I agree with this. I have a lot of lingering anger about Evan's birth, but it's with how my care was managed and the advice I was given, not with the birth itself. I look at my baby and I see the light of my life, NOT a Pitocin IV. :)
Clearly your care is being managed in a lowest-intervention way so far, and you're getting good advice.
Evan and I are also living proof that you can have an otherwise normal vaginal delivery with a Pitocin augmentation/induction. I think it's harder, yeah, but it's not impossible. Remember too, the Pitocin can be dialed down for a short while, or even discontinued if your body has taken over the contractions. I had to have mine turned down when the contractions got too strong. I didn't get to get off it completely, but I have no doubt that that bit of a break seriously helped me through without stronger pain meds. And there are some pain control options that aren't epidurals. I had a shot of Nubain, and I'm pretty sure I could have had additional ones had I wanted them earlier. The only thing I would say is to avoid anything that makes you lay down during transition if you can, because you'll be more comfortable if you can move.
You can do it. :) Managing your feelings and expectations now is a good thing since it's actually pretty impossible hard to be rational about these things when you're in the hospital.
Oh, the castor oil... I recently had a doula tell me that her recommendation regarding that was to fry an egg in it and eat the egg, that that would give the woman the benefits without the intestinal upset. I have no idea if it's true or not, but mebbe ask or try it before you do it straight?
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Date: 2008-04-15 02:51 pm (UTC)Clearly your care is being managed in a lowest-intervention way so far, and you're getting good advice.
Evan and I are also living proof that you can have an otherwise normal vaginal delivery with a Pitocin augmentation/induction. I think it's harder, yeah, but it's not impossible. Remember too, the Pitocin can be dialed down for a short while, or even discontinued if your body has taken over the contractions. I had to have mine turned down when the contractions got too strong. I didn't get to get off it completely, but I have no doubt that that bit of a break seriously helped me through without stronger pain meds. And there are some pain control options that aren't epidurals. I had a shot of Nubain, and I'm pretty sure I could have had additional ones had I wanted them earlier. The only thing I would say is to avoid anything that makes you lay down during transition if you can, because you'll be more comfortable if you can move.
You can do it. :) Managing your feelings and expectations now is a good thing since it's actually pretty
impossiblehard to be rational about these things when you're in the hospital.Oh, the castor oil... I recently had a doula tell me that her recommendation regarding that was to fry an egg in it and eat the egg, that that would give the woman the benefits without the intestinal upset. I have no idea if it's true or not, but mebbe ask or try it before you do it straight?