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06.29.08, 17:52 PM General Topics
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What path did you take for labor and delivery of db or did you opt for anesthesia, natural childbirth, induction, or major surgery? Would you make same choice again? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.29.08, 05:52 PM Flag
 

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1 - anesthesia, 2 - natural, 3 - major surgery [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 05:53 PM Flag
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What a variety. So which one would you choose again? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 05:54 PM Flag
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natural! but my first choice was vasectomy for dh haha [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:02 PM Flag
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#1 pitocin & demerol -never again, #2 demerol - never again #3 Epidural - it didn't take and had to be done twice but hey now I've got three beautiful dcs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 05:55 PM Flag
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This sounds horrible. What is the demerol for? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 05:58 PM Flag
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It was used to control pain but it only succeeds in making you sleepy while in enormous pain so the pain takes on an even more nightmarish quality because you can't marshall any energy to control it. This narcotic must have been dreamed up for labor by someone who had never experienced it! Oh I don't know... a guy? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:01 PM Flag
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dilaudid is MUCH better than demerol [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:53 AM Flag
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I don't think anyone chooses induction -- it's a medical call no? I had first induced with pitocin (a week late, was born 9 5) -- decided to wait and see about if I want epidural, and asked for it towards the end, so basically labored without, pushed with. Now expecting #2 - I will probably ask epidural even earlier (?) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:01 PM Flag
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Really many people do choose to schedule inductions. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:03 PM Flag
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1> c-section 2. vbac. I wish I hadn't needed the section, but it all turned out fine. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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For #1 I had a HORRIBLE intervention-filled crapfest of a delivery--epidural, c-section, the works. #2 I had at home. 20 hours of labor, no meds at all, and... FABULOUS!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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wait, twenty hours and fabulous? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.29.08, 06:55 PM Flag
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I was 20 hours and FABULOUS too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:42 AM Flag
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Yes, 20 hours and fabulous. Much worse would be drugging baby and you. Twenty hours, the last part was admittedly not easy, but then db came out, no drugs were inhibiting the surge of parental and breastfeeding hormones, and I was fully and completely euphoric. Nothing ever in life can match that. Except doing it again. . . [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:44 AM Flag
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#1--epidural, plan to do it again if i am lucky enough to have another. I was in labor for 20 hours and pushed for 2, I don't think I would have had the strength to push that long if I had not had the rest and respite from the pain the epidural provided. I did not feel drugged and baby was alert and awake. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:47 AM Flag
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1-epidural, 2-natural. would opt for natural over epidural, but would take epidural if i needed it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:50 AM Flag
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I would be so interested to hear how you would compare epidural and natural--I had an epidural for my first but am curious about natural now that i have heard everyone rave about it--and you rarely meet someone who has done both. Just how much more intense is the pain, and how was your experience different. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:01 AM Flag
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recovery with natural was so much faster-i actually left the hospital the next day and felt 100%. it was a much faster labor so even though the pain was just as intense, i could bear it for 2 hours (rather than 20). worth striving for, but don't beat yourself up if you opt for epidural. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:24 AM Flag
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I also did 1 with epidural and 2 with nothing (no time); I far preferred having an epidural, as I found the pain of natural birth so distracting and upsetting that I couldn't concentrate on the experience of birth; the recovery on #2 was also easier for me, but I think it was because second births are so much faster, not because I did it without pain medicine [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:41 AM Flag
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I did natural water births for both and it was absolutely the right thing for me. I was lucky though to be able to. Everything was pretty textbook and I had very short labors, I loved that I was in the water, not on my back and with lots of support. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:51 AM Flag
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opted for natural but gave up half way and asked for epi, after 3 hrs of pushing drs. determined baby wasn't coming down and had surgery [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:52 AM Flag
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I don't have a choice - can only do Epidural as am allergic to all pain meds... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 10:53 AM Flag
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Chose non-medicated births 2x. If I had to do it again, would choose epidural, but that would probably not even be an option b/c my labor goes too quickly. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:01 AM Flag
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Had some anesthesia but tried to go as long as I could without an epidural. DB wasn't descending, dilation going nowhere and the Dr suggested pitocin. At that point contractions so bad that I requested the epidural. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:49 AM Flag
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^^ After epidural in place and I was feeling good, Dr came in and said I had to have a C section since DB showing signs of distress and there might be complications. I asked what complications, she said cerebral palsy, I said go ahead. Never ever thought that I would have a C section! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:52 AM Flag
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I hope your db was fine! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:53 AM Flag
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Yes, thanks! Quite big too - almost 8 lbs and I'm a small person so in a way I'm glad she didn't come out the traditional way. I was very worried about getting an episiotomy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:56 AM Flag
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Water broke, induced with pitocin, epidural. I found getting the epidural painful, but would definitely do again. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 11:52 AM Flag
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#1-asked for an epidural but the nurses stalled so I went natural and it was great. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 12:03 PM Flag
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^^^#2-opted fot natural but this time it was back labor and much more painful, but I'm still going natural with #3 unless it's a c-section. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.24.08, 12:04 PM Flag
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