What are your wishes for your birth? - Page 2

[Slingin'Momto4]

I am hoping for another awesome home/water birth and I would love someone to just come over and take lots of pics of my labor and the babys birth

[jessitron]

I'm hoping for a homebirth that stays at home. Last time we had to go to the hospital after 18 hrs at 9.5cm. All things considered, it wasn't too bad.

This time I do plan to suffer through the prenatal care so that if we have to transfer it'll go more smoothly. Midwifery is illegal here, so transferring to the hospital means pretending I haven't had prenatal care or assistance in labor.

[Luv2bemommy]

Im my past births I always get induced since I go to 42 weeks.. I would LOVE to not get induced this time. I would love a calm, peaceful water birth at home!!

[MoonStarFalling]

Two horrible hospital induction experiences and one c/s behind me...this time it will be freebirth.

[MommyTeesa]

I had a natural birth (well, she did break my water when I got to the hospital at 4 cm, so not everyone would consider it really natural ) at a hospital with a midwife and thought it went well. We moved and I'll have a midwife through the same health care organization, so I am hoping my wishes will be granted similarly. I hope to labor more in the tub, too. I do hope I don't mutter "I can't do this" several dozen times ...

[namaste_mom]

I had a great first time birth at a free standing birth center. Then I moved to a state without birth centers or midwives
so my second birth went as well as could be expected for a hospital birth. I went in at 9.5 cm, labored for one more hour on my own walking around, gave birth in the position of my choice free of meds, bags of waters broke on its own as I was pushing the baby out, dad delivered the baby and cut the cord (after it stopped pulsing), I held my baby immediately and spent and hour bonding and breast feeding before I consented the weighing and other procedures. Dad went with the baby to give it a bath (about 2 hours after birth). And I went to sleep.
For my third I would like it to be the same. The only thing I would change is that went I got to the hospital they made me wear a monitor for 20 minutes and also put a saline lock in my arm. I'm really going to try to get out of those two things this time. Maybe if I arrive ready to push...

D.

[kdtmom2be]

Originally Posted by namaste_mom

For my third I would like it to be the same. The only thing I would change is that went I got to the hospital they made me wear a monitor for 20 minutes and also put a saline lock in my arm. I'm really going to try to get out of those two things this time. Maybe if I arrive ready to push...
D.

If you're too far from the hospital to birth at home to avoid the interventions, maybe if you have a minivan or something you can make yourself a nice roomy spot in the back and birth out in the parking lot... if all is well, then go home.

But it is for all those reasons that I've decided on a homebirth.... I hate medical procedures that are pushed on me for no reason. I was vax'd for measles as a child and at 16 they (school) tried to make me go back for another because of an outbreak in our area due to a bad batch of vax the year I was born. I didn't even LIVE HERE then, so I put my little 16yo foot down and said NO WAY and went in for a titre test so I could keep going to school. They are always trying to push medical procedures and drugs on people here, I hate it. :

[Synchro246]

I planed a very non-interventive homebith with my first (who is now 19 mo) and I had lots of people there. I had cervical scarring and a baby in a wonky position (OP & asynclitic) and the combo of those two things led to very little cervical change. I transfered to the hospital, and although they were respectful of my birth plan I ended up with boat loads of intervention (antibiotics, pitocin, multiple epiduals, intrauterine pressure catheters, urinary catheters, continuous monitoring, an vacuume delivery). It also was WAY too long- three days is my upper limit I think . All in all the whole experience was OK, but I still lost my birth. I didn't feel it, I didn't do it myself.

This time I am going to be more active and educated on spinning the baby into a good position and I think I will take more vit E because it's supposed to help make a bag of waters that doesn't break early. I want more info on that though.

I also hope that my cervical scarring is broken (mw and doctor said it should be). Though they think I had a small cervical tear during the delivery so I wonder what affect that will have on this pregnancy. Anyone know?

I haven't picked a mw. I sorta want to go unassisted, but dh isn't having it because of our last experience.

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[namaste_mom]

Synchro246- A good amount of protein during pregnancy also helps with the bag of waters staying intact.

Good point about going to extremes for non-intervention. If I really want no interventions, there is a way to make that happen.

[jessitron]

Namaste, great job going in at 9.5 cm! That external monitor totally bites, and the hospital is so attached to it. It is one of the reasons I don't want to go back to the hospital with this one.

We have a lot of home birth transfer experiences here!