labor/birth dream

[alibali]

I had a very vivid dream about labor/birth.  Not at all vivid in the fact that I saw/felt everything just vivid in that I woke up surprised I was still pregnant. I was in horrible pain and then blacked out.  Apparently, I ended up getting a c-section and when I came to, Mark told me everything that happened because I didn't know anything.  I wasn't

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[alibali]

I really like her so I'm hoping everything turns out well. I'm thinking positive and as long as it's available and I"m not "risked out" for some reason, I totally want to try giving birth in the tub this time around. The hospital only has one room with a tub but she said it hasn't really been an issue in the past that 2 people wanted it at the same time, so I guess we'll see.

I think the time limit may have been an issue with my last birth - it was about 45 minutes to an hour when they called the dr in to pull it out of me. With this midwife, she would give more time, we'd try the Angelica root, and she could go in and remove my placenta herself- plus she'd tell me what's going on which would really help with the trauma aspect of the whole thing. She definitely mentioned that when she's done hospital transfers, it's not a rushing type of thing even when they get to the hospital. For some reason, those midwives/hospital wanted everything out by an hour so that's the timeline they give and apparently they don't really care what they do to you to follow those guidelines.

I've read Ina May's book so I'm familiar. My doula/friend knows all about the prior birth so she'll be there to (hopefully) keep us all calm and we've spoken to the midwife about it a whole bunch too so she knows what we're getting into.