thread: am i being naive to think i can have a natural birth?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jun 2007
    Dandenong Ranges, Melbourne.
    5,673

    hello again everyone! possum when is your baby due??
    my friend was 10 days overdue and was booked in to get induced on monday night. yesterday i got a text message saying the induction had failed and that she was having a ceasarian...she had a little girl and both mum and bubs are doing fine..but she didn't get to hold the baby straight away..i'm not sure why i needed to tell you guys this..it's just been on my mind all night

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

    Jun 2005
    Sydney
    2,121

    Hi gracie.....

    I had a drug free labour with DD#2. THere wasnt much time for drugs as i arrived at the hossi fully dilated ready to push ( had her in emergency, no time to get me upstairs to maternity ward).
    I am gearing up for another drug free labour. A epi has never, ever crossed my mind and i dont think i will ever opt for that. Even during DD#1 labour which was pretty traumatic (retained placenta, post partum haemorraging, didnt get to hold baby either) i had pethidine...i felt crap afterwards.
    With DD#2 i felt like i could have walked out of the hospital that afternoon. I looked fresh, i felt great - 30 mins after she was born. Even my DH couldnt believe how content, relaxed i was.......for me....drugs are the last, last option if all else fails (i.e my mind !!!!)