If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have a friend who had this long-lasting grudge against her OB because the doctor ordered an emergency C-section while she was laboring, thus denying her the privilege of delivering her first born naturally. I have to hand it [...]
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I am trying to make my birth experience as natural as possible. I’m prepared to forego an epidural and “tough it out,” and am firmly against Pitocin to induce labor. I respect every woman’s right to choose her own birth experience, but, for me, I feel that a fully natural, un-medicated birth is the best [...]
Tags: emergency c-section causes, gestational diabetes, midwife, natural birth, Safety, Ultrasound
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In my last entry, I blogged about a dream in which the hospital “lost” my new baby, after I delivered by means of an emergency c-section. This dream reflected my fears and misgivings about our original hospital.
After several situations have caused me to lose faith in my current hospital and, not so much my doctor, [...]
Tags: emergency c-section, midwives, natural birth, Pregnancy
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