tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410440710208780456.post1208971865174152646..comments2023-11-03T02:48:53.179-07:00Comments on Birth Faith: What do you THINK?Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513306977618928729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410440710208780456.post-31999168910817471812009-08-31T14:39:42.718-07:002009-08-31T14:39:42.718-07:00I'm a big believer in this. I had a lot of fea...I'm a big believer in this. I had a lot of fear leading up to having a baby but when my water broke and labor started, I don't recall having any fear. I felt ready to rock and roll, I guess, because I was DONE being pregnant. I was able to labor at home until it was time to push and I think being alone and just letting my body do its thing without tons of people around helped make everything progress so fast. On the way to the hospital and while pushing, my husband was cheering me on and I believed every "you're doing great!" he said. The whole experience was very positive and I hope in my subsequent births I can labor at home as long as possible. I'd be happy to do it all alone again while my husband sleeps, too. The thought of hanging out in a hospital full of people who are just waiting for your labor to get going makes me cringe. I think that messes with your mind. A woman in labor needs privacy, at least that's what I needed, to grunt and groan and make all the ugly noises that bring comfort.M-Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871295067377692536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410440710208780456.post-66658652802789890132009-08-22T17:07:20.637-07:002009-08-22T17:07:20.637-07:00I have lots of thoughts about this, and could go o...I have lots of thoughts about this, and could go on forever. But, I'll relate one story of childbirth. When I was in labor with my daughter, my second child, I was laboring at home and got stuck at about 7 cm dilated for about 4 hours, about 3 of which felt like transition to me. We tried everything. Positional changes, massage, an attempt to break my water that didn't work, you name it, we did it (within the realm of homebirth). Then, it came to me. I realized I was really scared of pushing. My first birth was a "failed" homebirth that ended up transported to the hospital, with every intervention short of a C-section. So, I had an epidural as I pushed for about an hour with my son. And now I was having my homebirth, naturally, and I knew I didn't understand what pushing would feel like. And I was terrified. I am sure that my body kept me plugging along at the same rate until I was ready to push. I decided I had to do it, no matter how scared I was. I had finally had enough and told my midwife something had to change or I was done. So, we tried again at breaking the water (successfully) and after two massive contractions, I was complete and ready to push. 10 minutes after that, and two pushes later, my daughter was born. The mind is a powerful thing.Sweetpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907018953738729583noreply@blogger.com