S/O childbirth Clicky Poll:

E Squared

Can I just get knocked out at 36 weeks and wake up with the baby in my arms and a fresh face of make-up?

awesome-sauce

6fsn:

It's a personal choice.  I certainly didn't plan on 2 days of induction with no real progress.  I wanted an epi and vaginal and ended up with a c/s.

2 days. 2 Days. TWO DAYS?! Ack, that skeers me.

MinM

E - I think that is the standard WW/MN labor plan. I taught H how to powder my face just for this reason.

awesome-sauce

E Squared:

Can I just get knocked out at 36 weeks and wake up with the baby in my arms and a fresh face of make-up?

In the "old days", they sometimes knocked women out. My Mom said she does not remember the actual birth part of my oldest sister. (The sister with the 27ish hour birth.) Mom said she was knocked OUT.

Cant_wait!

wait wait, I have to add something to my birthplan:

"there shall be no horror story labor talk at my baby shower"

I know that's pre-birth, but it must be said. At my poor SIL's shower last summer all the old moms were tossing words around like "saddle block" and "fourth degree tear" and "ripped cervix" and "no longer anatomically correct". Poor thing was white as a ghost by the end of the shower.

MinM

Yeah, parents like to tell their horror stories...I hate this.

hmonkey

i just clenched.

i do wish for old skool labour, with the full-on ether mask.

hmonkey

i do enjoy natalie dee's description of her preeclampsia and premature birth via cs of her child.  at least she makes it funny --

http://blog.nataliedee.com/index.php?blogid=274 

6fsn

awesome-sauce:

6fsn:

It's a personal choice.  I certainly didn't plan on 2 days of induction with no real progress.  I wanted an epi and vaginal and ended up with a c/s.

2 days. 2 Days. TWO DAYS?! Ack, that skeers me.

Don't be skeered.  I never really felt the first contraction.  The only bad part was my maternity "ward" was all of 6 rooms.  I couldn't GO anywhere so I was bored out of my ever-loving mind.  That and I couldn't eat "just in case".

 

awesome-sauce

6fsn:

awesome-sauce:

6fsn:

It's a personal choice.  I certainly didn't plan on 2 days of induction with no real progress.  I wanted an epi and vaginal and ended up with a c/s.

2 days. 2 Days. TWO DAYS?! Ack, that skeers me.

Don't be skeered.  I never really felt the first contraction.  The only bad part was my maternity "ward" was all of 6 rooms.  I couldn't GO anywhere so I was bored out of my ever-loving mind.  That and I couldn't eat "just in case".

 

I'd be a raving lunatic if I couldn't eat for 2 days. Knock me out, if that's the case.

baconsmom

Late to the party, but I had the epi after feeling one contraction. I'm sure it slowed down my dilation, and I did have the C after not dilating enough in 24 hours, but I didn't care. That one contraction? Felt like the worst menstrual cramp I'd ever had, times 5.

If I could get an epi every month for my cramps, I would. I told the anesthesiologist I loved him when it kicked in, and I went on to sleep and be fairly comfortable for the next twelve hours before my body started wanting to push and they wheeled me into surgery.

But I always say this: I know my pain limits better than the average bear, and it should always be a personal choice. I was lucky to get a hospital where they didn't insist on a certain amount of dilation before the epi, because I would have screamed the fcking house down if they hadn't given me one. I knew I couldn't handle that pain. (The section recovery, OTOH, was a breeze. Never needed anything stronger than Tylenol.)

6fsn

They gave the meds from 6 am to 7 pm.  I was allowed to eat dinner and a snack, but nothing during the day.

GBCK

hmonkey:

i just clenched.

i do wish for old skool labour, with the full-on ether mask.

I still dont understand how the US is one of the only places that doesnt' allow lauging gas during childbirth.

I want to do whippets damnit!

PMeg819

So late to the party and no one will see this but I don't care. I'm planning on going natural. Like most moms, I'm taking it how it comes. If the baby needs to come out and meds are necessary, then that's how it goes. That said, I'm putting myself in a situation where that will probably be less likely. I see a midwife, who won't induce unless I go past 42 weeks. The midwives are also less likely to bring up pain medication. I've also been doing lots of natural childbirth prep (pain coping techniques). I've done my research, and while the side effects of pain meds are minimal, I feel like it's in my best interest to goes as long as possible or not use them at all. Besides, the pain is there for a reason. Best to let nature do it's thang. I've been doing good up until now, why mess with it?