I had a lot of those feelings of "I can't do it" with Arthur. I was so on top of things with Peter's birth. With Arthur it was similar - if I got in certain positions the pain was really bad, and in others I didn't have anything at all. I thought if it were "real" labor they wouldn't stop, so I didn't stay in painful positions. I learned later that all of the painful positions were ones that could have helped speed things up (since my labor ended up being 31 hours) by getting him anterior. But oh well. Now I know
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drug free labor is hard no matter how you look at it, and is especially discouraging to have a long labor after a previous shorter one.
transferring isn't failure, sometimes it's really needed. no matter how many successful births I have behind me I always face each new upcoming birth with questions of "what if?" because you never know what will happen. I consider myself really lucky that nothing ever has, but still think I'm pushing my luck each time I face another. if a certain percent of births need medical attention, then the more I have, the higher the odds of one of mine needing it, no? to be honest, I'm terrified to ever do this again.
i was terrified of the transfer as well, at least before labor started. now that ive done it, and i know at least of one hospital that was pretty cool with my wishes, i dont feel nearly as frightened by it, should i ever have a pregnancy that requires hospital intervention.
Oh my god this is an amazing birth story! You're so brave! I would have been freaked and my husband would have absolutely panicked. Lol he's already panicked about the drive to the hospital when it's time to go and he doesn't want to even cut the cord so I can just imagine how he'd be if he had to catch the baby! Good for you both!!!
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transferring isn't failure, sometimes it's really needed. no matter how many successful births I have behind me I always face each new upcoming birth with questions of "what if?" because you never know what will happen. I consider myself really lucky that nothing ever has, but still think I'm pushing my luck each time I face another. if a certain percent of births need medical attention, then the more I have, the higher the odds of one of mine needing it, no? to be honest, I'm terrified to ever do this again.
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I think we have matching babies from June 2011. :)
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