― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Friday, 2 February 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link
It's a nice ideal to have a natural birth with no painkillers or other interventions, but personally I'll take the epidural (or at least the option), the painkiller for stitches, and the other comforts of modern existence (like D & Cs, done with anesthesia).
I guess I just find those radical midvives frustrating because they seem determined to ignore the experiences of a large number of women who not only want but desperately need medical intervention (like me).
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link
I knew J. was going to come fast because Alex was quick for a first baby; I was actually a bit worried about giving birth in my car! I didn't think the car was going to recover from that kind of experience, so was glad that didn't happen.
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo (onimo), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
In my small city, you could have a home birth, but you'd be hard pressed to find an RN to attend it. However, there are Certified Nurse Midwives who deliver in the hospital in a town that is close. You might be able to find a lay midwife, but I think my acquaintances who did have home births did it themselves (I knew them through La Leche League).
I've had problems with births, so if I were going to do it again, I'd stick with an OB/GYN. Others might feel most comfortable with a general practioner who delivers babies.
Northfield offers some of the options, but not all; if I wanted to give birth with a CN-M, I'd have to drive at least 20 miles to another town.
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link
As for a home birth - I think it can be good, but if things start to go sour, it can be pretty horrible. Some friends of ours had a stillbirth because the midwife kept insisting that everything was fine.
― schwantz (schwantz), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 2 February 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Friday, 2 February 2007 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Friday, 2 February 2007 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
we just went through four days of misery; both baby and mom had the flu. quite scary though he never got a high fever, but he was verging on dehydration most of the time, and the liquidy nasty poos he sprayed all over himself, the crib, and everything else on a nearly hourly basis had to be seen and smelled to be believed. holy god.
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 2 February 2007 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
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― schwantz (schwantz), Friday, 2 February 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 3 February 2007 00:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 3 February 2007 01:24 (seventeen years ago) link
A little drunk. Just had dinner with my boys and one most excellent girlfriend. Sent them home with all the leftovers( stuffed shells).
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 3 February 2007 01:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, Nath, sorry to hear about your trip. Glad you got there safe.
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 3 February 2007 04:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 3 February 2007 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link
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Check us out yo! In Nakameguro, my parents' flat.
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 3 February 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 3 February 2007 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 3 February 2007 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Sunday, 4 February 2007 06:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 5 February 2007 09:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Sorry your travelling was so rough, nath. Are those your parents in the photo?
― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Kids getting ill is too scary.
― onimo (onimo), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Of course, Owen didn't seem to mind:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/380761069_c6f6b43ffd.jpg
― schwantz (schwantz), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link
My older son had a strangulated small-bowel when he was 19. It was a couple of days of test and torture before they doctor figured out what was causing his terrible pain. I was climbing into the hospital bed and holding him while he cried, morphine notwithstanding. Finally a CAT scan revealed the problem and he had middle-of-the-night emergency surgery. The small bowel had turned blue, and would have perforated by morning. He now has a scar from above his navel down to his pubic bone. WORST TIME OF MY LIFE.
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo (onimo), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― === temporary username === (Mark C), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
If I had read the last few posts before I had kids, I might not have had kids.
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
I couldn't watch. My husband did. He said it was a slow drip, like a maple tree being tapped.
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
I had one of those when I was six. I just remember being in this tiny, hot room with three nurses lying on top of me to keep me still. I was terrified. When they wheeled me back to my room the doctor told my mother I was "a very uncooperative child". :(
― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 5 February 2007 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link
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― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link