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Doula??
Jul 27, 2009 ... With my first child I was induced, then given pitocin. ... My labor was much friendlier without the pitocin, my birth experience was warm and loving with my ...
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- I had a doula and I wanted to go natural, but in the end I did get an epidural. My doula helped me greatly though, during the time I was laboring. I got in the showe...
- Hi C., Talk to your doc and a couple more anesthesiologists and get some help with the pain ... you don't have to be knocked out and can enjoy the birth process wit...
- Hi C., The first time I was induced due to preeclampsia. From what I understand, the pitocin makes the contractions incredibly strong and painful, which they were. I ...
Velamentous Insertion of Umbilical Cord
Read all 5 responses: "Hey all, so I wrote about Pitocin before and it's because of the above subject. First of all, has anybody delivered their baby ...
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- J., I had my healthy, 7 lb 2oz son vaginally @ 36 weeks. I'd had a positive AFP3 result and lots of sonograms that showed he was developing normally but did not detec...
- hi again, i googled this to see if it was what i had with my daughter, they never gave me a name, we never knew i had it until she was born. they said that the cord wa...
- While I am not familiar with the risks of a vaginal delivery with VCI, I unfortunately had the personal experience of having a very serious and life threatening condit...
Advice About Induction
Birth is a lot tougher with pitocin, so my comment would be this: if you would like ... I was induced using pitocin and had a normal vaginal birth with no ...
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- Looks like you've gotten a lot of advice. I am 30 weeks with my second right now. I think you should keep the induction date just in case, but walk as much as you ...
- Hi, J.. I sure feel for you. I don't know what to tell you to do. I told my doctor I didn't want induced, and asked her if they would necessarily do it if I were a ...
- Hi Jen, I was induced with all three of my kids. I was induced at 41weeks, 2 days with my daughter, 40 weeks,4 days with my first son, and 39 weeks with my second s...
Inducing Labor?
In truth, I barely needed any pitocin at all and Ryan came out very .... If you knew what the pitocin was made of-I am sure that you might not choose to use ...
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- I was induced, but not until 3 days after my due date. The dr. should be able to tell by ultrasound how your placenta looks and if the baby has passed meconium (poop)....
- I would wait it out. You are seeing the doc every week now and if you go past your due date you most likely will go in a few days a week. They would/should give you ...
- M., I didn't see it said anywhere in the posts, and I have to appologize to anyone upfront if what I'm about to say offends anyone, but when I was pregnant with my ...
Uterus Not Contracting After Birth of Baby
So at the next birth I infomed my doctor of that problme and he just gave me a shot of pitocin right after I delivered the baby, which got my uterus to ...
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- I had 3 c-sections. With my third child, my uterus did not contract right away and I was kept in post-op for 2 hours because of their concern of my uterus. It eventu...
- I would certainly discuss it with your doctor to find out exactly what happened. Typically after a c-section you are given pitocin to cause the uterus to begin contra...
- I thought Victoria's response was really informative and along the same lines as I was thinking. As for things you can do, I was thinking about it maybe helping to dr...
Castor Oil to Induce Labor
Just want to caution on inducement and pitocin. All 3 of mine came c-sect. Never had a good labor. Middle child was induced and water broke at the same time ...
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- M., I don't know about Castor Oil, but I "walked" my girlfriend and myself into labor. I would just get out and walk 2-3 miles a day, at a slow pace of course and ...
- Hi M.. I have always heard that castor oil works and when I was pregnant, my midwife did advise us that it was an option, but it should be a last resort option becaus...
- I didn't try castor oil, but did try having sex (MANY times), survived the atmospheric change of Hurricane Wilma at 38 weeks, and had my membranes stripped... O-U-C-H!...
Scheduled C-section V. Induction for Macrosomia
Pitocin was actually made based off the properties of semen. .... This time, when I arrived at the hospital, they put my right in bed and gave me pitocin. ...
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- My daughter was breach so I had no choice for a c-section. She was due July 15 and I was scheduled for a regualar c-section on the 9th or 10th. I went into labor on Ju...
- My first daughter was delivered completely naturally with no pain meds. The hospital allowed me to walk around to encourage the baby to drop. Labor was intense, but ...
- Your body knows how to get this little one out...just like it knew how to grow it. It grew a baby that you CAN push out, free of intervention. Don't let doctors scare ...
Induction
Apr 11, 2009 ... I had no problems with the pitocin and the labor pains were the same as my other .... I had the Pitocin and had my water broken both times, ...
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- I was induced - my first child - doctor said that he was gonna be big so we went with the due date. Turns out when they got me settled in the hospital and hooked me u...
- I have 3 kids and I was induced with my third. I was afraid to be induced but I gotta tell ya - I wish all of them had been induced. I had no problems with the pitoc...
- Hi C., Congrats on baby #2! Just as every pregnancy is different, every labor/delivery is different. I happen to have been induced with BOTH of my boys (9 days af...
Inducing Labor
Pitocin can make your contractions really hurt and speed your labor up too fast. .... I was in my room in bed getting hooked up to the pitocin at 1pm and he ...
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- Hi there, I was induced and I loved it. It was my first child and I was 10 days overdue and she was a big baby. Turned out to be 8 lbs 13 oz. I will definitely ask my ...
- I was induced for my 1st child and had an excellent experience. I would definately do it again that way. The pitocin drip was started at 1230 and by 3 I had an epidur...
- Just curious why you're being induced in the first place?
Questions About Inducing Labor
When I was induced, they gave me and IV and pitocin to make the contractions ... They still had to give me the pitocin because my labor wasn't progressing. ...
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- Hello H., I was induced with my first baby. The doctor thought I was 2 weeks over due. Delivery was normal compared to my second who came right on her due date. Labor ...
- I had a C-section at 37 weeks. My baby girl was perfect, lungs fully developed. My blood pressure was extremely high. C-section is definately the way to go.
- Hi H.. Congrats to you! I have been a doula for over ten years and have lots of birth experience. Inductions can be hard on you mentally because it is forced. Yet, ...
