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Kibbles09
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Throwing my 2 cents in here...
Kibbles09
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I had originally planned for a NB with LO, but once I was at the hospital, my nerves set in and when I was 5 cm I asked for an epidural. The anesthesiologist came and told me that because I have Scoliosis and titanium rods fused in my spinal cord, they wouldn't give me one because they had no record of where exactly my rods were. I was given one dose of this medication to "take the edge off", which, in reality, made me sleepy and still feel everything. I ended up delivering LO naturally, and I'm glad it happened that way. The most painful part for me was my contractrations when they told me I couldn't push yet when I was 8 cm dilated.
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Re: Throwing my 2 cents in here...
Had you done any preparations or did you just wing it?
Transition is, indeed, the worst.
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Glad you're happy with the outcome even though it wasn't your plan.
Pushing hurt the most for me.
Perhaps I'm naive, but I thought naturally meant without drugs?
Glad you have a healthy baby. Things don't always go the way we expect in the delivery room.
For some women, "naturally" = "out my vagina".
Most on this board use "naturally" = "med free".
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It was also my interpretation of natural birth to mean completely drug-free as well. The drugs that are used to "take the edge off" are level 2 narcotics (from what I have learned at Bradley classes). I have heard many people refer to natural birth as out the vagina as PP had said.
Congratulations on the birth of LO!