What kind of birth did you have???

[luvmybabes]

I am wondering what kind of birth you had. I have had one with an epidural and one without...but the one with was so hard to feel when to push and the one without was so painful I don't know if I can handle it with twins. The doctor also said C-section is always available to mother with twins. What kind did you have and how was the outcome. Please explain.

[luvmybabes]

wow Thanks for all your comments. I want to try to do it without an epidural but I dont know if i can handle the pain it is so terrible. but I also don't want an epidural because of the problems it has caused me in the past... Thank you all.. as the time gets closer for me to make a desicion I will probably be asking for more advice

[JoyRenee]

luvmybabes- you can do it! Consider hiring a doula and get your significant other on board. If you surround yourself with support then it makes it a whole heck of a lot easier!

[JoyRenee]

No one is looking down on anyone who has had an epidural. My first two births were epidural births. I've experienced both kinds of vag. birth- medicated and natural. Therefore I was speaking from experience.

[Ashelen]

Nono Joy actually I wasn't referring to anyone on here....I think that women who choose medication get villified in a lot of circles and I really think that's a shame, but nobody here was offensive or anything! My friend (all three births without meds) and I were simply speaking about the subject a few days ago and she agrees that women who choose meds are often talked down upon and she doesn't believe it's fair either....LOL I wasn't talking about anyone here trust me everyone here is too nice :D

[motherof1boy]

Even before I was pregnant I used to watch birthing videos online and I ALWAYS wanted to have the amazing birth experience. When I was pregnant I watched the business of being born and if I hadn't had experience of working in a hospital and seeing some pretty rough stuff to make me nervous and if I had a dr that would have done it...I would have loved to have a home birth completely natural. It was my dream. I even wrote in my pregnancy journal that I was looking forward to the birth, because it is the most awesome thing. It's so empowering for a woman. It's so beautiful.
Then I went into labor.
I was in labor 24 hours at home with bad contractions anywhere from 5-30 min. apart. To where I couldn't move or stand. Then when my dr said just come to the hospital we want to check you, I was only at 2 cm. So they started me on some pitocin. At that point I was like just give me an epidural this is gonna take too long and I'm already worn out from the past 24 hours of contractions. (I was 40 weeks at the time). I was on pit all day long. It was another 8 hours of pitocin induced contractions and I only got to 5cm. All day long my little guys heart rate kept dropping after a contraction (late deccelerations) but it would always come back up. Finally at about 6 pm that night his heart rate dropped in the 60s and they couldn't get it up. So they took me for an emergent Csection, where they knocked me completely out. I didn't see the birth and my husband didn't even get to see the birth. It turns out his cord was wrapped all around his chest, arms, and neck. I would have never been able to have a vaginal birth with him.
I was so devistated. Still am, that I didn't get my birth experience. So all in all, I had 32 hours of labor, 12 at home med free, 8 with epidural and pitocin. All to end up unconcious and have him cut out anyway. I do have to say the epidural was AMAZING!
I did struggle with some serious post partum depression, I always wonder if it had to do with the fact that I had such a traumatizing birth experience.

[smjmekg]

I found out I was pregnant about 4 and a half-5 weeks. I wanted nothing more than a completely natural water birth, but ended up with a c-section. DS was breech from before 33 weeks on and I was too scared to have him turned. I'd been having contractions from 23 weeks, and didn't want him to arrive before his due date. I scheduled the c-section for 39 weeks exactly, and that's when he arrived. It wasn't that bad, I had a very short and fast recovery, with hardly any pain I didn't even need medication, except for in the hospital (spinal headache). I had him Wednesday morning and came home Saturday. He was in the nursery the first twenty four hours because he had some fluid in his lungs, and I didn't get to see him (born at 1022 am) until 7 pm and didn't get to hold him until 1am. So that was the hardest part, not being able to have my baby with me. TTC number two now, and with this baby I'm hoping to try to go completely natural, VBAC. The only other problem I had was back pain right along my spine. I had one anesthesiologist try five times to get my spinal in and had to have another come in and he got it on the first try. OH! And right after they took DS out I started having pain in my stomach when no one was touching me so they gave me two more shots of morphine and one of demerol, and I was on and off for a few hours. But I'm fine, recovery was great, and DS is a happy healthy almost 18 month old.