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I'm impressed
iris427
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by how many ladies said they had Pit but no pain meds. My Pit induction kicked my a$$--I was desperate for an epidural! To be fair, I had an OP baby who would not turn, so that didn't help.
Next time, I am determined to make it med-free!
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Re: I'm impressed
I know - I feared pitocin. They gave me some after kiddo was born as I was bleeding quite a bit and my uterus wasn't contracting - I remember asking how bad it would hurt (not much as it's apparently different when used after birth).
My SIL went without an epi with pit and a sunny side up baby - yowza!
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I can't even imagine having pitocin but no epi. I was on Pitocin because my water broke before I started labor. I even had to have to IV pain meds before the epi. Everything I learned about pain management and breathing completely went out the window when the Pitocin contractions hit me.
I guess I shouldn't admit this on an AP board, but my epidural was like heaven. This will sound controversial but I just don't buy the AP/peaceful parenting line on natural childbirth. I don't think I have less of a bond with my child because I had an epi and then ended up needing a c-section (my LO was face up, got stuck in the birth canal and I was in terrible pain and begged for a c-section).
While I went without an epi and had pit, DS's birth was full of drugs - so I am slow to call my birth a "natural" birth (though, I wouldn't call it "unnatural," either!).
Personally, I just feared an epi more than pain - and fear an epidural even more for a second baby, oddly enough. I did ask for an epi during transition and it was too late to get one, so I got Nubaine, which was worthless.
I agree that having an epi doesn't make you have less of a bond- I wound up with one for both babies, b/c I'm a chicken and couldn't take the pain (was induced with DS, and the pitocin was the most horrid stuff ever!). I didn't have a c-section, thankfully, but still had the chance to bond with and BF both babies immediately after birth- they only took them away for like, 10 minutes after I'd spent the first hour with them, to clean them up and weigh them before I got them right back. Obviously, I don't have a non-medicated birth to compare this with, but I think it's unfair to say women who opt for an epi, for whatever reason, are going to harm their bond with their child.