tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post5629180682736148406..comments2024-03-06T02:27:43.423-06:00Comments on My Little Life: Au NaturaleMama M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00675065017958191800noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-19317870366110084562010-06-15T12:15:39.288-05:002010-06-15T12:15:39.288-05:00Love this! Excellent! Thank you! :)
I posted o...Love this! Excellent! Thank you! :)<br /><br />I posted on my blog two nights ago about making my decision to labor without meds. Just a few (or so) weeks away from it now! Pretty exciting stuff. Everything I read helps, so I'm glad I saw this! :)Lysanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754784644432308587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-72345963935447923742010-04-06T14:09:35.421-05:002010-04-06T14:09:35.421-05:00Thanks for posting this! Our medical community is ...Thanks for posting this! Our medical community is very divided (doctors vs. midwives) and the hospital nurses are usually not portrayed in a flattering light by the "natural" side. As a mom that tried for a home birth twice- unsuccessfully- I appreciate your advice and attitude towards natural birth. Mind if I hand this out to a few friends? :O)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815407223291687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-82158221472123687092010-04-06T11:39:29.498-05:002010-04-06T11:39:29.498-05:00I love birth stories!
#1 - woke up at 2am and had...I love birth stories!<br /><br />#1 - woke up at 2am and had bad diaharia (sorry if TMI), thought that was why my belly hurt....laid around for 3 hours, woke up hubby at 5am, got to hospital and was a 5, gave me epideral around 7am and beautiful 8lb, 4oz son was born at 8:15am.<br /><br />#2 - started having contractions around 3pm at work, I worked with my mom at the time so at 5pm I told her we needed to go because contractions were pretty close. Got to hospital at 6pm. Nurse asked me if was my first baby cause I guess I was acting like a baby! ha and told her was my second, she checked me right then and was a 9 (no epi for me:( ~beautiful 7lb, 9oz baby girl born at 6:15pm. I LOVED the phrase I saw the other day of 'burning ring of fire'...that is DEAD ON! haCourtneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-27355125734747133812009-11-11T11:35:21.644-06:002009-11-11T11:35:21.644-06:00I went au naturale with my first (and only) babe. ...I went au naturale with my first (and only) babe. Your tips are awesome. That's exactly what I did...all of them. It worked like a charm. Labor was so fast, I accidentally went au naturale.<br /><br />I was induced at 39 weeks (reduced growth of infant, and fluid still notmal, but decreasing each visit). Pre-induction stats: 3 cm, 80%, -1<br /><br />My labor went like this:<br /><br />10am- They broke my water, then I walked the halls for an hour to see if I'd progress on my own.<br /><br />11 am- They checked me, still 3 cm. They started the pitocin. I labored in bed for 20 minutes. No fun.<br /><br />11:20- Tried the birthing ball, warm rice sock, and focusing, much better. Some pain, but not so bad.<br /><br />12.15- Took a hot shower.<br /><br />12.30- Got out of the shower. Contractions non-stop. very intense, but not too painful.<br /><br />12.35- 7 cm. (uh-oh...guess I'm not getting an epidural)<br /><br />12.45- 10 cm. ready to push. Had to hold the baby in as my doc wasn't at the hospital yet since I progressed so fast. Longest half hour of my life. So intense. Lots of quick breaths, then long, slow breaths and focusing.<br /><br />1:15- doc arrives and I start pushing.<br /><br />1:23_ Graham was born, 5 lbs, 14 oz, 19 in.<br /><br />Better than I ever thought it would go. Not bad for a first time mama, huh? I hope I'm as fortunate next time. I will definitely try going natural again. :)Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17619153520569896825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-75811254963943458822009-09-24T07:01:22.896-05:002009-09-24T07:01:22.896-05:00Great advice!!
You said give us our stories... he...Great advice!!<br /><br />You said give us our stories... here's mine...<br /><br />But first...prefacing with the fact that I am a WIMP to pain! can't even pop a pimple, so I don't haha<br /><br />Girly Whirly #1: New Mexico. admitted in, checked by the nurse at 2 cm and told that I would probably go home, my doctor was not in, after a bit, she went to get the attending doctor til mine came in. He checks and says, no she's not 2cm... she's 7cm... my mom, who was down to visit us, called my hubby, who was at a bible study (I had assured him earlier before he left, that I was feeling great-nothing but feeling a little uncomfortable, so had no clue that I might have been having some contractions)... he got there in time to be there for our daughter's birth. I didnt want to push! and they had to break my water. (It was 2 hours from checking in until she was born). 8lbs 2 oz<br /><br />Girly Whirly #2: Alabama. Hubby's sweet aunt and uncle come to visit... as we are talking, I tell them I'm feeling some contractions...we continue talking... after a bit, I finally feel that I have to dry-heave (with our first, I had the same feeling. unfortunately, it wasnt just a dry-heave, since I had toatlly made a pig of myself on my mom's lasagne!...the doctor commented when he had come in to check me: "So, someone had Italian tonight?")<br />Well, my water had to be broken & it was 40 minutes from the time I was admitted until she was born. 9lbs 2oz<br /><br />Heartbreaker: Hawaii. early in the morning...uncomfortable, brought our girls to our friends, drove to the hospital. Admitted and hooked up to the monitors. Was told that I'd most likely be going home, cuz the contractions were reading mild to nothing. (I said, ARE you kidding? If this was mild, then I want meds.) After a bit, they realized the monitors were not connected fully, but had slipped, so the readings were not correct! I said, just take me and break my water! They checked, took me from the labor room, broke my water and 6 minutes, our son was born. 8lbs (thank goodness he didnt follow the upward trend! My hubby was 10lbs +)<br /><br />All were au naturale. <br /><br />Thanks for asking :o)<br />Blessings & Aloha!<br />(gotta get to work! will come back to finish catching up on your awesome posts!)Personalized Sketches and Sentimentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540064662050920859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-34854448168698012232009-09-17T23:21:04.234-05:002009-09-17T23:21:04.234-05:00can't say for sure how i got here to your blog...can't say for sure how i got here to your blog....but as a l&d nurse myself from the midwest {"all y'all" is totally ok!} i couldn't agree more! have 2 kiddos myself: c/s first for breech and vbac for the second and let me say that all the expierence in the world didn't prepare me for my own deliveries- great list!!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233727402083053629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-85782623985765909502009-09-17T22:49:35.868-05:002009-09-17T22:49:35.868-05:00I love labor stories as well, and I am not a nurse...I love labor stories as well, and I am not a nurse OR even a mom. It just interests me so much! I'm just about to graduate undergrad with a degree in Human Service and plan to go for my Masters, too. I would LOVE to work in a hospital one day...I just have a problem with blood. Minor detail! <br /><br />Anyway, I loved your number 5! I think the idea of a water birth is just amazing! If I ever have kids, I hope to have a water birth!<br /><br />and your hospital really asks if patients want to talk about their sexuality??!! WEIRD! :)harmonysonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859333212575275814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-79674459235495456812009-09-17T16:14:53.029-05:002009-09-17T16:14:53.029-05:00i love labor stories too!
i had my first baby this...i love labor stories too!<br />i had my first baby this past january. i have always wanted a med free birth and, by God's grace, i was able to do it. my labor actually went pretty quickly. my water broke at 3:30 am. hard labor didn't set in until around 10 am when my dr started me on pitocin. my sweet girl arrived at 2:09 pm. i had prepared myself for the worst possible pain of my life and ended up finding it wasn't as bad as i imagined.<br />i have always heard women say that you forget the pain, but, honestly, i don't want to forget it. it is really the best thing i have ever done physically. i loved it - if it's not weird to love labor. =)<br /><br />datesdiapersdeity.blogspot.comdanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223939369873935964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-31181849037740144772009-09-17T16:12:23.674-05:002009-09-17T16:12:23.674-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223939369873935964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-11925516927864091492009-09-16T16:33:07.974-05:002009-09-16T16:33:07.974-05:00I love love LOVE this post! I had a natural child...I love love LOVE this post! I had a natural childbirth with my second daughter. It wasn't planned that way, but everything happened so fast!<br /><br />I have a question. I had the worst back labor with baby 2. I mean, it <i>hurt</i>. What would you recommend as a nurse to manage the pain naturally? I plan on having any and all children naturally now but would love to hear some tips from such a fab nurse!<br /><br />Love your blog and your tips, your stories--so fun!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157079109164214233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-43619145914855917252009-09-16T10:42:55.134-05:002009-09-16T10:42:55.134-05:00No, you cannot pull off a y'all!! Especially i...No, you cannot pull off a y'all!! Especially in that context! <br /><br />But you made me laugh (Cause you know you would laugh at me if I slipped a "dontcha know" into one of my posts!)!!<br /><br />I really wish someone would have informed me that I should keep my bowels clear in the days prior to giving birth...it never occured to me what would happen if I didn't!!!<br />(And it only happened with birth #1. I made sure it couldn't with #2 and #3.)Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133692942014897148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919858889505423494.post-45003749754547680102009-09-16T10:23:54.280-05:002009-09-16T10:23:54.280-05:00Hi there Mama M.,
I'm Carol, also a mother of...Hi there Mama M.,<br /><br />I'm Carol, also a mother of five. I liked experiencing birth "au naturale" as much as possible. With child #1 I was induced and had a little stadol to "take the edge off" as it is often said. I pushed for two hours because I wasn't doing it right, and then my beautiful baby boy, Austin, was born.<br /><br />By child #2, it was much easier. I didn't have a single medication and pushed her out in like 5 minutes. She was a beautiful baby girl, now 11 years old, and is wonderful.<br /><br />OK, by #3 I was a little panicky about that pain and did the whole epidural thing. It helped A LOT! My baby girl, Melanie, was pushed out in like 2 minutes and is now 9.<br /><br />My 4th and 5th were twins~ that I had no idea about until my 20 week ultrasound. Prior to finding out that it was a multiple birth, I had this vision of having my "4th" child in the tub at home with a midwife. By golly, this one would be as natural as they come. It turned out that my midwife delivered our identical twin boys, Grant and Cooper, in the hospital and they were and still are incredibly healthy. They were 6 lbs. 7 oz. and 7 lbs. 3 oz. Yes, they were big and so was I. They are a true joy!!<br /><br />All five children were vaginal births.<br /><br />Thanks for reading this VERY long comment. :-)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852330284939615587noreply@blogger.com