tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post1767762602508148674..comments2024-03-03T22:21:26.216-05:00Comments on Flip Out Mama: Home Birth, anyone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-82939875668567421212010-08-23T11:06:33.121-04:002010-08-23T11:06:33.121-04:00I never considered myself "crunchy" but ...I never considered myself "crunchy" but after a traumatic C section experience I wanted to try something else. My midwife was SO supportive, and prenatal visits were nothing like at the OB's sterile and cold environment. VBACS are not too common in Vegas, most OBs dont do it, so I decided to do the home birth where I could control things instead of the doctors calling the shots. 34 Las Vegas Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464853878545792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-69473646335658200872010-08-22T08:25:46.099-04:002010-08-22T08:25:46.099-04:00Well I didn't have a homebirth or a hospital b...Well I didn't have a homebirth or a hospital birth with a midwife. I had a birth in a hospital based birth center with an OB who never left my side for the 1.5 hours that I pushed, who massaged my feet between contracts, and encouraged me that I COULD do this without any medication. I was free to move around, had no IV, the nurses were wonderful etc. There is nothing I would change about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-32854401561662549922010-08-22T01:44:35.214-04:002010-08-22T01:44:35.214-04:00First, I just want to send you a ((HUG))! I'm...First, I just want to send you a ((HUG))! I'm really proud of you for talking about this and letting us all hear you processing outloud. What happened to you at both of your births is NOT ok. And it's NOT ok that this has come to be the norm for women in the US. I had a CNM deliver my son in a hospital. He was GREAT and did everything he could, but we ended up trapped in triage Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-11022916672782988782010-08-21T23:51:22.717-04:002010-08-21T23:51:22.717-04:00You are soooo not alone. Please don't beat you...You are soooo not alone. Please don't beat yourself up. You did the best you could with what you had. Sometimes, even hearing the info, is not enough. I know all the stuff I heard on BoBB was not new for me, seeing it right after it came out when my son was a few months old. I had known it going into my first birth, in the hospital. We're military, and we were overseas, so we really didn&Stassjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04623711930452942817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-57366833999986284302010-08-21T23:42:28.947-04:002010-08-21T23:42:28.947-04:00I had a similar sounding really crappy experience ...I had a similar sounding really crappy experience with my first child's hospital birth 8 years back, the recent one was outstanding...accidentally had her at home....no rude doc in my face making me feel "less than"... things need to change in this country regarding how women are treated in the hospital. 200 years ago people were being forced to be "blood let" by quacks, The Crunchy Conservative Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268233266351191866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-41444785042725041202010-08-21T23:40:51.547-04:002010-08-21T23:40:51.547-04:00My heart goes out to you.
I, too, figured out my...My heart goes out to you. <br /><br />I, too, figured out my first birth sucked long after the fact... then went on to have a scary-as-hell homebirth (unassisted) and then an amusing car birth the third time.<br /><br />Each birth brought me to a different place, all of them leading to becoming a midwife many, many years later. Your knowledge, your feelings, your writings *will* impact someone (NavelgazingMidwifehttp://www.navelgazingmidwife,squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-47234290496648412912010-08-21T23:37:26.326-04:002010-08-21T23:37:26.326-04:00I had a smiliar rotten experience with my first ch...I had a smiliar rotten experience with my first child 8 years back. My recent one I choose a wonderful OB, very homebirth like. BUT in the end, I never made it to the hospital in time, and accidentally delivered at home. It was a WORLD of difference from my first experience. It was just me and the birth...no doc making me feel "less than" or unhuman. Hugs to you....SOMETHING needs to beThe Crunchy Conservative Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268233266351191866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158885104699096468.post-40196046404385558762010-08-21T23:24:55.003-04:002010-08-21T23:24:55.003-04:00Hi, I stumbled across your post and just wanted to...Hi, I stumbled across your post and just wanted to tell you it's ok to just feel what you feel. It's really entrenched in our culture that "this is how birth is." So few people question it at all, ever. I had a hospital birth with my first, and I was angry about how poorly I was treated. My second and third babies were born in the care of midwives, #2 at a freestanding birthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com