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I'm New to Detroit. Do the Downtown Hopsitals Provide Good Birthing Experiences?
I would recommend Hutzel - although I cannot speak for the birthing experience, ... I birthed at the Alternative Birth Center at Providence Hospital in ...
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- Hi KL - I had my daughter at Hutzel Women's Hospital 5 years ago and it was a wonderful experience all around - staff, doctors, mid-wives, rooms, food, etc. Babies sl...
- Welcome to Detroit!! Hutzel will be a good place to go!
- I birthed at the Alternative Birth Center at Providence Hospital in Southfield, not far from Downtown. It was the best experience ever for me I really wanted an all n...
Could Anyone Share Their Home Birth Experience?
Read all 28 responses: "I just recently watched a documentary called "The Business of Being Born" and it seriously got me considering choosing a home birth ...
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- I did home birth 8 weeks ago and it was AMAZING! Both me and my husband both felt like it was the most special, amazing, beautiful experience we have ever been through...
- Hats off to all you women who can have a home birth! I'm not one of them for several reaons. But for any women reading this who plan to give birth in a hospital, I w...
- my mother's first birth was in a hospital. she hated it. she had her second at a birth center, third at home, and i was there for the last two in a hospital with a m...
OP Regional Vs. St. Luke's South?
I have birthed and delivered and both and you really can't go wrong. ... They are fine with Natural child birth and had I had time to walk around I think ...
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- E.- I did not give birth at either place, but I am a doula. In my experience, I prefer St. Luke's South, though OP is also a good place. I've attended labors/birt...
- Congrats! I LOVE OPR. I had my baby 10.5 weeks early and they have the best NICU in the city. They took great care of my little guy and he is just as healthy as a t...
- You can't go wrong with either. They both have excellent facilities and great nursing staffs. The only difference is that OPR has the highest level NICU. I delivered a...
Waterbirth
Read all 24 responses: "My first birth was a very long and painful ... Those women had a much easier time of it than those who home birthed in the bed. ...
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- I wanted to have a water birth too. I gave birth to my son in a Birth Center, outside of the hospital which had a birthing tub. I ended up not being able to give birth...
- I fully understand you wanting to have a drug free birth but I do not want you to beat yourself up if that does not happen for whatever reason. Just know that the heal...
- I had my second in water at home. THe labor was way less painful, every time they got me out to check me, the pain went up, but my daughter slid out into my own two h...
Hypnobirthing
M., I also had a hypnobirthing birth with my daughter. .... My best friend birthed her 10 lb. 4 oz. boy over a broken tail bone with HB and her first words ...
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- Hi. I did hypnobirthing for the birth of my son. I did it all on CD, and never went to any classes. I ordered the CD's on Ebay, so if you live far away from everything...
- I read this book: HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable birthing. It comes with a Hypnobirthing CD. The book is ve...
- Hi M., I also had a hypnobirthing birth with my daughter. I took a private class through a hypnotherapist in Green Bay named Trish Poole. She was a good teacher an...
63Rd and E. Burnside Neighborhood
I birthed my daughter in a home on 53rd and Burnside and lived there for 2 years after her birth. We loved going up to Mt Tabor (even walking up there) and ...
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- HI there. I birthed my daughter in a home on 53rd and Burnside and lived there for 2 years after her birth. We loved going up to Mt Tabor (even walking up there) and...
- Hi D., I don't know if you ended up moving to the E 63/Burnside area, but I live one 71st between Burnside and Glisan and have been very happy with the area. I take ...
- Hi, are you south or north of Burnside? both are nice. south of Burnside is the Mt Tabor neighborhood. We have been in Mt Tabor, at 55th/Hawthorne since 1990. th...
For Those Who Choose Hospital over Home
Read all 24 responses: "What types of things would convince you to birth at ... In my case, we birthed at home & I progressed very rapidly, by the time the ...
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- Wow. I don’t think I’m currently opposed to birthing at home or in a birthing center, but I definitely didn’t consider it an option during my first pregnancy. I ...
- Hi J., It's such a personal decision, but I can't help but be on the side of the "what ifs". My daughter (my first) had a pneumothorax (sp?)(hole in her lung) whic...
- Bring a doula to the hospital if you must go who knows what your vision is for your birth. The birthing center was a definite happy middle for me and my husband betwe...
Has Anyone Been to the Bradley Method Class?
Our 5th was supposed to be a home birth but we ended up going to the hospital. ... if you can take with kim wright, she is my dulas. i had an amazing birth ...
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- if you can take with kim wright, she is my dulas. i had an amazing birth experience totally natural with the help of the bradley way, kim and my amazing husband. i rec...
- Bradley, LaMaze-same thing.
- Hi L., Congratulations!! We looked into Bradley classes when we were pregnant-but all the teachers were having babies and we couldn't find a class! Several friends ...
Water Birth? Birthing Chair? Kneeling Birth? Successful or No?
Read all 7 responses: "Hi Everyone, I was hoping that some ladies out there with experience trying alternative birthing positions could share their ...
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- Two homebirths with a midwife for me, after a hospital controlled birth. By intuition, I birthed the 2 babies at home on my hands and knees with no instrution for anyo...
- I also use West Suburban midwives and delivered in west suburban's alternative birthing center. It was a fantastic experience. my first baby was in a typical hospit...
- I also had a water birth with West Suburban Midwife Associates, at West Sub (but a few years ago). So I'll save space and say, "what the other posters said." It was a ...
Baby Shower for #2 Yes/no
We used our baby's baptism, soon after birth, as a chance to do that. ... Not only is the baby birthed, but the mother is birthed also. ...
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- Hi S.! I think that it's sad that so many people are stingy about giving gifts and a party to a newborn baby. Some of these responses are so harsh! It is about mom ...
- In our neighborhood, we host brunch showers for moms with second babies, and everyone brings a dish to share and a gift. It's a bit more casual, and we've done everyt...
- A woman is given a shower by her friends. It was originally meant to be a simple gathering at which the friends gave the mom to be a few things with which to start her...
