Natural Birth?

[Tylluan Penry]

Re: Natural Birth?

I had quite a lot of children by modern standards. And I know absolutely sod-all about what type of birth is 'best.'

Because for me, the best birth results in a healthy baby and a healthy mother. That's what matters. How you reach that stage (it was darkly rumoured that my mother relied upon copious draughts of whiskey for her births) is obviously going to be open to debate.

But not by me. All I can say is - go with your instincts, but be prepared to be flexible.

[thalassa]

Re: Natural Birth?

the best birth results in a healthy baby and a healthy mother

This.

Ultimately, how the baby comes out is meaningless. Its what you do for the next 18 + years of its life that makes you a good mother (or not).

[MaskedOne]

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but be prepared to be flexible.

As I'm neither a medic or ever going to worry about bearing a child, I have no comment on most of this thread but I heartily endorse the above statement for life in general.

Plans die upon contact with pretty much everything, rigid plans take you with them when they go. Flexibility is good.

[Rae'ya]

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I wanted to breast feed, but I could not. Even with 3 consultants and much effort. I cannot make milk. Without formula (that some scream is "poison") my daughter would be dead. But not only is she healthy and alive, but she's 3 and meeting all listed milestones for being 4, except for alternating feet on the stairs and that's because she's still too short.

My niece is lactose intolerant, and taking her off breast milk was one of the best things my sister did. She tried all the change-your-diet things first and eventually we just had to do something different. We stuck her on lactose free formula a voila... totally different baby. In hindsight, my nephew probably would have done better during his first few months of life if she had taken him off breast milk too, but there was SO much pressure to breastfeed and so much guilt heaped onto a mother who doesn't breastfeed that she was too scared to go against it. One of my workmates' first child also had to come off the breast and actually ended up in hospital being tube fed because she wasn't taking to breast milk and was losing weight, even when she was expressing milk to be tube-fed to her.

If my sister lived two hundred years ago, she and my nephew would be dead and my niece would never have been born. Sometimes 'natural' needs a bit of help.

I had quite a lot of children by modern standards. And I know absolutely sod-all about what type of birth is 'best.'

Because for me, the best birth results in a healthy baby and a healthy mother. That's what matters. How you reach that stage (it was darkly rumoured that my mother relied upon copious draughts of whiskey for her births) is obviously going to be open to debate.

But not by me. All I can say is - go with your instincts, but be prepared to be flexible.

I really like this.

[Yorin]

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I know when I go to finally have kids, I would prefer to be in a hospital where if something goes wrong, there will be doctors there to help take care of me. My husband was born 8 weeks premature and had to be in an incubator for a while, and I already know I've got problems with my back and hips because of my scoliosis so taking those into account......my thought is better safe than sorry. Would I probably be more comfortable at home where I can be relaxed? Sure. However-knowing my luck, something would end up going wrong.