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SLSeibert1
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Having a meltdown over Texas Woman's
SLSeibert1
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Ok, so today I just reached my breaking point. I am supposed to deliver at Texas Woman's in May, because that is the only hospital my doctor will deliver at. However, I am WANTING as natural of an experience as possible without doing it at a birthing center. I don't want to give birth on my back and I sure as hell want to walk around if I want to. I am thinking about changing both my doctor and the hospital at this point and need suggestions! PLEASE give me feedback on both a doctor that is more open to natural deliveries and a hospital that won't strap me to the bed on my back to deliver. TIA ladies!!!
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Re: Having a meltdown over Texas Woman's
Call the midwives at Women's Specialist of Houston & tour both St Lukes & Methodist
https://www.womenspecialists.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
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Definitely look into the midwives, or at least a more mother-friendly, ncb-friendly doc. Another idea is to look into a mother's advocate - like a doula or monitrice. You can find lots in the Houston area at doulamatch.net. Depending on where you are located in town, I could give you referrals for someone in your area if you are interested.
Good for you for knowing what you want and being willing to fight for it. That is one of the best ways to achieve it. I wish you all the best and let me know if I can help you in some way.
I delivered at Women's and whether or not I had a natural birth was all about my doctor, not the hospital. I labored for more than 16 hours until the baby started having heart issues and a c-section became inevitable. I was not tied to my bed at all. In fact, I spent most of my labor in a rocking chair, flinging myself back and forth at breakneck speed.
Not every hospital is for every person, but it's hardly worth melting down about.
I didn't deliver at Womens. But it does seem like it depends a lot on your doctor and the nurses you get when you deliver. My experiences at Clear Lake Regional aren't much different than the ones at Womens, save for a few policies. My doctor, however, was very okay with me walking or doing what I wanted while I labored (I sat on the birthing ball). And he would have been okay with delivering in a different position... but I didn't want to. I actually liked pushing while laying on my back.
So, I would talk to your doctor specifically about how free you will be under his/her care. If you are still unsatisfied, I would look into a midwife or birthing center where you would have more options.
Have you talked to your MD about the type of delivery you want? Like others have said, it depends on your MD. I'm delivering at Women's and my Dr. used to be a Nurse Midwife, so she understands what I want to try for my delivery. Her name is Dr. Samora-Mata. I really like her.
Good luck and try not to stress yourself too much over it.
I knew I was having a big baby and was a week overdue. I was all about the medicine and over the idea of a natural birth except I wanted to go vaginal if I could help it.
I delivered at Methodist.
You can email me at nestiemichellebelle at yahoo dot com for more information on my experience if you want, although it was 4 years ago.
I did want to share that even though I planned on a typical hospital delivery, things went awry and the best blessing I could have had was to have a midwife on staff as an RN at the change of shift at 7p. She was able to get my sunny side up baby turned the right direction so she could descend - through directional pushing techniques (no pressing on my stomach but rather pressing me inside telling me where to push).
I don't have a lot of info about natural childbirth options at Methodist but I also really liked the rooming in feature (baby is in your room at all times unless you ask for him/her to go to the nursery) and they were extremely supportive of breastfeeding. They did send me home with formula but it was stuff the vendor dropped off there - they said, "Ah - take it because you never know but if you don't use it just donate it before it expires." Didn't push me to use it at all.
As for the meltdown. Do take a deep breath. I remember my first pregnancy (not sure which one this is for you) and it can be overwhelming at times and your emotions can be all over the place. Add to the normal emotional highs and lows that you may have to change doctors during your pregnancy and feeling like a meltdown is around the corner is not that unusual! But try to focus on the fact that many times your doctor isn't the one that catches your baby because we tend to go into labor when someone else is on call (murphy's law). Have a cup of decaf tea or cocoa and write out what you want in the birth plan, and try to meet with Dr. Bobo or someone from that practice if you can (i'd refer my doc but he is a traditional hospital delivery kind of guy).
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011