tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post219124551451412469..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: What if something goes right?Rixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-73482446946096163252011-05-19T23:20:02.529-04:002011-05-19T23:20:02.529-04:00Thanks so much for posting this! We hear so many h...Thanks so much for posting this! We hear so many horror stories and I think it causes an unnecessary sense of dread and fear for so many. What is something goes wrong?! Glad to hear the very normal stories of things going so, so right. I hope more women can claim theirs, because they deserve it and it is something attainable.Elizabethhttp://www.theperfectbirth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-2912049722382434622011-04-28T18:37:43.740-04:002011-04-28T18:37:43.740-04:00Great Blog! When I tell people I had a home birth...Great Blog! When I tell people I had a home birth, they comment on one of two things 1) weren't you scared and 2) no pain meds? crazy!<br /><br />Throughout my entire pregnancy, my husband and I have made it a point to focus on always being positive and pray daily for my labor and delivery. Yes there are risks to a home birth and we discussed them with my midwife, but we never dwelt on them or expected those things to happen. We trusted my midwife to handle those situations should they occur, but then put them out of our minds.<br /><br />Glad to hear of good! More women need to share their stories to turn the way the majority of woment think about birth.<br /><br />Here is my home birth, birth story! <br /><br />http://jennwatt.blogspot.com/2011/04/adventures-in-home-birthing-part-2.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-20060784282705525852011-04-28T16:20:21.791-04:002011-04-28T16:20:21.791-04:00Enjoying your blog! After two horrible hospital b...Enjoying your blog! After two horrible hospital births, we started homebirthing. We have since had six homebirths (baby #9 is due in October). Our last 5 births were waterbirths, and the labors were so quick with #5 and 6 the midwife missed the birth, so we had unplanned unassisted births. Since that seemed right to us, we planned Unassisted births with the last two and although we see a midwife for prenatals throughout the pregnancy, when the time comes, it is our family who welcomes its newest member. I love birthing in soft light in the hot tub with my favorite music and scents. Peaceful birth is where it's at! :)Vicki Pasterikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17202895647624835492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-36257474051746867012011-04-27T17:18:11.421-04:002011-04-27T17:18:11.421-04:00I love this round up of positive birth stories. T...I love this round up of positive birth stories. THIS is what our culture needs to wipe out the negative associations of birth, promulgated by media and medical system scare tactics.<br /><br />Nice work~Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCEhttp://www.scienceandsensibility.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-55567067808482269082011-04-27T11:13:42.550-04:002011-04-27T11:13:42.550-04:00This is awesome!! My second birth story was so won...This is awesome!! My second birth story was so wonderful for me and it was definitely the stories of other positive births that helped me believe it was possible. Here's mine. :) <br />http://organicmamacafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/birth-choice-2.htmlOrganicMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666452518691554507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-67222358527946707302011-04-27T10:41:48.602-04:002011-04-27T10:41:48.602-04:00Thank you so much for posting this. I also have a ...Thank you so much for posting this. I also have a clotting disorder, and finding information re: clotting disorders and pregnancy has been quite challenging. Sure there are all sorts of clinical pages full of information about taking heparin and lovenox, but there aren't too many first hand accounts of what it is like to experience pregnancy with a clotting disorder. I am so grateful for Desiree's story. I will be going through her blog over the next few days to see what bits of wisdom I can find and use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-39642515782160461812011-04-27T10:20:21.151-04:002011-04-27T10:20:21.151-04:00I birthed my 11-pound baby at home a couple weeks ...I birthed my 11-pound baby at home a couple weeks ago, and almost everything went perfectly. Birth story here: http://crazybutable.com/zateraul/2011/04/23/strongbabys-birth-story/Peggyhttp://crazybutable.com/zateraul/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-82742604493012841252011-04-27T09:38:55.953-04:002011-04-27T09:38:55.953-04:00Thanks for sharing! I love it. It reminds me of ...Thanks for sharing! I love it. It reminds me of this post that I recently wrote about some mamas I worked with. http://birth-smart.com/2011/04/21/chance-or-choice/Birth Smarthttp://www.birth-smart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-43495061232917297852011-04-27T05:20:19.107-04:002011-04-27T05:20:19.107-04:00I just had a beautiful and QUICK 4hr labor last we...I just had a beautiful and QUICK 4hr labor last week. Chose to homebirth after 2 c-sections. Everyone was against us but we stuck to our plan and cannot be happier!Hot Sauce Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276376164628690619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-44739429317316263852011-04-27T05:02:22.898-04:002011-04-27T05:02:22.898-04:00Ha ha! I was wondering what gave me a traffic boos...Ha ha! I was wondering what gave me a traffic boost yesterday! Now I know! Thanks for sharing my birth story, Rixa. :-)Lanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513306977618928729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-58901092177266821662011-04-26T21:44:36.535-04:002011-04-26T21:44:36.535-04:00Everything went right for the birth of my first so...Everything went right for the birth of my first son two weeks ago. I wrote up the story and haven't yet posted it on my blog, but I sent it to my Bradley instructor, who <a href="http://mamabirth.blogspot.com/2011/04/birth-story-fast-hospital-birth.html" rel="nofollow">posted it on her blog</a>. I was going to send it to you, Rixa, but had no idea how time consuming newborns are, and just hadn't gotten around to it. :)trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688001590373132381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-5216562283803869182011-04-26T19:33:00.362-04:002011-04-26T19:33:00.362-04:00These were all great- Thanks! A good birth story ...These were all great- Thanks! A good birth story always lifts my spirits!Niknokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201004382572891391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-83279671767309625442011-04-26T17:07:17.716-04:002011-04-26T17:07:17.716-04:00I had a Pitocin induction with no pain meds -- I g...I had a Pitocin induction with no pain meds -- I guess I just didn't know what contractions were "supposed" to feel like (my 1st) so I didn't mind it too much. It was also in a hospital with maternal-fetal medicine OB (so he insisted on EFM).. I'm amazed sometimes that I ended up going as naturally as I did in the circumstances I had!bykes187https://www.blogger.com/profile/11385874407471463570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-38591979840603944072011-04-26T17:02:48.405-04:002011-04-26T17:02:48.405-04:00Ugh, darn it blogger, why won't you make my pr...Ugh, darn it blogger, why won't you make my profile public???<br />Sigh......here's the link: www.thegoldendrool.blogspot.comErin @ The Golden Droolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087099111539261059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-27027472088251287752011-04-26T16:57:37.683-04:002011-04-26T16:57:37.683-04:00My 2nd birth, a home birth, was so MANY things. So...My 2nd birth, a home birth, was so MANY things. Some things went the way I had planned, some things came up (and, er, out) that I hadn't planned on. All I know is immediately after that birth, and ever since, I have wanted another one. <br />But if I do have another, I'm thinking outside, under the moon, with a huge bon fire. <br />Now if someone could just make Pacific North West weather cooperate....<br /><br />I am such a birth story junkie now, if any fellow junkies want to read mine it's in 3 parts (so check for all 3 entries!) on my blog. Just click on my name.<br /><br />Hoooooray BIRTH! (heehee)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09203278042387880190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-70723520172202744552011-04-26T12:03:37.935-04:002011-04-26T12:03:37.935-04:00beautiful, beautiful post :) thank you so much fo...beautiful, beautiful post :) thank you so much for posting this and sharing these examples of how inherently *normal* and 'right' birth is when we just leave the process alone. much love and well wishes!hebamme ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08708270634154916532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-39250154145986413302011-04-26T10:03:20.107-04:002011-04-26T10:03:20.107-04:00So nice to read this stories. Three weeks ago I h...So nice to read this stories. Three weeks ago I had my baby girl. We had planned a homebirth with a midwife, however, our daughter's heartrate was dropping seriously low (once in the 50s) so we transferred to the hospital...the very hospital that I had such a horrible experience at when my son was born two years ago. However, she was born in the ambulance! So I was able to get my natural, unnecessary intervention free birth, which was my goal when I planned a homebirth!Jeppurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14405313386360308505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-89692749777005725712011-04-26T07:45:09.905-04:002011-04-26T07:45:09.905-04:00Everything went right with my second birth! I had...Everything went right with my second birth! I had a beautiful labor - on the "long" side (16.5 hrs), but it didn't feel long, because the contractions were manageable for so long. I was so happy and relaxed the whole time, and that's what makes that labor such a happy memory. I couldn't believe it was possible to feel such intense rushes of joy during labor. It was a midwife attended hospital birth - everything was very quiet and dark and calm in the room. (No continuous monitoring, no IV, though I did have a hep lock because of dehydration fears connected to my first labor.) The baby was OP, didn't turn, and I'm hypoglycemic during pregnancy, so after 3+ hrs of pushing I was starting to lose heart. But nobody in the room lost confidence in my ability to do it, and eventually I pushed him out face up, unmedicated. The nurse blurted out that she'd never seen an OP vaginal birth in the hospital. It was so beautiful and peaceful.Erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-61656866666953061432011-04-26T01:52:36.154-04:002011-04-26T01:52:36.154-04:00What an encouraging post! Lately I've been fee...What an encouraging post! Lately I've been feeling very secure and excited about my decision to birth at home with my second, whereas a month ago I was feeling lots of anxiety about it. I'm feeling more optimistic that it is more likely things will go right. Reprogramming my brain to see birth as a beautiful process instead of a constant emergency that could fly out of control at any second!Simply EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434347334342319910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-13505795486264326032011-04-26T00:47:04.207-04:002011-04-26T00:47:04.207-04:00Hooray for when things go right! I had a great VB...Hooray for when things go right! I had a great VBAC where everything went right, but I also have had an everything went wrong birth, so I truly appreciate and understand the joy when things just go well.Avitalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247428843359351281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-53768376631485893992011-04-25T23:59:26.145-04:002011-04-25T23:59:26.145-04:00thanks for posting this...i am expecting my second...thanks for posting this...i am expecting my second baby, and my second homebirth, this summer. lately some doubts have been creeping in, so it's great to hear some empowering, encouraging stories!rachelkristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127124348995246180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-76671544715823066472011-04-25T23:40:01.785-04:002011-04-25T23:40:01.785-04:00After having 1 hospital and 2 homebirths with my m...After having 1 hospital and 2 homebirths with my midwife, I was fairly upset to learn my midwife's regulatory body would not permit a homebirth with twins. I have to respect that she is following the rules that permit her to practice here in Ontario. <br />The other big upset was that I had to consult with high risk OB, as it was twins. I was fortunate to find a high risk OB that was willing to work with my MW, and would allow her to participate in the birth. <br />I believed the whole pregnancy that everything would go right. After being pushed, shoved, and guided towards an epidural, I shocked the medical community when I strongly declined it. I was told that they had never seen a non epidural twin birth before. Booya to them. <br />Babies born after induction by membrane rupture only at 37wks. I was 3cm walking in to the hospital, and was induced due to my remote location in snowstorm season. Babies born exactly 2 hours later, 3mins apart. No drugs, caught by my MW. <br />I pushed(lol) for my birth, and yes, midwives can catch twins. But then again, I could have caught them myselves anyway:)Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-66614613843173678262011-04-25T23:19:31.907-04:002011-04-25T23:19:31.907-04:00I gave birth to my second child today, 4 years ago...I gave birth to my second child today, 4 years ago so it was a perfect day to see this post. It was a beautiful, perfect unmedicated birth. I went into labor on my own just 5 hours before I was scheduled to be induced at 39 weeks (for IUGR). My little girl wanted to come on her own time and arrived after just 3 hours of labor! It was everything I had dreamed birth could & should be! Calm and peaceful! Thanks for sharing these wonderful stories! These are the births moms need to hear about!AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951483514659186850noreply@blogger.com