I have yet to read one storey here of a natural or drug free birth.
QFP btw.
1. Chatter Free means no comments. Especially rude, mom-shaming ones. The point of that thread is to link your birth story, or just tell it, with maybe a picture if you want of your new squish, and Love Its are the only responses those posts should get. The first girl that said Congratulations got called out for breaking the rules of chatter free, and you just Mom-shamed, which deserves it's own special kind of call-out because it is UNACCEPTABLE on a Mommy board.
2. How these babies enter this world safely is the decision of the mother and the medical staff. Especially considering it isn't even February yet, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE BABIES are EARLY, which may indicate some kind of intervention. It is not your decision or your place to judge a woman on how she brings a healthy child into this world. Shame on you.
3. Just because you decide that a "Natural or drug free birth" is what you want doesn't mean it's what everybody else wants for themselves or that it's superior to any other birth, or *GASP* that YOU might even get a natural or drug free birth!! S*** happens sometimes and child birth is no joke. Before modern medicine when all we had were natural and drug free child births, moms and babies DIED. A lot. So congratulations on your chosen birth plan; I'm sure a lot of these women and others have a similar one, but be open-minded and understand that it doesn't always happen and you have to be prepared for curve balls.
Ultimately keeping mom and baby safe and healthy is the end goal and be effing respectful of how it happens. Damn.
Congratulations to all the moms that have given birth so far. You are a WARRIOR, regardless of how your baby came, and I am in AWE of every single one of these stories! Keep them coming!
Best post ever to wake up to! also she must not have read any of the other threads here because I know quite a few that had to do it med free just in the sake of time (me included!).
I couldn't believe it when I read that. Couldn't have said it better myself. Who cares how baby gets here. I think all births are "natural." All that matters in the end is that mother and baby are safe and healthy.
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High five! I love reading each and every story and am just so thankful that each baby and mama is healthy and doing well so far. I'm a FTM, so I can't even imagine how emotional, scary, exciting the whole process is, but even moreso when the baby comes early and there may be additional factors involved. You go mamas!
@geojam224 already said it all, but still, WTAF. It's not even February yet and we already have so many precious babies. Can't wait to see the rest as the month goes on and hear about all of the miraculous birth stories of all varieties.
I was in tears from reading all the beatiful, safe, successful birth stories and then someone put in a ignorant, arrogant comment like that.
OP, thank you for stressing how truly blessed we are that "unnatural" birth is even available to us. There are millions of women around the world who do not have that luxury and they and their children have to pay the ultimate price for it.
I wish all you wonderful women a safe and wonderful birth experience.
She must have missed the memo... opinions are like a**holes.... everybody's got one!! Doesn't necessarily mean we want to hear hers.
Love all all the birth stories! Seeing all those sweet faces is a constant reminder of what I am doing this for. 38w2d and I'm so ready to meet my little girl!!
Great job to all the mama's who have shared their stories and good luck to everyone that is still patiently (or trying to be) waiting!
Ugh bless you. I saw that comment earlier when I was taking one of my early morning pee breaks, and it's absolute trash. All these babies were born early, it's not like women want to have their babies early. Sometimes it's necessary though. What I am glad for are all the babies being healthy (probably due to the interventions anyways, thanks doctors who know best!).
Also, most of the babies already born are twins, which I guess OP hasn't had or researched at any point.
Also just wanted to throw out there that having my FIRST baby at term, but still early to me since she wasn't ready, via c-section because my blood pressure was bordering heart attack ranges, SHOULD have been terrifying.. But seeing all the other moms in similar situations on one post, with beautiful babies and knowing mine would soon be there .. Is really peaceful. I wasn't nervous at all about her health and safety because I was reading all these post before I went in. No one has even gotten to their due date yet so obviously 90% of us couldn't follow the original birth plan.
@acmw21 I'm so glad someone beat me to this. I'll risk the warning and tell you that comment was a bitchy and impossibly rude thing. Who cares if someone had a c section or used medicine to aid in their birth?! The important thing is that ALL mamas and babies are safe and healthy. You are a twatwaffle. Come out of nowhere and post that. On the BIRTH STORY thread of all things. It's almost as if you were drunk posting. Disgusting.
What's even more baffling is she doesn't even seem to belong to a BMB. From her very very limited posting on TB.. She just lurks and chimes in with a bitchy comment on our board. Very strange.. Did she think that comment would actually go over well?!
I feel like to make such a comment is really tempting fate, as none of us know how our situation is going to unfold. I don't know anything about the person who made the comment, but it certainly seems like she doesn't have much experience with the birth process. I hope her delivery is safe and all goes well, and that afterward she offers an apology for her naive, stupid comment.
But for real though, what's so hard to understand about "CHATTER FREE" it means NO COMMENTS unless you had your baby and want to put the link/birth story!! Not difficult!
I'm so glad that someone called her out!! Seriously, what a rude and unnecessary comment to post on a CHATTER FREE birth story board?! And who the heck is she anyway?? I've never seen her post anything else on here but that. I wanted to reply to her comment, but didn't want to taint the birth story board any more than she already had. I bet Murphy's law is gonna get her and she'll be begging for an epidural when her day comes.
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Can we just collectively agree that the word "natural" has no place in birth plans/stories in general? You had an "unmedicated" birth, or a "med-free" birth, or even a "no epidural" delivery. I hate it when people say they had a "natural" delivery, as though an epidural is some kind of unnatural alien thing.
(And, FWIW, I plan on having a med free birth.. If this kid ever turns)
Huge props to everyone who has has thier babies already.... Especially since they were all early, which I am sure has an added level of stress that most people can't (and hopefully won't have to) contend with. I especially see pictures of those of you who had more than one baby, and I am so utterly impressed that I almost have no words! Tomorrow is feb, let's have many, many more healthy babies!
I carried this baby and grew her inside of me for 9 months; there was nothing unnatural about it. I'll proudly get her out with all and any modern medicine to be pain free. And you have no business judging me on the way I decide to give birth. You do you, I'll do me.
Nicely said! Took the words right out of my mouth....Keep rocking those birth stories mammas! You are all warriors and these babies are precious! loving the pics and stories!
I didn't see if she wrote more than what was posted on here. But why is everyone getting so upset? We all could be taking it the wrong way. Yes it's chatter free but it doesn't seem like she's intentionally trying to pissed anyone off. Some babies are already born, some coming near. Let's focus on the good! Who's with me?!
Mommy to my Angel baby Domenico Anjelo M/C 11 weeks 12/20/2014
I didn't see if she wrote more than what was posted on here. But why is everyone getting so upset? We all could be taking it the wrong way. Yes it's chatter free but it doesn't seem like she's intentionally trying to pissed anyone off. Some babies are already born, some coming near. Let's focus on the good! Who's with me?!
What good intent could possibly be behind that comment? That's a serious question.
I didn't see if she wrote more than what was posted on here. But why is everyone getting so upset? We all could be taking it the wrong way. Yes it's chatter free but it doesn't seem like she's intentionally trying to pissed anyone off. Some babies are already born, some coming near. Let's focus on the good! Who's with me?!
Why does there seriously have to be a white knight for everything. Seriously. She screwed up and tried to mama shame. Double dumb mistake.
@AdventureMamaI don't think she meant good intentions by that comment but some ppl don't think before they speak. Also maybe it was an observation. @AchaeAs for the white Knight comment, lol its funny. Ppl seem to use that term when someone doesn't agree with the rest of the group. It's called my own opinion. People are making it into a big deal. To me, I really don't care what she thinks. My focus is on my pregnancy and my baby. Not someone else's observation. I have more important things to stress about.
Mommy to my Angel baby Domenico Anjelo M/C 11 weeks 12/20/2014
All births are natural. Whether they're with medicine, no medicine, vaginally or by c section. The fact that she posted that and hasn't even popped in to defend, apologize or explain herself automatically turns it into a shitty, fly by night, rude post. More power to you for your white knight defending her. But 99.9% of the people on this board, whom I might add have been active participants since day one, call bullshit on her comment. It was morally wrong, and completely disrespectful.
I didn't see if she wrote more than what was posted on here. But why is everyone getting so upset? We all could be taking it the wrong way. Yes it's chatter free but it doesn't seem like she's intentionally trying to pissed anyone off. Some babies are already born, some coming near. Let's focus on the good! Who's with me?!
It was definitely meant to be rude. She's had like 3 comments ever and they were all post and ghost. It's MUD for sure.
Re: Who does that?!
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Shame on TB app too!
also she must not have read any of the other threads here because I know quite a few that had to do it med free just in the sake of time (me included!).
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I was in tears from reading all the beatiful, safe, successful birth stories and then someone put in a ignorant, arrogant comment like that.
OP, thank you for stressing how truly blessed we are that "unnatural" birth is even available to us. There are millions of women around the world who do not have that luxury and they and their children have to pay the ultimate price for it.
I wish all you wonderful women a safe and wonderful birth experience.
What a freaking twatwaffle!!!
Love all all the birth stories! Seeing all those sweet faces is a constant reminder of what I am doing this for. 38w2d and I'm so ready to meet my little girl!!
Great job to all the mama's who have shared their stories and good luck to everyone that is still patiently (or trying to be) waiting!
Ugh bless you. I saw that comment earlier when I was taking one of my early morning pee breaks, and it's absolute trash. All these babies were born early, it's not like women want to have their babies early. Sometimes it's necessary though. What I am glad for are all the babies being healthy (probably due to the interventions anyways, thanks doctors who know best!).
Also, most of the babies already born are twins, which I guess OP hasn't had or researched at any point.
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(And, FWIW, I plan on having a med free birth.. If this kid ever turns)
@AchaeAs for the white Knight comment, lol its funny. Ppl seem to use that term when someone doesn't agree with the rest of the group. It's called my own opinion. People are making it into a big deal. To me, I really don't care what she thinks. My focus is on my pregnancy and my baby. Not someone else's observation. I have more important things to stress about.
More power to you for your white knight defending her. But 99.9% of the people on this board, whom I might add have been active participants since day one, call bullshit on her comment. It was morally wrong, and completely disrespectful.