What a silly question!! I had a pretty bad experience with Grant when I had him. I hated giving birth in the hospital. I had made up a very specific birth plan and there were certain things I DID NOT want, such as medication. I wanted to go Au Naturale! Well I think they looked at my birthplan and thought it would be funny to do everything exactly the oppossite of what I WANTED. To make a long story short I was made to have an epidural, made to have pitocin, made to stay in bed on my butt for 12 hours, and told I could not eat or drink anything. It sucked to say the least!
I vowed if I ever had another baby things would be different and I would not let the doctors or nurses push me around. My ideal situation would be to give birth in a birthing center, but after doing a lot of research I dont think that is going to happen. I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE BIRTH IN A HOSPITAL!!! But through some more research that both Jared and I have been working on we found that at St. Mark's Women's Center they actually support natural birthing techniques and they will allow you to give birth with a midwife apposed to a Doctor. Dont get me wrong, I love my OB. But I have never discussed with him how he feels about my point of view(which I do plan on talking to him before I make any final decissions) I have been told the Women's Center is more like a hotel than a hospital, but I will let you know after I go tour it. I also have an appointment to meet with the midwives on Tuesday.
These are a few of the things I am including in my birth plan...
I do not want any medication, what-so-ever! I dont even want to be offered any!
I want my body to do what it was made to do, give birth, naturally.
I dont want my membranes ruptured artificially
I only want my baby monitored periodically and externally
I will manage all pain on my own and with the help of my husband
I want to be free to move about as much as neccessary during labor, i.e. walking, kneeling, bathing, showering (all the rooms at St. Mark's are equiped with showers and tubs)
I want my husband to catch my baby and I want to help pull her out
I want my husband and I and Grant to be able to bond with our baby in the very first minutes of her life
I want to give her her first bath with Grant's help
My baby will not leave my room at any point unless my husband is with her
I will breastfeed exclusively
I do not want the baby to be offered a pacifier, sugar water, or formula. Only mommy juice for my baby!
There are other things included in my birth plan but you get the jist. Some, including my parents, think I am crazy but this is my baby and my body and I want to do what I think is right for both of us!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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you're much braver than I am! I asked for the epidural before I even felt that pain. I hope you get exactly what you want out of it. My sis-in-law had her last one at her house and she said she's do it that way again in a heart beat.
I didn't believe in having a birth plan for myself. I didn't want to have this set idea in my head about how the birth should be and end up disappointed if it didn't work out. So, for both boys, we employed a "play it by ear" strategy. It worked for us. John knew what I wanted, and he also knew what I could handle and whether he should encourage me to suck it up and take it (w/ Max) or run as fast as he could looking for drugs (w/ Alex).
FOR ME labor was easy to handle, also FOR ME the baby coming out was damn near unbearable and I screamed like I've never screamed before. A lot of women say the opposite.
I suppose I'm glad that in this day and age we have more choices in how we birth our children. I hope yours turns out to be exactly what you want :)
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