tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184164915306167684.post5214737993264016063..comments2012-05-30T20:19:19.591-04:00Comments on Mostly Modern Mommy: One thing leads to anotherRachaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048902568612145686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184164915306167684.post-11531533091155216482011-06-04T04:38:26.835-04:002011-06-04T04:38:26.835-04:00Omg!! How horrible. That stuff should be illegal!!...Omg!! How horrible. That stuff should be illegal!! I wonder if Pitocin has the same effect on men...if so they should give it to criminals..that would be enough!!Yuranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332826019650307726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184164915306167684.post-9647718885917368382011-06-03T15:33:09.654-04:002011-06-03T15:33:09.654-04:00Yurani, I just love you! I completely agree about ...Yurani, I just love you! I completely agree about Pitocin. Completely horrible stuff! I made it through both labors just fine, but after Evan was born, my uterus wouldn't stop contracting. So to slow the bleeding, they had to give me a bag of Pitocin. Those contractions were worse than my actual labor! It's no wonder induced women beg for epidurals! I HATE that stuff!Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048902568612145686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184164915306167684.post-44103660710779276442011-06-03T13:46:31.216-04:002011-06-03T13:46:31.216-04:00You are so fortunate to have been raised in such a...You are so fortunate to have been raised in such a nurturing environment that supported mid-wifery...although I have always been encouraged to follow the beat of my own drum, I got a lot of "Are you crazy?!!", "Aren't you afraid?!", "What if something happens?!" when I announced I would be doing it all natural...the way it's supposed to happen. Many people allow fear to run their lives.<br /><br />Even with the cloth diapering...most tried to convince me out of it..I'm glad I stuck with it...<br /><br />I wish my first labor experience was as ideal as yours. I had a 30 hour labor that ended me in the hospital. <br />Nothing life threatening and all things considered, it turned to be a better experience than I could've imagined. My water broke before I even went into labor...so I went to the center and spent 14 hours pumping my breasts and walking to induce myself into labor...I was 1.5 cm dilated and needed to reach 4 cm in order to begin active labor at the Center. Because of the high risk of infection to baby with no amniotic fluid, they gave me 12 hours to do so before I had to be transfer to Sweetwater Hospital...at 12 hours, they were able to give me 2 extra hours and I was 3.5 cm...just shy...<br /><br />so we went to the hospital...I was VERY upset..did a lot of crying...the hospital bombarded my husband and I with questions about PKU shots, taking the baby to the nursery, vitamin K, cleaning and weighing him immediately after delivery...all things I did not want...it was overwhelming..I had to be induced with Pitocin..which is the Devil's Drug...I did my entire labor all natural until the 4th hour before delivery...I was in such agonizing pain...my body could just not handle the intensity of this man-made hormone...it was awful. My husband, I could see in his eyes was terrified for me. I was passing in and out of consciousness in between these intense contractions and we both had not slept for at least 48 hours as my water had burst at 11:55pm on April 20th..<br /><br />Jill, also my midwife, was there...thankfully..and she checked me 4 hours before I delivered and I was expecting she would tell me I was 8-9 cm...she said I was 6...I knew I wouldn't be able to make it without passing out from the pain...so with some encouragement, I took the Epidural...I felt so sad, but felt it was the best thing to do for me and my son...he needed to come out and my clenching muscles were not helping him come down faster..<br /><br />The Epidural, as much as I hated taking it...was such a relief...and I was able to sleep an hour before I started to push.<br /><br />I had spent so much time preparing my birth plan and things turned out so different. I was so fortunate to have everything go very well, to have Jill there, to have made it 26 hours naturally and only 4 on the epidural thus greatly decreasing my risks to C-Section, high blood pressure, etc, and have a very active and alert son that was as eager to breastfeed as I was.<br /><br />Jill is an incredible human being. I love her.<br /><br />With another child, I would still aim for a natural childbirth.<br /><br />Anyways, it's funny because I was also lead to cloth diapers by my decision to do a natural birth. Had I not made the decision I would not have ended at the Women's Wellness and Maternity Center, and I wouldn't have seen Rachael's add for a free cloth diapering consult, etc.<br /><br />I owe my cloth diapering experience to Rachael.Yuranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332826019650307726noreply@blogger.com