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Sorry!!! I Am Looking for a Good Midwife and Hospital to Deliver My Baby.
In addition to the water-birthing tub for labor and delivery, each alternative birthing room includes a queen size bed for family bonding; full bath; ...
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- I used the West Suburban Midwives in Oak Park on Lake Street. Hillary Kaiser delivered both of our children. We also had natural births at the birthing suites at Wes...
- I delivered naturally at Illinois Masonic and the midwives there were great. They offer birthing centers and I also worked with a doula.
- I used west suburban midwives as well and had an awesome experience...
Natural Birth Anyone?
She helped me find different positions and encouraged me to use a birthing tub, which was great! (I think a water birth would be amazing!) ...
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- I delivered both of my daughters naturally and my biggest advice is just realize that it's goign to hurt, it's going to be exhausting, and it may be long (my first lab...
- Hi, My biggest advice is to be open for anything. Working for years on a l&d floor anything can happen and it's better if you are prepared for that. I had my first son...
- i felt bad that i wasn't able to go the nature route, until......the DDS i work for said to me......." Would you have a tooth Extracted or root caneled with out any an...
Natural Birth Vs. Water Birth
I did not get the chance to actually give birth in the water but my doc let me " stew" in there (whirlpool/tub) as long as i could and it was HEAVEN for me ...
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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...
Looking for a Midwife
From what I have learned in my research is that Roosevelt Hospital is the only one in Manhattan with birthing tubs. St. Vincents has birthing showers and ...
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- When I did the tour of the birthing center at St. Lukes Roosevelt, at the end the woman who gave the tour gave us a list of doulas, midwives and doctors that deliver a...
- Hi, there are so many lovely and very experienced midwives in NYC. It will be easy to find one you love and respect. It may not be as easy to have a water birth in ho...
- I go to Beverly Woodard (27th & 7th Ave- http://fruitionmidwifery.com/index.html ). I'm 6 months pregnant and I love her so far. She's great! Always calls me with...
What's the Best Hospital to Deliver at for a Natural Birth?
"So you want to do the midwife route, which kind of midwife, there are 2 ways, like we see on T.V. all natural in the birthing tubs, or some OB practices ...
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- I'm interested in the answers here! I'm living in Japan and moving back to FH soon. I've had 2 children here in Japan - one at a birthing center and one at home. I fig...
- Congratulations! What an exciting time this is for you. I'm so glad you have done research. One thing I would start with is making up your birthing plan. Write down...
- I haven't had a baby in 25 years, but I don't think the actual birthing has changed in 1000's of years! I do think doctors are a little too happy to push things faste...
Having My 4 Year Old in Birthing Room
The woman was giving birth in a birthing tub and her two children were in the tub with her. It was pretty cool! I went back to find it for you, but I can't ...
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- My friend back in Michigan let her son and daughter go in when the last baby was born. Neither of them wanted anything to do with her after she was born. They said she...
- Hi! I agree with the response that you & your family must decide who will be present...not the midwife. I will also say that as a nurse & a mom, you need to prepare in...
- Hi C., My first thought is that this decision should be yours and not your midwife's. As a birthing woman, you need to be completely focused on the work that is invo...
Waterbirth
I'm currently planning my second home birth and will be ordering my birthing tub . Honestly I would ignore all those doom and gloom birthing books and borrow ...
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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...
Water Birth? Birthing Chair? Kneeling Birth? Successful or No?
It was our full attempt to have a water birth. Unfortunately, the night of our birth L&D was a booming place and we didn't get one of the rooms with a tub. ...
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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 ...
How Would You Describe the Birth of Your Child?
H....it hurt. it hurt a lot. and as i sat in the birthing tub making sounds i did not know possible....i thought "this is why women accept drugs when ...
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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...
Could Anyone Share Their Home Birth Experience?
I did the birthing in a Native American ceremonial way. I had candles, soft music, and a birthing tub in my living room. Although I didn't give birth in the ...
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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...
