Birth Plan
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Natural Birth Vs. Water Birth
Asked by M.A. from Chicago
on January 17, 2008
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Hi, to all the moms out there. Any advice on this would be truly appreciated and Thank You in advance. Okay so I am pregnant right now (17 weeks) w/my 3rd one and I...
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- Hi M., I have had 3 babies and the only pain management I used was water. With the first I labored in the tub, but that hospital did not allow me to deliver in the t...
- YES to water and YES to everything Amanda wrote!!!
- My second son was born in a water birth. It really does help. I found myself kind of stressed going in my 2nd trimester because my first son's birth was pretty fa...
What Is the Best Form of Birth Control?
Asked by F.U. from Chicago
on July 31, 2009
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I just had a baby recently and don't plan on getting pregnant for a while. I want to know what type of birth control is the best and what others experiences are with t...
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- I like the paraguard IUD (non hormonal). I have no side effects from it, and it was no big deal to have it put in. I don't have to mess with anything or remember any...
- Discuss this your OB/GYN. A doctor is the only one you should get advice from. He or she know what is best for your body and your situation.
- Do they still have a diaphram or is that outdated? The two times I didn't use it I got pregnant. Hows that for an answer.I had to get a doctor to measure me for it.
Survey: Hospital Birth Versus Home Birth??
Asked by M.R. from Seattle
on February 13, 2012
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Did you hear? A young, Australian woman who lobbied for more support for home births has died after delivering her baby daughter at home. She was rushed to the ER in ...
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- My son was born at a hospital with a NICU. He didn't need it, we had no complications and both were happy and healthy, but knowing it was there was a huge comfort for...
- I had a hospital birth w/ a doula. Birth plan was present and I had our daughter "naturally," with no epidural. 36 hours after going into labor, our daughter was bor...
- My first son was born in the hospital- 8 minutes after we arrived (so ALMOST in the car). My second son I had at home, and I am currently planning another home birth-...
Cost of Birth Control
Asked by B.W. from Springfield
on April 27, 2010
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does any one know what the standard cost of birth control pills are???... i dont have any insurance.
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- go to Planned Parenthood or your local health clinic. The pills are usually pretty cheap or free through those two options.
- I pay $9 a month for my birth control pills. I get them at Wal-Mart.
- You might qualify for a pink card through the Illinois Healthy Women program. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/illinois/illinois-healthy-women-19390.htm
Natural Hospital Birth
Asked by M.C. from Dallas
on December 29, 2009
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Wondering if any of you natural birth mama's know if Harris Methodist FW verses the new womens center at Baylor All Saints would be better for a drug free natural birt...
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- I've had three natural births at Harris and had no problems with anyone there. Of course they will ask you if you would like something for pain but all you need to do...
- It has to do more with your doctor than the facility. Baylor All Saints is great!
- i definitely agree that it's a doctor thing, not a place thing. if you can get the doctor's support and aren't breaking the hospital policies, then you are set. just...
Natural Birth in a Hospital
Asked by C.R. from Washington DC
on April 27, 2010
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Can anyone share their experience with natural birth in a hospital? My current OB practices at Georgetown University Hospital, which I like, but I'm nervous that I won...
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- I had a natural birth at Kaiser with my daughter and it went really well, better than I had hoped for. My advice would be to try and get a doula, we found one through ...
- I delivered at home because I was told by doctor acquaintances that I would have a difficult time keeping with my birth plan if I went to the hospital. My husband is a...
- As a doula, and a HypnoBirthing practitioner, I have a couple of things to add. Many of the comments I agree with. Such as, teaching hospitals do have a higher rate of...
How Would You Describe the Birth of Your Child?
Asked by H.B. from Portland
on March 28, 2008
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*If you had an epidural, how would you describe the pain during and at the end?
*If you had a natural birth (no drugs), how would you describe the pain during and at ...
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- I delivered my daughter last June with no interventions, at a freestanding midwife birthing center. Contractions were certainly uncomfortable, but manageable. I had ...
- Natural childbirth is the most empowering time of your life, hard work but what satisfaction. I would strongly suggest you seek a birth preparation class with Birthwo...
- I have 2 children, my first no epidural/drugs, the 2nd I had the epidural. Both were wonderful experiences but the no drug one was physically more taxing due to the p...
Birth Control Side Affects?
Asked by E.H. from Provo
on May 19, 2008
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I've heard from multiple sources that birth control really messes up your fertility cycle and makes it much more difficult to pregnant once off the pill. Any advice on...
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- I had never heard that. I personally was on the pill for most of my adult life. Three months prior to want to begin trying to get pregnant, I got off the pill so my ...
- Everybody is different. I have a friend if she skips a day of pills, she is pregnant. For me, I have been on birth control since I was 18. My first was born when I ...
- I'm not going to tell you anything much different than you've already been told. It really depends on you, the type of pill, the length you've been on it. I was on th...
Natural Birth for Twins?
Asked by S.M. from Providence
on November 23, 2008
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Has anyone out there done a natural birth for twins? I had an intervention/drug-free birth with my 2 and a half year old daughter and I'd like to do the same this tim...
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- Congrats Congrats!!!!! I am also a mother of twins....boy/girl. Almost a year old and bringing out the grey's in me :) Good Luck in the last trimester (I found it...
- I did not have twins myself but I work on a Maternity Ward and we have had quite a few twin births who have had them naturally. As long as you and your OB know the pl...
- I had triplets via c-section. But I belongs to a mutliple support group called Keeping Pace with Mutilple mircales and they are a great group. I have been with them fo...
Easter Birth Announcements
Asked by L.C. from Chicago
on February 28, 2011
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I plan on doing an Easter theme birth announcement for my baby girl.
Since Easter is so late this year, when is the earliset I can send out the cards?
I apprecia...
