Comments | alibali: labor/birth dream

alibali

labor/birth dream

Jul 21, 2013 07:46

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 ( Read more... )

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smasharash July 22 2013, 13:32:55 UTC

Interesting. Any idea why your dream self was upset about the epidural? It sounds really empowering for you to be ok with a c-section because you trust your midwife, especially because avoiding one was the most important thing to you last time. Do you have a doula, or was that just in your dream? Have you had a chance to talk through what happened last time and why that might be?

alibali July 23 2013, 15:54:49 UTC

No, which is what made it so weird ( ... )

smasharash July 23 2013, 21:09:40 UTC

She sounds like a fantastic midwife ( ... )

alibali July 27 2013, 00:27:49 UTC

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 ( ... )