Sat, 5/14/2011 – 40w5d About 12:10 AM, the nurse started my pitocin @ 2 milliunits. I was standing next to the bed when she did this (because sitting kept throwing off the monitors and, honestly, just wasn’t very comfortable) and instantly found myself leaning over the bed as a contraction hit me. The first two […]
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I want to start this year with an amazing VBAC birth story, shared by a mom on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. It is a few posts long, with great pictures. Enjoy! Wed, 5/11/2011 – 40w2d I noticed that “Waffle” was more active than usual as we watched TV and got ready for bed. I started
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I enjoyed reading this post by Nurtured Moms about activism in the Birthing Room. It made me think back to a few months ago when I was SO nervous about my VBA2C’s mom upcoming birth. Was I going to have to be an Activist? Or could I just support Mom? I didn’t know what role
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I had been experiencing prodromal labor for 3-4weeks which was just taunting me because my OB had told me I wasn’t allowed to go past 40 weeks if I wanted an intervention free VBA2C. I had done everything possible to naturally speed things along to no avail…spicy foods, intimacy with dh, sitting/swaying on the birth ball
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Sometimes moms need to have a cesarean. I want all moms to have a positive birth and I believe cesareans can be positive too. I am so excited to share with you one of my excerpts from The Gift of Giving Life. I wanted to be sure that Moms who read that book, knew how
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I absolutely loved reading this birth story about a mom who had 2 very different birth experiences. Her friend called her a “birth outlier” I also cannot have imagined 2 entirely different labors, as the first was a 42-hour ordeal ending in a c-section, and this one was about 42 minutes of intensity before the
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Guest Post by Erin, a mom from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group The HBA3C of Titus James (Home Birth after 3 Cesareans) You may need your BOP towards the end as my birth wasn’t completely comfortable, but I still believe Hypnobabies totally worked for me. I woke up early on Thursday morning with a few mild
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This is a Guest Post by Michelle! My third birth story begins where my second birth ends. Our first two births were very similar. We followed the preferred standard of care for our local hospital including scheduled induction, artificial rupture of membranes, pitocin, epidural and episiotomy. Our first pregnancy was filled with many questions and
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This is a guest post by one of my doula clients, Shannon. You may remember reading my version of her birth story, which spanned several posts. It was just that good of a birth story! First I told her she couldn’t hire me! Then after seeing how hard she was fighting for her VBA2C, I
Baby Born Vaginally after 2 cesareans, 5 hours BEFORE Scheduled Cesarean! Read More »
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this three part Hypnobabies birth story. Part 1: Baking of the Cake on a Normal Afternoon While we were running around in the kitchen we timed a few of them and they were about a minute long and 4-5 minutes apart. When I felt one coming, I’d lean on the counter
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Special thanks to Maggie for sharing her story with my blog! Everything started on Thursday. I had my membranes stripped in the morning and by the afternoon I was having pressure waves that were about 20 min apart and lasting about 30 seconds each. They continued to get stronger and closer together until Friday afternoon
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You may have been reading my series on healing from a traumatic birth and wondered, is there anything you can do to prevent one? Three Things You CAN Do There are some choices which may help you avoid a traumatic birth. Choose care provider carefully – having a supportive care provider can help avoid traumatic
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Moms often search for a doula for future births after a traumatic birth. So I have plenty of experience talking with moms about their traumatic births. It is sad to hear they often didn’t feel supported by family or friends as they grieved their previous birth experience. Here are some tips for family and friends
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Here are some things you can try as you heal from your birth. Accept your feelings – It is OK to feel sad or disappointed after a traumatic birth. It is OK to grieve losing the birth you desired. You are not crazy. Talk – find a friend, family member or therapist (trained in birth
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When a mom experiences a traumatic birth, she can heal more quickly by being supported while going through the stages of grief. SHOCK & DENIAL- Sometimes during birth or immediately after a mom is in a state of shock, totally unable to believe what has just happened to her. She may even deny that
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