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mluci87
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Natural childbirth in a hospital??
mluci87
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Hello! First time mommytobe and I have a few questions about natural delivery in a hospital. With the Dr I have chosen I am set to deliver in Dec Scottsdale Shea and I was wondering if any of you know or have experience about delivering natural, w/o medication in a hospital. Can you use any other positions to deliver other than flat on your back? Are birthing balls available? A tub to labor in? If any of you know or can share you experience from that hospital or any other please share! I was considering delivering at home with a midwife, but my DH feels most comfortable with us choosing a hospital, so I would like as much as possible to have a home birth experience in a hospital, if that's even possible = thank you!!
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Re: Natural childbirth in a hospital??
I am looking to have a very similar experience. This is the practice I am going with, if you are interested:
https://hospitals.dignityhealth.org/stjosephs/Pages/services/women/Nurse-Midwifery-Practice.aspx
Have you thought about looking into a birth center? It's a nice step in between a hospital birth and a home birth. I went into my son's hospital birth planning on having a natural birth, and while it wasn't a bad experience, my plans were thrown off track from the second I walked in the door. My birth plan said no IV. Well as soon as I walked in, they said, "OK but let's at least put a Hep-lock in just in case." My doctor had approved intermittent monitoring ahead of time, so I thought I'd be free to labor without being attached to any machines. Well it turns out to the hospital, "intermittent" means I still needed to be hooked up to monitors for 20 minutes out of every 60. I knew I couldn't birth in water, but I had planned to labor in water. Well it turns out you can't labor in water if your bag of waters had already ruptured, which mine had done at home while I was asleep. I didn't want any meds, but after a mere 4 hours without making much progress, Pitocin was recommended. The epidural followed. I had a beautiful, uneventful medicated birth, but it wasn't the birth I wanted. It's possible to have a natural birth in a hospital, but you often have to be on the defense from the second you walk in, ready to advocate for what you want.
A midwife who has hospital privileges is definitely a step up, but you are still at the mercy of the nurses on staff at the hospital, who may or may not be natural-birth friendly. The nurses can make or break your entire experience. It's also still a hospital, and you may be subject to hospital protocol.
For my current pregnancy, we are seeing the midwives at Babymoon Inn birth center and I could not be happier with my experience. It's SO refreshing and comforting to know my care providers are 100% on the same page as I am regarding my wishes. I don't need a birth plan because anything that I would put on it is the standard of care there! I would highly recommend looking into all of your options. Babymoon gives free tours if you are interested.
Best of luck to you!
I would urge you to move to a hospital and Midwife that is PRO natural child birth! I would also suggest looking into a doula!
I wanted a natural birth. I went to Bethany Womens Care for my prenatal care and delivered at Phoenix Baptist. I used Liberty Birth as my doula.
Here is my birth story complete with photos! I strongly encourage you to get a birth photographer if its in the budget, the photos we got are beyond priceless!!!
https://azhappilyeverafter.com/and-then-we-were-three/