Due Date & Labor: Epi
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Is It Common to Be Induced and Go Without a Epi?
Asked by R.S. from Boston
on May 1, 2009
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I really wanted to go all natural. My due date was the 26th and iam scheduled to be induced this monday. I'm wondering if I should pass or take epi or tell them I want...
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- Studies show it is best to wait and let the baby decide when is the right time to be born. The baby is the one that initiates the labor in his or her own time. The b...
- I had all three natural 2 were induced and i did it natural
- I don't know how common it is.... but I was induced and I didn't have an epi. I was afraid it would make me immobile. I do know that being induced (getting the pitos...
Questions About Labor and Breastfeeding
Asked by B.V. from Kansas City
on February 26, 2008
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Hi Moms,
We are thinking about having another baby. Actually my first pregnancy and delivery because we adopted our only child who is now 2 1/2 when she was just del...
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- Hello, I can not tell you what to do but I can give you a little insite to my 3 deliveries. With my first child I had a nice little plan I wanted this and didn't wan...
- B., I had a baby 3 months ago and due to back surgery I had in 1999 I could not have an epidural. I was scared prior to delivery because I didn't know how bad the pa...
- As a mother of four, I am no expert, but do know a little on some of your questions. The episiotomy is a good thing to have. It is much harder for them to repair a t...
Labor AGAIN??
Asked by N.H. from Omaha
on June 1, 2007
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This may sound absolutely crazy...or not...But I am scared to death of giving birth again. My first preg. was kinda rough and didn't enjoy being a member of preggy lan...
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- there is lots of great advice here, and they are correct in the no two pregnancies are alike. My friend had preclampica with her first and is having a smooth pregnanc...
- I understand. I have six children and the first few were no sweat and didn't worry then, my last kids came closer and closer together and would worry. Number 5 was b...
- I don't really have any fluffy happy stories about labor. But hopefully you can put your experience into perspective, cause it could have been worse. I have big kids...
How Did Your Labor Start?
Asked by E.D. from Seattle
on February 11, 2011
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TOTALLY out of curiosity:
How did your labor start? For example, did you begin to dilate and then X amount of time later go into labor? Did your water break befor...
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- With my first, I dilated to 3cm about 4 weeks before my due date. I had constant Braxton Hicks contractions from 30 weeks on and lost my mucus plug every few days afte...
- My first was a very long, hard, drug free (not by choice but medically wasn't able to have epi due to blood thinners I have to take) 56 hour labor with slow dilation. ...
- I was 3 cm dilated and 100% effaced for A MONTH before my water finally broke and I got to deliver my son (I am very impatient... Mother nature was playing evil tricks...
Vaginal Birth Vs. C-section Due
Asked by S.W. from Norfolk
on March 25, 2008
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My doctor has been talking to me for a while about having a planned C-section due to a tramatic first birth with my 9 lb 2 oz son. During my first delivery I had a th...
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- I haven't had a vaginal birth, so I can't compare, but I've had 2 c-sections. They were absolutely fine. I didn't have any pain at all. The most important thing is ...
- S., I had planned for a vaginal birth but developed complications during my last week of pregnancy, so the doctor decided to induce labor. Unfortunately I failed to d...
- S., I don't know if this will help... However, I have had a total of 3 children, all vaginal births. The first was a breeze, but my second was tough, I too was on p...
Inducing Labor
Asked by M.M. from Dallas
on June 2, 2008
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I'm now in my last trimester of pregnancy and about to take off for maternity leave at the end of the month. I've heard that doctor's will induce labor early if you as...
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- It depends on how early. Most doctors will not induce too early unless there is a medical reason. All of my kids were induced. The earliest was a week early, the ot...
- Dear M., I have read the other postings and know that you got a lot of good advice. If you have a good doctor he will not induce a delivery without a medical necessi...
- I was induced early for one of my children for timing reasons (my doctor was going to out of town on and for 2 weeks after my due date) and had no side effects. Pitoc...
Induced Labor Vrs Natural
Asked by B.S. from Reno
on December 12, 2007
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My first son was a natural birth and about two hours from 4cm to birth...and I do mean no drugs or anything involved, but I'm schedlued to be induced with my second at...
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- I've had 3. My first came on her on, but both my boys were stubborn and had to be induced. I didn't notice more pain with the induction. It's a baby coming it, it's go...
- Hi my name is E. I had my first child with the help of induction and no meds either and my second child all natural too with no induction. I have to say with being ind...
- I was induced with all three for different reasons. The first was not suppose to be induced, but she was early and I was bleeding so first they tried to stop labor. We...
Pain Meds. for Labor- What Did You Like?
Asked by S.D. from Fort Collins
on January 9, 2009
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Hi Moms,
I would love a buncha information from you all on what everyone used to relieve the pain of labor (other then an epidural).
I am hoping to do a totally ...
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- It looks like you have a lot of responses!! Congrats, this is such an exciting time!! I don't have any experience with the TENS unit, but I can speak from my experienc...
- I have had four kids. All epidural free. But I did have (I don't know the name) but I was told it was like an extra strength dose of Ibuprofen. It just took the edg...
- Ahhh pain meds. The problem with planning for pain meds. is that you have no idea how intense the pain may or may not be. Me, I screamed when I felt my hip bones pus...
Labor Induction
Asked by A.K. from New York
on July 31, 2006
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Hello....My due date is August 4th but my doctor is wanting to induce me already. I want to hear from anyone who has been induced since I have read and been told that...
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- A., I was induced in January and it was just a long process. They started the induction on Sunday night and I didn't have M. daughter until Tuesday morning. They kep...
- Hi A., my name is K. and I am 39 yrs. old and a mother of 2 girls. I had my first baby at 36 yrs old and I was induced it was not fun. I was in induced labor for 12 hr...
- Hi A., I had a little girl in March, and though my water began leaking on it's own, 12 hours later I still wasn't having anything but very mild contractions. So th...
And You Thought YOUR Labor Was Long...
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on November 11, 2011
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One of my girlfriends has been in labor ALL DAY and it's killing me that this baby isn't here yet!! I swear, other people's labors feel longer, and my first was LONG! ...
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- 20 hrs from start to finish. I wasnt induced but I was 5 days late and the day before I went into labour I had a membrane sweep. I was so worried about being induced...
- 3 children -- all 3 labors with no interventions -- first -- hospital birth, 9.5 hours of labor from first contraction to baby, 7 min. of pushing. Second -- planned ...
- My first 3 were all spontaneous labor between 39-40 weeks, no pit, no epidural, not even in IV. All of then were about 4 hours. With my 4th, water broke unexpectedly...
