I don't want to hear how horrible your birthing experience was

because it doesn't have to be. Women choose not to prepare themselves for childbirth and think that they will just "wing" it or let medicine do the job. They end up having a miserable birthing experience (and probably a c-section) and just assume all women will. I don't want to hear that it was the worse pain in the world or hear your negative stories. Your experience was painful because you feared the pain. I choose to relax, be in control, and welcome the pain knowing that it is productive in order to meet my baby. 

Media video about hypnobirthing on YouTube

When I watched 'The Business of Being Born', which is available on Watch Instantly on Netflix, it helped my husband and I understand the role of hospitals, doctors, and medication in childbirth. We found that the medications given in the hospital end up making you have a c-section whether you wanted one of not. Your given one thing to help you dilate and then once you start speeding up, they give you something to slow it down. Then you need another epidural and before you know it, you and the baby are in distress and you need an emergency c-section. If it were just in a documentary, I may not believe, but I actually know women whose birthing experience happened in that order.

Then there are doctors who decide when  you should have your baby based on their own personal calendars or time constraints. We decided to go with a midwife because they do not believe in inducing labor just because you are sick of being pregnant or because they are going out of town. We actually have three midwives and whichever one is one call when we go into labor will be our delivering midwife. They all know that we are having a natural, hypno/water birth and are supportive. Plus, they do not see many in Toccoa! In addition, we will not be induced until 42 weeks since it is my first. If I make it that long and have to be induced that doesn't mean I can't still have a hypno/water birth.

We will end up giving birth in a hospital, unfortunately, only because home births are not permitted in GA and there were not any birthing centers close enough. This particular hospital in Stevens County 1 hr. 15 min. away does allow water births and that is where our midwives deliver. It is a small, quaint hospital with 9 delivery rooms. The staff was super polite and informative when we went for a tour.

I'm already excited about giving birth to our baby!

Comments

Sarah P said…
Hey Lady! Your plan sounds great . This is simply FYI only.... Home births are very much permitted in Georgia. If for any reason you need help getting some info on it, I know some very excellent Christian midwives that have ALL the medical supplies needed and have delivered a ton of babies safely. They have the training and education also. One midwife I know in particular even has her own sonigram, etc...
May 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Rebekah said…
Joe feels more comfortable being in a hospital incase intervention is needed.
May 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Sarah P said…
I understand. Jarrett does too. It was just an FYI... ;).
May 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM
Rebekah said…
Having a water birth in a hospital was our compromise.
May 2, 2011 at 5:49 PM
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