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How did you birth your October babe?  

Poll Results: Where did you give birth?

 
  • 34% (34)
    Vaginal Birth (Hospital)
  • 10% (10)
    Vaginal Birth (Birth center)
  • 27% (27)
    Vaginal Birth (Home, assisted)
  • 21% (21)
    Cesarean Section
  • 7% (7)
    Unassisted
99 Total Votes  
post #1 of 43
10/26/07 at 5:34am
Thread Starter 
I am totally stealing this poll from the August DDC! I love statistics and thought it would be very interesting to see how it panned out for us here. I know (statistically speaking, at least!) it'll be a couple of weeks before ALL of our babes are here, but those of us who have already given birth can go ahead and get it started.

I know there could be a lot more delineation of the various options, but I liked this set and so am gonna stick with it.
post #2 of 43
10/26/07 at 7:27am
Home, with a midwife.
post #3 of 43
10/26/07 at 1:36pm
c/s
post #4 of 43
10/26/07 at 2:29pm
VBAC at a birth center (aka "Bed & Breakfast Homebirth" )
post #5 of 43
10/26/07 at 9:08pm
I voted unassisted, though it was a planned mw-assisted homebirth and was only unassisted because we called the mws too late. All of the follow-up stuff was assisted.
post #6 of 43
10/26/07 at 9:33pm
My first cesarean, and hopefully the only one I'll ever have.
post #7 of 43
10/26/07 at 11:44pm
emergency c/s.
post #8 of 43
10/26/07 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by cherubess View Post
emergency c/s.
Me too.

Recovery BLOWS. I have a freaking infected incision. :
post #9 of 43
10/27/07 at 12:18am
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Originally Posted by glendora View Post
Me too.

Recovery BLOWS. I have a freaking infected incision. :
Oh man, that was a huge fear for me. What's going on? How are you dealing with it?

I am struggling with the dichotomy of being grateful for the option to have a cesarean (Eidie would have not have survived labor), and really f-ing angry that I had to have one. It is better than it was now that I'm back to relative normal (whatever that means, it's redefined after a cesarean), but.... I know I'll never be the same person.
post #10 of 43
10/27/07 at 1:01am
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Originally Posted by dynamicdoula View Post
Oh man, that was a huge fear for me. What's going on? How are you dealing with it?

I am struggling with the dichotomy of being grateful for the option to have a cesarean (Eidie would have not have survived labor), and really f-ing angry that I had to have one. It is better than it was now that I'm back to relative normal (whatever that means, it's redefined after a cesarean), but.... I know I'll never be the same person.
Well, I'm a first time mama, so I'd never be the same either way.

The infection is just really frustrating. I want to be getting better. I don't want to be stuck with a gaping, weeping wound. Or, on antibiotics. :
post #11 of 43
10/27/07 at 2:03am
both of mine were born at home assisted byt he same midwife. My October girl was a waterbirth- very different from the first!
post #12 of 43
10/27/07 at 2:54pm
Thread Starter 
BIG hugs to all of the c/s mamas! I've been there myself, so I know the feelings all too well. : I've now had two complication-free HBACs, and I know many of the other mamas here have had VBACs, too. I hope you are all (especially the first-time mamas) able to experience that in the future! It is very healing!
post #13 of 43
10/27/07 at 3:28pm
HBAC here! to c/s Mamas. Feel free to vent!
post #14 of 43
10/27/07 at 8:04pm
Planned Unassisted Homebirth
post #15 of 43
10/27/07 at 10:11pm
VBAC in a hospital.
post #16 of 43
10/28/07 at 9:39pm
wonderful unmedicated hosp birth.
post #17 of 43
10/28/07 at 10:36pm
Unassisted VBAC in the water! Having a c/s was extremely difficult for me as well, physically and emotionally, and I will always wonder if it was the emergency they claimed it was. It took me a long time to be able to talk about the whole experience, but without, I don't know that I would have developed the passion for birth that I have.

This birth has been very healing for me in many ways, I know your future births can be the same.
post #18 of 43
10/29/07 at 9:36pm
c-section
post #19 of 43
10/29/07 at 11:55pm
Future births CAN be healing, just remember that. Sydney's birth was a much better experience than Allegra's (which was a WORSE experience than Rory's and Tiger's, oddly) and now I want to have another one to heal from my post-partum trip to the hospital.

Anyway...

I've attended two med-free VBACs in the last year, and they were so amazing and empowering for the moms.
post #20 of 43
10/31/07 at 7:07pm
Thread Starter 
I know we've got more mamas who've already birthed, plus lots ready to go anytime!
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