Comments on: This is No Place to Have a Baby http://pursuingtitus2.com/2010/03/13/this-is-no-place-to-have-a-baby/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel http://pursuingtitus2.com/2010/03/13/this-is-no-place-to-have-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Rachel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:54:43 +0000 http://pursuingtitus2.com/?p=1723#comment-1927 I really believe that women should educate other women on what is possible with birth and how rewarding a natural birth can be. I think so often we just assume we should always trust the doctor, when often they are just following what is normal procedure...normal procedure is not always the healthiest thing. I am so thankful for the midwives I had with me at my births, even though they suggested inductions both times were willing to let me follow my instinct (my situation was on the brink of serious, but not so it was okay) and have two wonderful short natural labors and deliveries....both in hospitals, and both without intervention and the ability to walk around, and even soak in the tub. I really believe that women should educate other women on what is possible with birth and how rewarding a natural birth can be. I think so often we just assume we should always trust the doctor, when often they are just following what is normal procedure…normal procedure is not always the healthiest thing.

I am so thankful for the midwives I had with me at my births, even though they suggested inductions both times were willing to let me follow my instinct (my situation was on the brink of serious, but not so it was okay) and have two wonderful short natural labors and deliveries….both in hospitals, and both without intervention and the ability to walk around, and even soak in the tub.

]]> By: L. http://pursuingtitus2.com/2010/03/13/this-is-no-place-to-have-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 L. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:51:34 +0000 http://pursuingtitus2.com/?p=1723#comment-1926 I had exactly the opposite problem -- my doctor pressured me into a VBAC, when I wanted an elective c-section. Fortunately, he relented, and I had the birth I wanted and me and my little girl (now 13! not so little!) were just fine. Doctors should listen to women -- we usually know our bodies better than they do. I had exactly the opposite problem — my doctor pressured me into a VBAC, when I wanted an elective c-section. Fortunately, he relented, and I had the birth I wanted and me and my little girl (now 13! not so little!) were just fine. Doctors should listen to women — we usually know our bodies better than they do.

]]> By: Mrs. Parunak http://pursuingtitus2.com/2010/03/13/this-is-no-place-to-have-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Mrs. Parunak Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:26:03 +0000 http://pursuingtitus2.com/?p=1723#comment-1925 Cord, I think we're on the same page. What I was excited about was the more mainstream recognition of the problem, NOT necessarily the brand of solutions. Cord,

I think we’re on the same page. What I was excited about was the more mainstream recognition of the problem, NOT necessarily the brand of solutions.

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