Also, I used alot of the techniques used by Ina may, especailly thinking of the contractions as an ‘interesting sensation that brings me one step closer to meeting my baby’.
It was pretty cool knowing I did it all by myself.
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]]>You could not have picked a more perfect place to rant! Love hearing other’s opinions and stories plus you took the words right out of my mouth ;-P
Thanks for sharing about your 10 Germany born son. I had no idea and way to go you!
My first was born in Germany because my (ex) husband was in the Army and we were stationed over there. My son was delivered by natural childbirth, no drugs were ever offered. (as in I had no choice, that was how they did it in Germany at the time). I had no idea what was going on, I had no childbirth classes, nothing. and I was 18 years old. He was the easiest birth, I recuperated faster. He roomed with me in my room the whole time we were there. I fed him, and changed him, and did everything for him.
Just from experience, I think that the pain is over-exagerated. Movies show women screaming and hollering, but it is really not like that. There is some pain, some discomfort, but it is not so bad that you can’t tolerate it. Heck, my son weighed 10 lbs, 8.5 oz, and he was born with not drugs.
Our bodies were made to do this, and modern medicine has made us think that we need to be hospitalized to give birth. If that is the case, humans wouldn’t have survived for the thousands of years that we have.
Yes, there are a few women who are at high risk who may need to be monitored and therefore in a hospital setting, but most women could give birth at home and free hospitals to to tend to the sick and injured. Pregnancy is not an illness, it is a natural function of the human body.
Talina, more women should be more demanding about how and where their children are born. The only reason childbirth costs as much as it does is because big medicine has taken it over. Yes, I do rant on occasion.
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]]>I am going to the hospital and have decided to try for as long as possible without any drugs…and see how I go. I would really like to say I will have no drugs, but I think once the pain hits hard the laughing gas will look very tempting.
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