the hair falling otu thing was so scary for me! i called my mom at 6 months postpartum and thought i had some rare form of cancer and she tells me it's totally normal, why didn't anyone warn me?
i too felt euphoic for a few days afterwards, like really good drugs euphoric, which was great! the first time i nursed my son, which was 12 hours after his birth as he was in the NICU, i felt more "high" at one with the universe and in touch with my body then i have ever felt in my entire life, it was beyond orgasmic, it was psychedilic to quote Spiritual Midwifery. that was beautiful and no one could have prepared me for feeling that. i literally felt waves of ecstacy rolling up and down my body and DS's body, it changed me.
for the not so fantastic part, i say be warned about hospital birth in general, they most likely WILL try and "suggest" or push interventionsan your head will be foggy with labour and you might make choices you wouldn't otherwise do because you are completely vulnerable to your birthing practitioners at that point. my hospital "med"-wives msuggested stripping my membranes manually (holy ouch!), breaking my amniotic sack, taking an anti-hystamine to help me sleep (why should i sleep during labour if my body doesn't want to sleep?), and suggested nubaine which i took even though i had felt really strongly against drugs and even though it didn't help and may have contributed to my son's breathing problems that had him in the NICU for 4 days. i was also given an "emergency" 3rd degree episiotomy that i seriously don't think was needed.
what could i have done about the above? nothing, life happens as it is supposed to happen and as we make choices so i have no regrets but i DO have a strong resolve to make different choices this time around and fully take control of what i can which is why i am following my instincts and having a homebirth.
i too felt euphoic for a few days afterwards, like really good drugs euphoric, which was great! the first time i nursed my son, which was 12 hours after his birth as he was in the NICU, i felt more "high" at one with the universe and in touch with my body then i have ever felt in my entire life, it was beyond orgasmic, it was psychedilic to quote Spiritual Midwifery. that was beautiful and no one could have prepared me for feeling that. i literally felt waves of ecstacy rolling up and down my body and DS's body, it changed me.
for the not so fantastic part, i say be warned about hospital birth in general, they most likely WILL try and "suggest" or push interventionsan your head will be foggy with labour and you might make choices you wouldn't otherwise do because you are completely vulnerable to your birthing practitioners at that point. my hospital "med"-wives msuggested stripping my membranes manually (holy ouch!), breaking my amniotic sack, taking an anti-hystamine to help me sleep (why should i sleep during labour if my body doesn't want to sleep?), and suggested nubaine which i took even though i had felt really strongly against drugs and even though it didn't help and may have contributed to my son's breathing problems that had him in the NICU for 4 days. i was also given an "emergency" 3rd degree episiotomy that i seriously don't think was needed.
what could i have done about the above? nothing, life happens as it is supposed to happen and as we make choices so i have no regrets but i DO have a strong resolve to make different choices this time around and fully take control of what i can which is why i am following my instincts and having a homebirth.
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