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October 2011 Moms
Elsa1984
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Random Question....
Elsa1984
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So now that the carseat and vaccination debate has been brought up for the 1,000 time, I have a different question:
I know we all had different birth plans, some wanting natural, some wanting drugs, etc. In the end, some of us got the birth we were hoping for, and some didnt. For those that had a hardcore birth plan that you were 100 percent determined to achieve, when would have been the point where you would have changed your plan, and went a different route? Would it be if the baby's heart rate dropped? If you were in labor too long? Etc.
I am not trying to start a debate on which type of birth is better, I guess since I didn't have a birth plan, I am curious as to why some people would/did change their plan and why some didnt. My friend is a birth photographer and her latest client had her water break on Wed. She was having the baby naturally in a birth center. She was 100 percent determined to do everything naturally and let nature takes it course. The baby was born 72 hours later, blue and lifeless. After a breathing tube was placed, he eventually started breathing on his own. If that was me, I would have waited 24hrs after my water broke and then would tell them to drive my azz to the hospital and get the baby out of me. My plan would be out the window because frankly, I am a wimp and wouldn't want to labor that long or take the chance of baby having problems, being stuck, etc.
So I guess at what point would you, personally, throw your birth plan out the window?
I know we all had different birth plans, some wanting natural, some wanting drugs, etc. In the end, some of us got the birth we were hoping for, and some didnt. For those that had a hardcore birth plan that you were 100 percent determined to achieve, when would have been the point where you would have changed your plan, and went a different route? Would it be if the baby's heart rate dropped? If you were in labor too long? Etc.
I am not trying to start a debate on which type of birth is better, I guess since I didn't have a birth plan, I am curious as to why some people would/did change their plan and why some didnt. My friend is a birth photographer and her latest client had her water break on Wed. She was having the baby naturally in a birth center. She was 100 percent determined to do everything naturally and let nature takes it course. The baby was born 72 hours later, blue and lifeless. After a breathing tube was placed, he eventually started breathing on his own. If that was me, I would have waited 24hrs after my water broke and then would tell them to drive my azz to the hospital and get the baby out of me. My plan would be out the window because frankly, I am a wimp and wouldn't want to labor that long or take the chance of baby having problems, being stuck, etc.
So I guess at what point would you, personally, throw your birth plan out the window?
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Re: Random Question....
I wanted as natural a birth as possible. I had no choice but to change that plan when DS was two weeks past due and I had to be induced. I was hoping to do it without an epi, but the pitocin was more than I bargained for and I got one after 10 hours of
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"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
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BFP 1/18/11, EDD 10/1/11. Born at 37w5d on 9/15/11.
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"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
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