having another birth*day party with them around. Also looking forward to another hot-tub birth under the snow.

[Peppamint]

Midwife
At Home
No pain meds (waterbirth though, ahhhh )
Ate and drank (but being middle of the night, I wasn't very hungry really)
Doula (a family friend needed one more birth for her certification, she gave great backrubs)

I did have AROM at 9cm, my choice because I had one heck of a strong bag of waters after walking around with a bulging bag of waters for weeks. I wonder now if ds would have been born in the caul otherwise.