Comments on: Morgan’s Birth

By: Candy

Candy — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:36:24 +0000

That was horribly beautiful! Birth is never pretty, but always amazing, even in a hospital. Mine was medicated (two days of labor made even breathing too painful), but I’m hoping any others can be natural, especially now that I’ve learned a bit more.

Blessed Be

By: Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:13:31 +0000

Thank you. Looking back on it, there are several things I kind of shake my head at (and I’ll never stop being annoyed about the cervical stretching I DID NOT NEED or know was coming) but over all, it was a very good experience. It helped that the mw in attendance had been a home-birth midwife for many years.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:37:13 +0000

This is cool for a hospital birth. An ideal hospital birth for sure. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing. : )

By: Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:28:03 +0000

Thank you! You can do it! You can! You’re body really does know what to do. I found, with my third birth, that practicing relaxation exercises before going to sleep (mainly deep breathing and focusing on relaxing my face) to be enormously helpful. When the big day came, I was so relaxed I didn’t really believe I was in labor until I realized his head was *right there*. It’s kind of an amusing story, hehe. Anyway, if you decide you want to give it a shot, the best advice I was ever given was to focus on deep, even breathing and to relax my face. For whatever reason, it’s very difficult or even impossible to tense your pelvic floor while keeping your face completely relaxed. Tension=pain. Relaxation=faster dilation and an easier birth. It worked for me!

By: ShesWrite

ShesWrite — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:01:45 +0000

Wow. What an amazingly inspiring story. I’ve thought it would be really cool to have an unmedicated childbirth, but never really wrapped my mind around it. With my first I was induced because I had high blood pressure and symptoms just like you, but it was medicated and my guy was 5 lbs 6 oz and I only pushed for about five minutes before the little guy eeked out. I often wonder do I have *it* in me to deliver a baby unmedicated? I’m due again in a month and am again having blood pressure issues, I’m hoping I don’t have to be induced.

I figure if I can work my mind around having an unmedicated birth and accept it and trust myself I could do it, but with all that’s going on in the rest of my life, will I really have time to work on myself, make sure that trust is in tact? I can barely figure out what I’m going to have for dinner let alone learn to trust my body. Which sounds odd, I’m sure, but it’s true.

Nevertheless, this is a great story and I’ll probably read it a few more times. Reading about other women’s unmedicated birthing stories is so inspiring and gets me closer to being “there.” Thanks for sharing.

By: Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:12:00 +0000

I know! I look back and I think “well that didn’t need to happen” or “oh please, really?” but in the moment and certainly when one looks at the state of birth in our society today, it was amazing. It will always be one of the defining moments of my life and I’m happy to share it with other people.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:52:14 +0000

Wow. I love it! NOT too shabby for a hospital birth!!!!