Rather than advising to stay at home as long as possible to avoid
intervention I would be advocating have your own midwife to avoid
intervention. This will mean that you are not home alone but can feel
confident that your midwife is watching over you wherever you are.
Andrea Quanchi
On 24/06/2005, at 9:31 AM, Janet Fraser wrote:
Yes to what everyone else said :D It's still not entirely clear how the
collar bone was broken, or am I missing something?
I would add in -
* practising optimal foetal positioning for the last weeks and in
labour
through upright positions thereby helping bubs into a great anterior
possie.
* getting hold of the Pink Kit - I can lend by post if required as
Joyous
Birth has one - so that the best possible positions for birth are
apparent
and the little extras like the sit bones or hip lift manoeuvres are
known by
the mama and her support people.
* bear in mind that babies will only grow as big as your body allows so
Gloria Lemay's "Pelvises I've known and loved" will be very helpful in
dispelling the Big Baby myth propogated by obstetric practices.
Incidentally, baby #1 wasn't early but right on time. Babies know
their own
birthdays ;-)
* if still planning to go to hospital, don't forget that going as late
as
possible reduces the number of possibly interventions, Henci Goer's
article,
"Go later and avoid interventions" has great information on this.
* have support people clued in about the vital importance of upright
positions in labour, and start practicing them now. If you're lying
down,
your coccyx can't pop out of the way and let a baby slide past almost
regardless of the size of the baby. Upright and open positions will
give
that bubby at least 10% more room so imagine how roomy her pelvis must
be to
get that beautifully sized baby through in a squashed position!
* remember that major surgery is almost never preferable to a vaginal
birth
for either mothers or babies. You can't guarantee what will occur in a
caesarean that won't lead to major complications and a much longer
recovery
time than anticipated. Not to mention the normal issues of grief,
possible
PTSD, longterm bf problems, bonding issues, depression, the costs of
formula
and counselling, you name it. And the risks to a healthy baby of a
caesarean
are far greater than those of a wellsupported vaginal birth.
On a side note, I'm always intrigued that consumers will often trust a
surgeon to cut their baby out but not trust that surgeon to catch
their baby
safely in a vaginal birth. Perhaps there's a logic in there I don't
understand?
I'm happy to offer specific suggestions for birth plans or any of that
stuff.
HTH,
Janet
Joyous Birth
Home Birth Forum - a world first!
http://www.joyousbirth.info/forums/
Accessing Artemis
Birth Trauma Recovery
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/accessingartemis
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