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Seeking Confident Doctor Who Will Deliver TWINS Naturally
There is a great video of unassisted home birth twins. ... There are many stories on the HB board from moms who have delivered their twins naturally. ...
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- I'm a childbirth educator and doula - try the midwives at UCLA - feel free to contact me more if that doesn't pan out or you need more referrals or are interested in c...
- Hi L., Here are a few excellent midwives you can contact. Connie and Alecs at www.sacredentrance.com - Their contact info is on the site. And also Devi Khalsa at ...
- That's so wonderful that you are seeking out someone who is on the same page with you about your birth! I had a home birth and it was AWESOME and I hope that you can ...
Natural Birth for Twins?
I'll share her story for her since she is not. ... My positive twin birth story for you ... I labored 2 days (water broke Saturday, the girls arrived ...
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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...
Water Birth Vs. Epidural REVISED
Tell me your stories about epidurals and water births so I can make a better ..... The next one, should I get the chance, will be a home birth for sure! ...
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- Get the epidural. Enough said.
- Hey S. - I have had both a water birth and a fully medical epidurl birth. I preferred my waterbirth so much. It was so much more intimate and I felt I really had ath...
- I had both of my children in a hospital but without drugs - I felt it was the best compromise to be in a medical facility just in case, but still have drug free labor....
Pregnant Mother with Anxiety and Panic Disorder
... seems difficult as I don't do well with stories, videos, or seeing the hospital. ... Others have mentioned homebirth which is certainly a valid option. ...
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- I have also had problems with anxiety and I was worried I might freak out during labor and delivery. Instead, I did great. I had read every book I could get my hands o...
- Dear M., I have not been clinically diagnosed with panic disorder/anxiety, but I have had panic attacks in the past, especially when my stress level gets really high. ...
- Find a caregiver who respects your real feelings and problems. Switch as many times as you can. If you hate hospitals, you may want to consider a home birth. If you...
Hypnobirthing?
It has lots of stories about home, birthing center, and hospital births. I think it is great that you will be having a home birth. ...
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- I got the Hypnobirthing CDs and book and I thought they were very helpful. It is VERY NEW AGE- However, I think I should have taken actual CLASSES for it and started t...
- I don't really know about Hypnobirthing, but a GREAT book to get you in the mind set of birth and to work through your feelings about this birth and your previous birt...
- Good for you!! I don't know much about hypnobirthing, but just wanted to suggest that you look into the Bradley Method. I used it w/my first and went thru 13 hours o...
Seeking a Midwife in the Bloomington Area.
Its easy to get the impression from hearing birth stories that ... I love the idea of home-birth, but with my first baby, I wasn't quite ready. ...
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- I had a mid-wife with both my girls and no they weren't home births. I delivered with the same woman, she's with Health Partners and we delivered at Abbott NW. She o...
- I too am a HUGE fan of TBOBB! I recently gave birth with the help of a midwife at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury. Throughout my pregnancy I was treated very, very we...
- The Park Nicollet midwives are great! They work out of multiple locations. I never saw a doctor through my pregnancy and birth, only the midwives. It was a wonderful e...
Natural Birth Anyone?
The first half is wonderful positive birth stories from her practice (called ... Or consider a home birth (Homefirst is a group of doctors in the city that ...
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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...
VBAC - Vaginal Birth After C-section, Anyone Done This?
I still feel tinges of jealousy when I hear stories of other women pushing .... I had a natural home birth with my now 10 month old son, and it was amazing. ...
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- Wow you got a lot of responses. And I'm sure a lot of conflicting info, I didn't have time to read them all. I've had five children, most with a midwife. My 4th baby...
- I had my first son vaginally, my second was breech so I had to have a C-section, and then I had my third vaginally. I did not have any complications and delivered her ...
- I know of a woman who had a VBAC with her 6th child (she had the other 4 naturally, and then ended up with a c-section on the 5th). She actually had planned a VBAC hom...
Questions About Water Birth
Read positive birth stories. Watch more films. ..... Should you consider home birth, Suzanne Ryan, CNM, is a GREAT midwife! Helpful? ...
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- Sorry that this is a late post, but I just wanted to say YOU GO GIRL!!! I wanted epidurals with both of my kiddos, but labor went too quickly for me and I did natural...
- Based on my experience, here is my advice: visit a chiropractor in your third trimester (Alyssa-Rae Zonerich at First Choice Chiropractic is GREAT) so the baby will be...
- S.-Congrats on the pending arrival. I commend you for branching outside what's "traditional" in laboring and delivery. It's important to have a husband and midwife who...
Natural Birth
Long story short, with my next child I planned a pain med free labor. .... My best friend had a home birth in water, and my chiropractor's wife, Jenny, ...
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- Hi L., Have you checked into the Bradley Method? It is everything that you are talking about. I am sure there is an instructor near you. You can take the classes or...
- I had a natural birth with my second and it was surprisingly not that bad. I think that I lived through it because the contractions built up and I was able to prepare...
- I had a all natural child birth with my 2 child and I felt great after it. The pain method I had with him was none at all only because he came to fast for any thing an...
