Homebirth General Discussion #3

i also looked forward to labour. but also had moments of 'awww crap, a baby has to come outta mah vagina...awww crap! :rofl:

i thought that i was mega loud at times during my labour this time, but apparently not lol! so you guys may think you're loud, but mebbe not!! (oh and blowing raspberries is an awesome way of directing the yelling back to relaxing muscles etc...instead of focusing on the throat, the energy is expended mostly on the uterus...apparently).

Em: woo hoo! i am also another looking forward to your January BA!!! :dance:

Tegam: we read 'hello baby' to Leila. she loved it! i reckon it really helped 'speak' to her in relation to what was happening. at least it taught her that mummy likes her back rubbed during contractions and that we all have to lie together in the Big Bed after baby is born lol!

Arimeh: you're onto a good thing with Ina May!! she is the most awesome. full stop!

Rory: yay for HB stories!!!!!! mwah she looks sooo tiny in your ticker photo *mwah*

Oh yeah, I've done guide to childbirth adn now on spiritual midwifery. I am loving the hippie vibe :lol:

Hello Baby - I want to get that one. Will have to see if my ABA group has it when we reconvene.

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Oh yeah, I've done guide to childbirth adn now on spiritual midwifery. I am loving the hippie vibe :lol:

Hello Baby - I want to get that one. Will have to see if my ABA group has it when we reconvene.

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Yes Marcellus: the group probably would have one, if not get them to buy it! its so lovely. Even DH said tonight after reading it for the first time "thats a really lovely book" also DD1 Miss 6 has asked if we could please not take it back to the library... So i thought that maybe we'll buy it!

We have Hello Baby but my son is not so keen on it. I scared him off by making "the sound Mummy makes when the baby comes out"! :lol: He'll watch it though if I read it and I make up a shortened version of the story with our own names. He smiles and likes the page of the baby just born so that's good!

Book depository has it for about $9 and they have free postage :D

I have got to read some birth books...I was all about internet reading last time. You Tube videos on unassisted birth were my favourites.

Cassius, you gotta clear your inbox...I have been trying to PM you back!

I have to say, I am excited about labour because I want a BABY! How exciting! I mean I love the knowledge that I am pregnant...its such an awesome feeling...but now I want the baby. lol.

Oh, and I made SO much noise when labouring with DD...it felt GOOD to moan and bellow and just let it out!

well, he's come across another montage of birth shots in the book and is adamant that that's him getting born and his mummy.
I mean, she doesn't even look like me :doh:

Arcadia: have cleared the inbox lol. i always forget to do that lol! i remember also being really excited about meeting our new baby. unlike the first time you know just how awesome it is to get to know and watch them grow! although...i prefer when they are toddlers...love the talking and little antics of 'little people' ITMS. babies are cute and all that, but i am definitely more toddler-centric lol.

marcellus: that is pretty cute of him though! i love how convinced they can be on that sort of thing...no negotiating with 'em :)

Oh that's so true. I didn't really know what it was about first time - and the actual baby came as a bit of a shock :D
I really am looking forward to that and I think the knowledge makes it easier for me to be clear about what I want in birth etc - there's a real live baby involved here and I want the best for him/her too.

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We have Hello Baby but my son is not so keen on it. I scared him off by making "the sound Mummy makes when the baby comes out"! :lol: He'll watch it though if I read it and I make up a shortened version of the story with our own names. He smiles and likes the page of the baby just born so that's good!

Book depository has it for about $9 and they have free postage :D

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Wow thank ill look into that tomorrow $9 is great!

My H and I just watched "Orgasmic Birth". It was REALLY good!! I highly recommend it. Had info about natural vs intervention births as The Business of Being Born doesbut it focuses more on actual births and it was a great watch. Let me know if you want to see it and can't find it.

Is that just on you tube Meow?

It's an hour and a half doco- I'm not sure I can find the whole thing on youtube. I think you would really like it so let me know if you're after it on DVD.

ETA: I just wrote about the doco in another thread and thought I would add my mini review here...
Orgasmic Birth is great to watch with your partner- it talks a lot about the sensual intimacy birth can be and it's really good to show how partners can be involved & support birth. There are a couple of hospital births with inventions too and it's funny that even though I've discussed all that with my H he had a lightbulb moment and said "It's interesting how one thing leads to another and another and another". Yep- that's the "cascade of intervention" hon and the whole reason I made the birth choices I did At least he really gets it now.

Meow - I'd love a copy if you have a spare - or tell me where you got yours from!

Sure- I'll PM you :)

MEOW!! DH got me a copy of that orgasmic birth - and omg.. I nearly fell off the couch when that chick had two orgasms!! LOL!!!!! Couldn't help but have a little snigger, but I cried at bit at all the other births.. such a sook I am..

Yeah the multiple orgasms lady and the couple pashing through contractions were not really something I can relate to :lol: But so many of the births were amazing. I lvoe that while some were short and seemed "easy", others were long took some work to get baby out... they were all so beautiful :D Glad you enjoyed it!

Bahahahaha yeah I told DH that we are NOT pashing during contractions... and he's like looked at me and went "Like I would want to - you'd f**kin bite me.."

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I actually in general found the partners too 'hands on' and I kept wanting to slap their hands away! :lol: But it gave my H and I something to talk about for what *I* want which was nice. I related mostly to the Maori woman... hands off, doing her thing and quietly saying "no, no, no". Loved her :D