The American medical system has so many women fooled into believing they are broken and cannot do what we are made to do... thus comes the parade of inteventions! Lets review this parade! Here is how I like to see labor go, how I labored with my son:
My water broke on it's own when I was term, nobody pushed induction even if he was suspected "big"
I labored without an IV, no pushy nurses trying to stick me with anything
I labored and enjoyed food and drink, because really your body is running a marathon why starve it?
I labored in water position I wanted, being tied down to bed on your back makes contractions worse.
I labored without stupid machines attached to my belly, studies have proven that constant fetal monitoring is no more probelm preventing than intermitten doppler monitoring.
I labored free of annoyance and distraction, I aslo was not in a hospital.
I as able to get into a nice warm birth pool, even if it was like 5 minutes before I felt pushy (wasn't wanting a water birth)
I pushed when my body felt like pushing, nobody coached and yelled out numbers and told me to get mad at the baby and push it out... why get mad at the baby?! I never understood that.
I pushed in the postion I found most comfrotable for me, yes it happened to be in bed on my back but that is what felt right for me had this not been the case I could've been pushing however I wanted!
My baby came out and laid right on me close to me, not taken away to a warmer
My baby's cord was not clamped until it was done pulsing he got all the blood he needed
My baby nursed as soon as the cord was cut-he would have been nursing sooner has his cord not been super short!
My baby never left my side-never had the stupid eye gunk or newborn shots (seriosuly why give a newborn a shot of an std?), my baby only knew me and only stayed with me (and The Marine too)
We went home hours later and I spent the night at home with my new family of four!
This to me is natural childbirth. Natural meaning let the mom do her thing, let her body work and take over. Birth is such an amazing process! I believe in good prenatal care and if mom is not having any probelms there should be zero reason to mess with her during labor...just be there to catch the baby and leave the rest alone! I love midwives (not so much medwives...) they know a woman, they know a womans body, they can read women during labor just by a look or a moan...midwives are amazing and respectful. The
The show One Born Every Minute really makes me mad...I cannot watch it at all without flipping out at the tv. Same with A Baby Story those shows just push out there stupid crap about how we as women cannot have babies without the
Trust Birth.
Trust Your Body.
Trust Yourself.
I could never feel safe not having my doctor but that doesn't mean I don't believe in Natural Child Birth for some. For some its a beautiful thing. My friend Danielle had 2 water births after she became educated and brave enough one was out of necessarily because it was during the evacuation of Hurricane Katrina.. Although its what she wanted to begin with she was kind of pushed into being brave nough do to do it. After my c-section with my second I swore I would labor at home and accidently run to the hospital at the last minute if they tried to force me into a second c-section. I ended up only doing the c-section after coming face to face with difficult positioning with my problems with my hips and knowing what a hack job they did on my uterus before. I did... I did give into the fear the so called Knight in Shining Armor fed me. I did give into the theme in Alabama to not have Mid Wives or even MED wives (I like that). I researched doula's and was willing to get one to avoid drugs introduced during labor because well my Soldier is a big ass wimp when it comes to pain and he would easily give into Doctors orders he does about everything. I am the bad seed that questions every move they want and make. Because with my first son they said they wanted to give me the same medication they injected into my dad's knee for pain and I just looked at them and say you want to inject that into my newborn so I am more comfortable? Are you crazy? Then they wanted to stop labor and till this day I am still convinced they did! Eventually I did give into IV drugs (not that particular one), Eventually they gave me the Pit of hell after 5 minutes I changed my mind and they turned it off, After 9 hours of peaceful sleep I gave into my husband begging that I have a epidural to spare HIM the pain. One thing I don't understand those women who pride themselves on being DRUG Free Labor but they will inject themselves with Pitocin and Cervidil to induce labor.. To me that's not natural labor..
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