Comments on Just Chicken Feed: The Birth Story and The Rant

OMGosh! I just saw my neice/nephew for the 1st t...

2008-03-31T21:25:00.000-04:00

OMGosh! I just saw my neice/nephew for the 1st time! Love the countdown for precious #5! I'm sooooo thinking pink! Not that theres anything wrong with blue. Blue is very loved too its just that for now, pink is it!

Loved your story! My first two were typical (read:...

2008-03-31T11:18:00.000-04:00

Loved your story! My first two were typical (read: crappy!) hospital births, and I decided to go with homebirth for my third. IT WAS AWESOME! I pray that we're able to do homebirth from here on out with any successive babies, because it was such a wonderful and beautiful experience. And I never even knew until my last birth what people were talking about when they said 'beautiful birth,' but I totally get it now.

And I'm with you 100% on your well-worded rant. :)

~Brea

What a beautiful and ideal birth! I have had five ...

2008-03-27T21:28:00.000-04:00

What a beautiful and ideal birth!

I have had five totally different births: spontaneous labor, no epidural...spontaneous labor, epidural...membranes stripped, emergency c-section....induced VBAC at 42 weeks...planned c-section at 37 weeks.

Loved your story! Very inspiring, and I'm becoming...

2008-03-27T02:01:00.000-04:00

Loved your story! Very inspiring, and I'm becoming increasingly interested in home births after reading all these entries from Lotus's carnival. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it :)

I say, whatever floats your boat! Love your story!...

2008-03-25T13:27:00.000-04:00

I say, whatever floats your boat! Love your story!

your story fascinates me -- especially since it is...

2008-03-24T23:54:00.000-04:00

your story fascinates me -- especially since it is so opposite of mine ... one with 24 hours of labor leading to stuck kid and a c-section and two succeeding scheduled c's.

it's wonderful that you could do that -- and share the birth with your other children.

(i still believe the epidural is my best friend, though!)

I got through the whole thing just fine! I love t...

2008-03-24T23:51:00.000-04:00

I got through the whole thing just fine! I love that you had home-births. I would have, and I really wanted to, but I have these pesky two little huge gaping holes in my heart that keep me in the freaking hospital. Boo. Hiss.

Anyway, you story sounds like my DREAM birth, and I am very happy for you. I also totally, completely agree with your rant, and I spend as much time with my preggo friends as possible teaching them about how to manage their own labour, and to only go to the hospital when they have to. FOr some reason, OB's tend to forget to mention that nugget.

I used B & B Cohash with each labour, at home on my own, because NO ONE was sticking Pitocin in me, no one!

Wow, I just wrote you a novel. Sorry, dude. :)

Beautiful story, I loved it!! I agree completely w...

2008-03-24T23:15:00.000-04:00

Beautiful story, I loved it!! I agree completely with your "rant" as well.
Thanks for posting.

Great post and I totally agree. I think dr's indu...

2008-03-24T21:57:00.000-04:00

Great post and I totally agree. I think dr's induce unnecessarily just because it's convenient for them...then they give pitocin then the epi...then the c section when the induced labor doesn't progress.
I don't do homebirths, but I like as little intervention as possible in the hospital. I have been very lucky to have 2 easy and quick labors. I refused pitocin because I knew I'd deliver quickly, and I did (45 minutes start to finish) and the dr. ended up apologizing to me for pushing the pit.
We know our bodies better than we think!

That's pretty cool that your children were able to...

2008-03-24T21:39:00.000-04:00

That's pretty cool that your children were able to share in the birth of their sibling. :-)

Thanks for visiting my blog and reading my story.

So beautiful!! I just realized I never heard the l...

2008-03-24T21:00:00.000-04:00

So beautiful!! I just realized I never heard the latest birth story. I hope to be there for the next!

What a wonderful story. It almost fit my birth pla...

2008-03-24T18:48:00.000-04:00

What a wonderful story. It almost fit my birth plan to a "t"...except everything went wrong and I ended up with a c-section...then the next baby was a planned v-bac in hospital, ended up c-section, the third was a recommended c-section...I so long to feel that urge to push...to reach down and pull up my baby...With my first I laboured in active labour for 19 hours - was told at 640AM I would be pushing real soon since I was 10 cm...the c-section was at 350 that afternoon. I do not regret my c-sections...one saved my baby's life, one saved my life and one allowed us to control the situation and care properly for baby and me...but alas, I will always feel like something, some experieince and bond is missing.

Thank you for sharing - it was so beautiful.

May this next delivery be empowering and wonderful in it's own way.

Wow, this was really interesting. While I think t...

2008-03-24T18:18:00.000-04:00

Wow, this was really interesting. While I think that if I ever had children I'd want all the doctors around that I could get I love the idea that you're doing it the way nature intended. Bravo!

This is a great story! I had to be induced for va...

2008-03-24T17:23:00.000-04:00

This is a great story! I had to be induced for various reasons with #1 and #2. And with #3 (and final) it's a good thing I didn't buck my hospital birth trend or I'd have been in a mighty heap of trouble.

Thank you for sharing! Hopefully more women will be empowered to make the correct choice for their situation by reading things like this that demystify what ought to be a very natural thing.

Beautiful story! I'm fascinated by home birth...t...

2008-03-24T15:52:00.000-04:00

Beautiful story! I'm fascinated by home birth...this was a wonderful story!

Amen, sistah! I know well the assumptions people m...

2008-03-24T15:49:00.000-04:00

Amen, sistah! I know well the assumptions people make about natural birth, because I once made them myself. It's very sad the way we are indoctrinated to just bend over to anyone in a white coat.

I had two c-sections. The first one was after bei...

2008-03-24T14:37:00.000-04:00

I had two c-sections. The first one was after being induced for fear that my daughter was 10+ lbs. at 38 weeks. She was delivered at 39 weeks at a whopping 7lb. 14oz. I labored for 2 1/2 days and then failed to progress past 4 cm. I welcomed the c-section after so long without food and drink and just a lot on my body and emotions.
I spiraled into PPD that lasted a good year after birth. I blame it wholly on being induced. My OB pressured me into it by scaring me. Nursing failed the first time, too.

I am in awe of the way that you obviously know your body. I appreciate you sharing your experience!

That was a great story! I planned on writing a bir...

2008-03-24T14:29:00.000-04:00

That was a great story! I planned on writing a birth story for this today but had a horrible weekend with no breaks. I am thinking of writing a birth story every Monday for 3 weeks. Hmmm.
Anyway, I had natural childbirths too, but in the hospital. It was a great choice for me. I always want a specialist on hand if needed. I am a real worst case scenario person.
I think that the high infant mortality rate is link not just to a high C-section rate but also the fact that preterm births are on the rise.
I didn't think your rant was a bad rant at all. Very well informed.
Great post!

LOL at his comment "Yes, the boys are still winnin...

2008-03-24T13:25:00.000-04:00

LOL at his comment "Yes, the boys are still winning"

How cute.

Had I know that my deliveries were so nice for me I wish i would have gone the home birth way. You have a nice story.

Very cool. I loved hearing your perspective on giv...

2008-03-24T12:09:00.000-04:00

Very cool. I loved hearing your perspective on giving birth at home. I haven't read or researched much, but I've had the same inclination about the amount of unnecessary intervention being, well, unnecessary. Certainly some moms sometimes need different kinds of intervention, but it shouldn't be assumed that every mom will every time. Women have been giving birth to babies for a very long time, so nature has been doing something right. That said, the number of healthy live births is a factor, so some medical intervention has clearly been a good thing - until it's gone to the point, like you mentioned where the rates start to decrease. Somewhere in the middle is probably closest to good, and education is key.