Have a natural birth

welll… i really wanted to accomplish this goal, but my pregnancy ended in a cesarean section. all that matters is that i got my baby :)

I’m very much in favor of natural birth, and hope this is the way it goes, but I also have no good sense of my own pain tolerance.

I’ve been doing workouts relatively regularly, and I’m determined to be able to move around during the labor. I DO NOT want to be confined to a bed, so it is really important that I don’t have an epidural if I can help it.

However, I know this is going to suck, and will do whatever I can to make this the best experience it can be.

I’m so excited. I’ve made it into my 39th week of pregnancy. Angel should be coming any day now and I can’t wait to see him. Good news and motivation too. A friend of mine recently had a baby and she had hers natural and she said it was no problem. She said to not be scared or stressed and let everything happen the way it should. :) COME ON ANGEL! 10 DAYS AND COUNTING (HOPEFULLY!)

I’m really confident that I will be able to complete this. At my birth class we talked about all the things to be aware of. Also, by choosing not to have an epidural I will have full use of my surroundings and everything in my room so that I can control the situation (the best that I can!). We have showers and tubs in each room, rocking chairs, birth balls, whatever I request. This is right around the corner! I have to stay strong!

So i signed up for a class at my hospital and it’s on December 6th. It’s an all day class because my due date is so close it would kind of be useless to stretch it out over a couple days. I’m pretty excited about it.

This is a challenging goal and I am doing a lot of reading to find out what is possible. My hospital are not being very cooperative and want me to have an epidural in case the 2nd baby goes for a swim after the birth of the first and then I need some manual manipulation. Also, they want to give me a hormone injection for the third stage in case I bleed too much. I have done my natal hypnotherapy training so I am determined!

I’m due Jan 15, 2009. This is something that I really want to accomplish. I don’t know why it’s so scary for me. I look back and my mother delivered me and my two brothers naturally, and I want to do the same. That’s what women are designed to do! This is important to me and the father of my child. We are very old school in the way that we see things. His mother had him and his siblings naturally also. I’m pretty positive that I can do this. I just really hope that I don’t need a C-section. :(

Both my children were born naturally (vaginally) with no pain meds. It was totally worth it!

after reading and researching what can happen with an epidural i have decided to opt out on it this time.
with my first baby i had just turned 18 and really didnt know anything about what negative effects an epidural could have, i was young and naive…luckily though the only negative effect it had on me was to help slow my labor(which was already 39 hours).
after reading up on having a natural childbirth i’ve decided that it will be best in helping me recover fast and hopefully deliver faster(anything will seem faster then 39 hours)
i am nervous about doing it but think it will help boost my confidence and help me to find inner strength i’m not aware i have.

until “Bug” is born and she’s already in the right position, had my 34 weeks antenatal today. To be honest I think my yoga classes have really helped as she’s been in the right position nearly the whole time.