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Nov 17, 2008 14:41

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conundrum1 November 17 2008, 17:02:34 UTC
That's such a bad policy for a hospital to have.

At Mt. Sinai, the nurses encourage immediate skin-to-skin. If the baby needs a warmer - it's inside the room. In normal situations, Mum & Babe are never separated.

From my recent experience, labour and delivery is not exactly fun (though it's manageable with the right attitude and/or drugs), but having a baby is the most amazingly wonderful thing in the entire world.

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ninabrujaha November 17 2008, 17:16:35 UTC
So, would you be willing to elaborate - like, how was your labor? What was your pain management plan of action? Was it scary, or just intense, or what? It's good to get this from someone who's given birth recently...

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conundrum1 November 17 2008, 18:45:05 UTC
Short version ( ... )

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ninabrujaha November 17 2008, 18:48:41 UTC
May I ask why you had pitocin?

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conundrum1 November 17 2008, 18:51:20 UTC
To speed up my labour. I was 5 or 6 cm for about 5 hours and the doctor ordered the pitocin. I was in no state to fight for myself. My doula tried, but the doctor shot her down. It really didn't matter too much because I had the epidural - I only felt a mild twinge of pain on my left side each time I had a contraction - nothing terrible.

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ninabrujaha November 17 2008, 18:59:52 UTC
I guess once your water had broken it's also a slightly higher risk to wait...
I don't know. I am hoping my doctors will not be medication happy. I also hope when it comes to fighting for what I want I am able to, because it really is sort of taking advantage on their part by pushing medication on women in such a vulnerable state.
Though I'm glad it worked out for you :)
Do you think you took the epidural during transition? I've been told that when you get to the point that you can't take anymore, generally, it doesn't get worse. But in any case, I'd agree that the point to accept pain relief would be when you want to curl up and die...

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conundrum1 November 17 2008, 19:30:48 UTC
I probably was in transition because I was shaking uncontrollably and had vomited twice.

You're right - it couldn't have been any worse, but I would NOT have wanted to be in that state for another five hours *shudders*. As soon as the epidural kicked in, I was able to be my usual happy chatterbox self - until the pushing stage.

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