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Sick of all of the negative opinions regarding natural birth
Even those who I really thought would be supportive seem shocked and basically say it will be impossible. Of course many of these people are not mothers, or never even considered natural birth. I never thought it was that strange. My mother had natural births twice. I have a pretty high pain tolerance and a very strong will. I know I can do it with proper preparation.
I feel the need to explain my reasons every time, and I have good ones. I want to feel the whole experience, I react strangely to medication and have fear of the epidural side effects, I do not want to open the door to interventions unless absolutely necessary.
How do you respond to people who have nothing good to say?
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Re: Sick of all of the negative opinions regarding natural birth
The easiest thing to do is not talk about it. People will comment on your choices no matter what they are. You don't have to defend any of your decisions, you don't even have to discuss them.
You don't have to explain it to anyone. Its your birth. There is no reason to debate with people who haven't done their research or had an experience. My advice is to just smile and say "Well, thats the plan!" If someone is real
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I've not had any negative experiences with this, but then again, I tend to be pretty flexible. Nobody has asked me my birth plans, but if they did, I'd say that my plan is to deliver exactly as I did my son- vaginal birth, no meds. But I also realize t
I totally understand how you feel! I've had people I barely know come up to me and say "get the epidural!"... I don't think that they realize that they are coming across poorly. And I agree with you, it's often the ones with no true childbearing experi
Just turn it back on them. They don't want to talk about you. They want to talk about themselves.
So when somebody says "You're getting the epidural, right?!?!?!"
Instead of saying "No, not planning on it", try "Why do you ask?"
You g
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To "Are you going to get an epidural" I usually respond "I certainly hope not!". to "You're brave!" I usually respond "No, YOU'RE brave! I'm scared to death of having a needle stuck in my spine, and I don't like having a needle stuck in my vein either"