Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I'm due tomorrow!

But absolutely nothing is going on!! I had some false labor last Saturday, technically early Sunday morning, I woke up at 2am and could barely walk, my back and hips had sooo much pressure and I felt cramp-like feelings every 10 minutes for the next 3 hours, but I got tired and fell asleep and in the morning they were gone. I'm not exactly in a rush to have the baby or anything, I just really don't want to be induced, I watched "The Business of Being Born" awhile ago and have dreaded having any sort of medical interference with my labor and delivery. I don't want Pitocin, I don't want an epidural, and I certainly do not want a c-section! I want to be able to move freely, and use a birthing tub. They say being induced causes the contractions to come on so strongly and so quickly that your body doesn't have enough time to produce the endorphins and hormones that help manage pain naturally so most women end up getting epidurals, where you are immobile, catheterized and on your back, which leads to no labor progress, which leads to more Pitocin and then that leads to fetal distress by the extreme contractions, which leads finally to a c-section. I really want to avoid all this!! So I've been reading up on natural ways to induce labor. The two most popular are walking and of course sex haha. So after my Doctor appointment tomorrow, hopefully we will see if there is any effacement or dialation and if there isn't I'm going to be trying to get this thing going!!

1 comment:

  1. Oh my gosh!!!! How exciting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say you try what got you into this situation to get you out ;) eh ? Lol jk I wish you the best!!!

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