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Did you use the techniques taught in childbirth class?

Christina617Christina617
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We finished our childbirth education classes this week.  The final class consisted of having us try out a lot of different relaxation/pain management techniques for labor.  I was wondering, did you use them and find them helpful?  I can see us trying them so I'm hoping that we'll remember them in the moment. 
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Re: Did you use the techniques taught in childbirth class?

  • summerbridesarasummerbridesara member
    I did some of the breathing techniques they taught.  We also walked a lot in the hospital to try and get things moving. 
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  • Mrs.McJeepMrs.McJeep

    The only ones I was able to use were the breathing techniques.

    Since I went in w/ my water broke, they really didn't want me walking around.

    And I was hooked up to monitors, but it was also 6 weeks early.

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  • jldlmjldlm

    We used the breathing techniques a little bit.  I went in with my water already broke, and they needed to get fluids and antibiotics in me, so there wasn't a whole lot of out-of-bed time when I got in there.  But until I got the epidural, and then when it was time to push, we did the breathing exercises.

    The one thing that really helped during pushing though?  A popsicle.  No joke, it was like the most refreshing and energizing thing I'd ever had at that point!

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  • rlthomas7rlthomas7

    My water had already broken and I was on pitocin, so I wasn't able to move much. The contractions weren't horrible before I had the epi (but I have a high pain tolerance) and I ended up with a c-section. So no, I really didn't use any of that.

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  • jessv82jessv82
    The breathing was the only thing I did and it was really helpful; I was too far along when we got to the hospital to be able to be up and around (Group B strep positive, so I was hooked to an IV as soon we got there, then things just started moving before I could even think about relaxing in the tub or walking around).  I did find that while I was still at home I was more comfortable to be up and walking around so had I been in labor longer I probably would have been up and moving as much as possible...
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