You dont have to do anything - its your body and your baby

[SamiH]

I am still working on the whole empowering myself but I know the second I can leave the hospital with my baby after the birth I will be outta there.
Now can you just tell me how to get my partner to be more assertive & not allow everyone to walk all over him?

get a doula - big difference - I did for number 3 and she worked brilliantly with DH

[MeganH]

get a doula - big difference - I did for number 3 and she worked brilliantly with DH

:yeahthat: A doula or an independant midwife are invaluable.

[MeganH]

Hi Girls, just thought Id drop by quickly and update you all.

Im sure some of you maybe have read the birth announcement and know some details already.

Anyway, Emily Ann was born at 6:20am on 8/8/09
She weighed 8lb 7oz or 3.8kg, 52 cm long, 36.5 head circ.

Emily was born by c-section so unfortunately for me things didnt go according to plan a or plan b but went according to plan c. Please dont feel too bad for me not getting my HBA2C as I am accepting and when you read my birth story (which I will post maybe tomorrow) you will understand too why plan c was the best for me. I am recovering well and breastfeeding is going really well so far (although right now my boobs feels like big watermelons coz my milk has come in).

I am still in hospital as I write this, although I could go home tomorrow but I have decided to stay 4 days rather than 3 to give me a bit of extra Emily/mummy time. So I will go home on Wednesday.

So I didnt have my HBA2C but I did have a Home/water labour with empowered c-section.

[Visitor8]

well done mumma! Can't wait to read your birth story!

[JellyBean]

Thanks for the great thread Megan. I agree with you wholeheartedly. It's frightening how little people know about the biology of birth- ie - that the baby releases the hormones to stimulate labour when he/she is ready - hence the reason so many babies become distressed when artificially induced simply because they are 'overdue' - according to a scan taken by a machine to predict what is only an estimate at best anyway!!
Hopefully one day the tables will turn and more and more women will become educated and empowered enough to trust in their bodies and their babies, and find their voice - instead of blindly succumbing to what the system or a person in a white coat says to suit their agenda.

Glad to hear you were able to labour the way you wanted, if not the birth itself.
And congratulations on number 3!!!