Hi all......
I have been watching a lot of births on youtube - possibly to my own detriment.
Anyways, I have noticed that the homebirths or some of the births at midwife run centres seem to be gentle with regard to delivery... not that they look less painfull, but the baby's head is allowed to come out of its own accord and the baby is gently scooped up etc.
I have been extremely disturbed however, by a lot of the hospital births where medical people are putting their hands in the vagina in some vain attempt to stretch the skin or holding on to the baby's head and pushing it down or pulling on it with what appears to be excessive force...... I could understand if the baby wasn't coming out after an excessive amount of time and the baby was distressed but I am watching real time movies and I can't help but be petrified and angry and think to myself.. leave the poor woman alone... a few more minutes and she could have done that if you had allowed her.
So my question is regarding everyone's personal experience of delivery in a hospital setting.... what exactly happened to you ? I will be giving birth in a private hospital that is WHO approved (1 of only 2 in Qld) so I am hoping for a gentle natural approach but I would really like to guage the general practices in place in Australian hospitals regarding the actual delivery (many of the vids I have watched are Euro or American so I don't know if I have been put off unneccessarily). Thanks so much and I would really appreciate any feedback regarding actual delivery practices.