Comments on: My Second Son-A Bradley Method-Pitocin Induced Birth Story http://natural-childbirth.net/my-second-son-a-bradley-method-pitocin-induced-birth-story/ From One Mother to Another Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Meg http://natural-childbirth.net/my-second-son-a-bradley-method-pitocin-induced-birth-story/#comment-2304 Meg Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:06:09 +0000 http://natural-childbirth.net/?p=39#comment-2304 I was induced at 36 weeks because of preeclampsia with my first pregnancy. My health had been good, I was not overweight, and I had planned to have my midwife deliver naturally at the hospital. My symptoms were worsening and it became apparent that an induction would be necessary. I arrived at the hospital at noon, had my water broken and started pitocin at 1pm. By 4 labor was steady, by 6pm it was very intense. A wonderful nurse wrapped my (IV Needle) hand in plastic and let me leave the bed to labor in the shower over a birthing ball. It felt good to move, walk, squat (I had to pee alot because I had been on fluids). Transition was yowza-trippy-ghost-body pain, then it changed. It became a satisfying really need to take a crap sensation and the urge to bear down took over. In the shower I went from 4 cm to 10 cm in about 45 minutes. I had to push. At 9:50pm I delivered prayer style with my hands on the propped up bed and my knees supporting. I was loud, wet and naked. My 5lb 14oz baby girl was healthy and purely magickal. She nursed for a moment immediately, and I held her in awe. Then I put her in her fathers arms and took a shower. I'm curious and looking forward to a purely natural childbirth this go around. . . no preeclampsia! But, if you have to be induced, it is still do-able, intense, but bearable. I was induced at 36 weeks because of preeclampsia with my first pregnancy. My health had been good, I was not overweight, and I had planned to have my midwife deliver naturally at the hospital. My symptoms were worsening and it became apparent that an induction would be necessary. I arrived at the hospital at noon, had my water broken and started pitocin at 1pm. By 4 labor was steady, by 6pm it was very intense. A wonderful nurse wrapped my (IV Needle) hand in plastic and let me leave the bed to labor in the shower over a birthing ball. It felt good to move, walk, squat (I had to pee alot because I had been on fluids). Transition was yowza-trippy-ghost-body pain, then it changed. It became a satisfying really need to take a crap sensation and the urge to bear down took over. In the shower I went from 4 cm to 10 cm in about 45 minutes. I had to push. At 9:50pm I delivered prayer style with my hands on the propped up bed and my knees supporting. I was loud, wet and naked. My 5lb 14oz baby girl was healthy and purely magickal. She nursed for a moment immediately, and I held her in awe. Then I put her in her fathers arms and took a shower.

I’m curious and looking forward to a purely natural childbirth this go around. . . no preeclampsia! But, if you have to be induced, it is still do-able, intense, but bearable.

]]> By: Stacey http://natural-childbirth.net/my-second-son-a-bradley-method-pitocin-induced-birth-story/#comment-49 Stacey Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:04 +0000 http://natural-childbirth.net/?p=39#comment-49 Hey Heather! Thanks for the great comment. Yeah, Pitocin is a drug. It is one of the worst, and most commonly used drugs in pregnancy today. That is part of my point. That it is very hard to have a natural birth in the hospital in the care of a doctor. My other point is that I was uneducated. When you see a doctor for care, you expect for them to actually care for you. All they REALLY do is take care of the problems that are caused by your lack of knowledge, with drugs and other interventions. This is just my story of what happened, and why I am trying to help other women to not fall into the same trap. Pitocin is a trap. This doctor knew that I wanted a natural birth and told me that I could have one in the hospital. I don’t believe that she actually wanted to do it, though. She, like many other doctors want to “schedule” all of their births so they don’t have to work around the clock or risk losing money. She did not want to work around my birth plan. She wanted to do things her way, and she used fear to do it. She told me that I was sick, with preeclampsia, which I probably was not. And, she told me that there was no danger to the baby when inducing with Pitocin. “It is the exact chemical composition of the oxytocin your body produces,” she said. She told me that if I did not induce, there were risks of harming my liver permanently, having emergency cesarean, or harming my child. What would you do? I still chose to do it without pain medication, which would have only benefited me while harming my child, and would have caused more problems with breastfeeding and possibly damaged his brain permanently. This was NOT an ideal birth. This was not an ideal pregnancy. My point is that Natural Childbirth is doable, even when it is 10x more painful due to induction. However, I was still in control. I could feel my body, work with the contractions and push the baby out on my own. I still got that rush when he came out. I was present in the moment. I could nurse him immediately afterward, stand and walk on my own. This site is not just about how great my births were (most of them were not ideal), it is about how they could have been better. With more knowledge, more confidence, and more support from my caregiver, they could have been better, and that is what I am trying to tell women. I want THEM to know what is going on, and not fall into the same traps that I did. Thanks again for the comment. :) Hey Heather! Thanks for the great comment. Yeah, Pitocin is a drug. It is one of the worst, and most commonly used drugs in pregnancy today. That is part of my point. That it is very hard to have a natural birth in the hospital in the care of a doctor. My other point is that I was uneducated. When you see a doctor for care, you expect for them to actually care for you. All they REALLY do is take care of the problems that are caused by your lack of knowledge, with drugs and other interventions. This is just my story of what happened, and why I am trying to help other women to not fall into the same trap. Pitocin is a trap. This doctor knew that I wanted a natural birth and told me that I could have one in the hospital. I don’t believe that she actually wanted to do it, though. She, like many other doctors want to “schedule” all of their births so they don’t have to work around the clock or risk losing money. She did not want to work around my birth plan. She wanted to do things her way, and she used fear to do it. She told me that I was sick, with preeclampsia, which I probably was not. And, she told me that there was no danger to the baby when inducing with Pitocin. “It is the exact chemical composition of the oxytocin your body produces,” she said. She told me that if I did not induce, there were risks of harming my liver permanently, having emergency cesarean, or harming my child. What would you do? I still chose to do it without pain medication, which would have only benefited me while harming my child, and would have caused more problems with breastfeeding and possibly damaged his brain permanently. This was NOT an ideal birth. This was not an ideal pregnancy. My point is that Natural Childbirth is doable, even when it is 10x more painful due to induction. However, I was still in control. I could feel my body, work with the contractions and push the baby out on my own. I still got that rush when he came out. I was present in the moment. I could nurse him immediately afterward, stand and walk on my own.

This site is not just about how great my births were (most of them were not ideal), it is about how they could have been better. With more knowledge, more confidence, and more support from my caregiver, they could have been better, and that is what I am trying to tell women. I want THEM to know what is going on, and not fall into the same traps that I did. Thanks again for the comment. :)

]]> By: Heather Leila http://natural-childbirth.net/my-second-son-a-bradley-method-pitocin-induced-birth-story/#comment-47 Heather Leila Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:42:06 +0000 http://natural-childbirth.net/?p=39#comment-47 I'm not trolling, but if you had to use Pitocin, how was that really a natural birth? And, while your doctor could have told you to eat better, you could have told yourself to eat better too. Wasn't there a way to do this without using Pitocin? Still, it IS very impressive that you didn't let the Pitocin lead to even more drugs. I’m not trolling, but if you had to use Pitocin, how was that really a natural birth? And, while your doctor could have told you to eat better, you could have told yourself to eat better too. Wasn’t there a way to do this without using Pitocin? Still, it IS very impressive that you didn’t let the Pitocin lead to even more drugs.

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