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Free Baby Slings and Nursing Covers!

Go to ---> FreeSlings.com They regularly cost $48 bucks (are currently on sale for $39) but if you...

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Home birth?

I have my heart set on having a home birth, I have a very low-risk pregnancy and am very healthy and am...

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1st Baby-Thinking of Going Au Naturale

I am due June 14th, 2012 with my 1st baby (a little girl!!) I always thought I would just "get the drugs"...

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Birth center

So, this past weekend my sister-in-law announced that she's expecting her first baby! I'm so excited for...

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RH negative

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to find out that there is a natural birth support group on here, even though...

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Birth Story!

Hey everyone! Well I made it through a nautral birth. It went very well. The night before I had some little...

Posted by Quintessa2

Hey everyone! Well I made it through a nautral birth. It went very well. The night before I had some little stinging pains in my abdomen. I was thinking maybe something is starting to happen but didn't want to get my hopes up. Around 3 am I woke up with some cramping pains so I started timing them. It was about every 20 minutes or so. After about two hours of that they came every 10 minutes and were more painful. I woke dad up around then 5am. When I woke him I asked if he was ready to be a daddy today. He was excited! We tried to lay in bed awhile longer but I had to get up to walk around at 7am or so. I noticed that our toilet water was a funny color so I started plunging the toilet thinking that it was clogged. Boy did my boyfriend get mad at me. You are in labor and you are plunging the toilet! Haha! After that I got ready and tried to watch a movie while rocking in a chair. I was having a lot of back pain which later became HORRIBLE back labor. The rocking helped for a time and things were happening faster contractions were coming every four minutes and we were discussing the fact that it was time to call the Doc. when my water broke. I was kneeling over the couch breathing through a contraction when it happened. I told Jake (boyfriend) that my water just broke and he ran and grabbed a towel and tried to put it under my behind. I laughed at him and told him I put on a giant pad earlier so that when my water broke it wouldn't get everyhere. (Seriously I didn't know if that would work but if you get a heavy duty one it will) Anyhow we grabbed the bags and jumped in the car immediatly. I'm so glad that we were moving fast because by the time we got to the hospital contractions were 3 minutes apart and very painful. Like I said I had so bad back labor. I had to get into a wheelchair. It was 11am when we got checked into the hospital. I asked for a nurse that had some practice with natural childbirth. She took one look at my birthplan and said "Is your Dr. OK with this?" ... I was thinking really lady you think I didn't consult him and give hime one of these. I only brought about 20 copies with me. But yes he's on board with it. "just a minute let me hook you up to all these contraptions while I call your Dr." Sitting still makes things hurt so much with back labor so lying there with a belt puting pressure on my belly was not going to fly. I took it off after about five minutes. The nurse insisted that I lay there with it on. But baby was looking fine so I was getting up. I asked her if I could get in the bath. "Ummm let me call your Dr. sometimes they don't want you to get in the water after your water breaks" Lady what the heck do you know anything? I'm thinking... Uggg! Dr. OK's a bath. The bath is working good for a little while. I sit in it for about a half an hour then get out to move around and rock in a chair. Then I get back in and out about two more times. After that at about 3 I tell the nurse that I'm ready to start pushing. "Well let me check you and then we can maybe call your Dr." At that point I had dialated to 9cm. Dr was in the hospital already with someone else and he came in and said she's ready to push so let her. So I tried a few different ways on a stool and with a birthing bar. Finally I just asked to be coached.I had so much pain in my back it was excrutiating. Pressure on the SI helped A LOT Jake pretty much had to have his hands on me the whole time.After I got some coaching from the nurse on pushing she told the Dr not to leave.At one point I was hyperventelating during the pushing and almost passed out.At 5:15 pm our baby boy was born.He was pale because we are so fair skinned the nurse thought he needed oxygen. But he didn't need it he was a healthy baby.They were cleaning him up and I was feeling shocky.I was shivvering cold and feeling kind of strange.The nurses didn't even take one look at me. Jake had to get me blankets and calm me down.Then I had baby in my arms and everything was A OK.View Thread

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Finding it hard 3rd time around to stick with the ...

I am 37 wks w/ #3, I did my first natural, 13 hrs of active labor, 6 of which i spent in the bed at the...

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I'm new!

Hi. I'm Karrina, and I'm planning a natural birth. i'm 32 weeks along with my 2nd daughter. I'm a single...

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Natural Birth Naysayers

Hello! I am a month away from birth and looking for some support. I am soooo sick of having women ask me if...

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How to prepare

I would like to try to have a natural birth. What should I do to prepare?

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baby

wat am i going to do the doctor says im 16 weeks and my baby is not growing but they dont know y and i...

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Hello! 15 weeks with Baby # 1

I have wanted to have a natural birth sense the day I found out I was pregnant. I am so against the drugs....

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Hypnobirthing?

I am interested in hypnobirth or hypnobabies. Has anyone done this? What was your experience. Which...

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Which method is better hypnobirth or hypnobabies?

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Changing from OBGYN to Midwife?

Hello, I am almost 15 weeks pregnant with my first and have gone to my OBGYN since I found out I was...

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hypnobirthing?

I was just reading about hypnobirthing or using hypnosis or self relaxation during labor. Has anyone...

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cytotec

I just found out today that my ob uses cytotec. I'm currently pregnant with baby #5 and this will be my 3rd...

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If you found out your current ob used cytotec for inductions, would you consider finding a new ob?

2 Replies | Reply | Watch This Discussion Report This | Share this:cytotec I just found out today that my ob uses cytotec. I'm currently pregnant with baby #5 and this will be my 3rd...

Baby #1

Hey, I'm 5 weeks 3 days prego (about) with baby #1, I want to go all natural, no meds, no nothing. My...

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Lamaze?

Hello I am pregnant with my first child and I really want to have a natural birth. I was wondering if...

Brittany(24), DH(Jaron 25),1 very spoiled siamese cat(rambo 2),EDD June 21,2011. 1st baby. Team yellow!

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Kaiser Ins. and Natural??? Are they like Water and...

I need someone's insight. I'm really feeling like a small fish in a very large pond. I know what I want to do...

Posted by triss84

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Hello

Just wanted to introduce myself I'm 15w with baby no 6 and have had all natural births with all of my five...

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How far are you traveling to deliver?

I really want to deliver naturally at a birthing center. The only problem is the nearest one is 2 hours...

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Has anyone heard of PlacentaBanking?

By the way, has anyone heard of PlacentaBanking? I hear Americord is coming out with a breakthrough in stem...

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my birth story

Zachary Brian Jennings was born on July 27 weighing 9lbs 2oz. So I was due on July 22, but he evidently...

Posted by deborahann139

Zachary Brian Jennings was born on July 27 weighing 9lbs 2oz.

So I was due on July 22, but he evidently wasn't ready to come out then. The day before I went into labor I had a doctor's appt. and was almost 3cm, 100% effaced. I woke up around 4 am on the 27th with a couple of contractions that were a bit stronger than what I'd been having; by 4:30 I was pretty convinced that was going to be the day so I got up and did some laundry and dishes and just getting things ready to go. Cx were coming every 10 min or so but weren't real strong or getting closer so we figured we had a while. Mid morning we went to a park where I walked a mile or so around the trail while my older boys played, but that didn't seem to help speed things up and it was HOT so we went back home. By around noon they had gotten closer, to around 5 min or so, but still weren't too intense and were sometimes still 8-10 min b/w some of them. But DH was starting to get concerned so we started getting things ready to go. We took the boys over to my parents' house and sat and chatted for a bit there. I had a couple of cx in a row that were a lot stronger so I finally told DH that maybe we should get going. We got to the hospital around 2 and while walking in I had a couple more strong ones that were only 3 min apart. They brought me into triage and hooked me up to monitors - cx were showing up every 4-6 min, and I'd have an occasional one that was really intense but most were still not too bad. After about half an hour a nurse finally comes in to check me. She took awhile and finally said, "wow, you're good, you're 9.5 cm." Said she would have come in to check me sooner but I was just so calm she figured I couldn't be too far along. Asked if I was wanting an epidural and when I said no said it was a good thing b/c there wasn't going to be time. They wheeled me over to L&D where nurses were frantically trying to get the room and such ready while my doctor jogged over from his office next to the hospital. He got there and broke my water. I had a couple of more cx that weren't really that bad, then when everything was ready they said let's push. So I did and DS came flying out in about 2 minutes, 1.5 pushes later. I did tear a little but not too bad. DS had some fluid in his lungs - he came out so fast it didn't have time to get smooshed out - so he was really raspy/snorty/sneezy for the first couple of days, but is doing fine now. I'm very sore from breastfeeding, but that is going well too for the most part.

I'm really happy with my med-free delivery experience. Good luck to all you other mamas!View Thread

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No needle for me!

Hi ladies. 7 weeks here with #3. Other two are 3 and 4. I had an epidural(sp?) with my first and it was the...

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