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Lil boy Ryan is 2 weeks old today! The first 2 weeks with Ryan flew by, especially because we spent 3.5 days in the hospital. Up until a few days ago, I thought this was the easiest thing ever (minus recovery/breastfeeding)… Ryan had been an angel! I forgot to knock on wood or something because the day after I posted that same comment on facebook, I got peed on, my mom got pooped on, and he wouldn’t stop crying. AH! Mama Keep Reading 2-week-old newborn baby I received a few questions by email and post comments about labor and c-sections… I thought I’d try to be helpful to everyone and answer them here: Question: Did I practice any pain management techniques? Do I think they’d be helpful? Answer: We decided to do the Bradley Method (husband-coached childbirth). But we didn’t take a class, we only read the book (both Steve and I read it). Honestly, we didn’t find it very helpful. It starts by trying to pump Keep Reading Your questions about c-sections & labor After writing the pitocin post yesterday, I cried for awhile. Just one of those nights. I talked about it for awhile on twitter (actually, I more just read what other people had to say and didn’t do much talking). Two things I noticed: 1) An incredible amount of people have a similar story. Why is it so “normal” to receive a c-section these days, especially unnecessary and most likely unwanted ones? What is wrong with medical staff that this is what it Keep Reading Birth Story: pitocin to c-section The reasons I think I ended up getting pitocin (when I went in not wanting it AT ALL): 1) when you’re asked 4 times if it can be given to you, each time wears you down 2) I was told I should be dilating 1 cm every hour, on average, but that I was “stuck” at 5 cm for 4 hours 3) A huge reason I never wanted pitocin was because of the more painful contractions it causes. But because I ended up getting the epidural and could feel Keep Reading Birth Story: epidural to pitocin Read the start of labor here: Going into Labor We arrived around 4am and got right into a room (the entire place was empty!) where they hooked me up to the heartbeat and contraction monitor. The nurse was asking all these questions and every time I had a contraction, I’d have to concentrate and not talk – she seemed almost annoyed or impatient with that, which made me feel rushed. That was surprising because… isn’t Keep Reading Birth Story: pain meds |
      
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