Thankyou so much for sharing this Gloria.
This is the most brilliant thing I've heard for ages. It shows how
mothers can change the culture from within, if we're strong enough.
What an incredibly brave woman. I would love to read the birth story if
there is one. This is the kind of thing I want to tell all the pregnant
twins mums I meet. At an AMBA morning tea the other day I was the only one
of 5 to have had a vaginal birth.
This has absolutely made my day! Woke up
in a very grouchy mood, perhaps I'll have a better day now. Would love to
hear more of this sort of thing. It just doesn't occur to most people to
question anything we're told by doctors & midwives in hospital. We
should be encouraged to ask ourselves, ok, if I just say no what will
happen. We have a right to be in a hospital if we choose to without being
held to ransom.
I struggled to get my vaginal birth, and
struggled with the fear passed on to me and to my husband. Had my babies
been breech I'd have had no hope. I'd love to meet this woman and thank
her on behalf of all mothers.
Yvette
mother of 5 including 1 month old
twins
Ps still working on full birth story, will post
link when it's done.
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Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:30
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] VBAC Breech
Twins
Okay women, here's your miracle for the day! This is from a
doula friend in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She has given permission to share it
far and wide so feel free to repost. Gloria
Hello
Everyone,
I would like to report that my VBAC, Breech, with twins
client gave birth totally naturally and without intervention at the Rockyview
hospital last week. It was an awesome thing to witness. A woman saying No
Thank You to fear mongering and letting her body guide the way. Baby A was
breech so the 2nd stage was slow and the doctors can be quite intense with
their comments. Here are some for the records
.
Delivering
these babies naturally is just the same as throwing them off a cliff
and
Youve had a C-section before, and your uterus is now slowing down
with contractions, these are signs that your uterus is about to explode, and
that will kill you and your babies
The babies are healthy and
happy and the mom is so excited to have conquered her fears. Having had a
C-section previously, she said that concentrating on the short term pain for
long term gain got her through it. She couldnt bare the thought of another
incision and now 3 babies to take care of. When the babies were delivered the
room had 15 people in it. There was actually applause when the first baby
emerged bum first. I think that after the staff realized that the Mom was
going all the way with the requests they got excited (doc included). The
hospital took advantage of the happening and invited various interns and
students to the birth so that they could get an education on breech, twin
deliveries. I guess not that many women ever get a chance to follow through
with it, so no one gets the education. I was totally alarmed to that the
hospital was so helpful. One of the nurses mentioned that the hospital had an
incident 6 months ago where they tried to withdraw care because the woman
wouldnt listen to them and things went bad so some policies have supposedly
changed and they care for people no matter what their birth requests. I was
impressed with the people on staff that day, but the pessimist in me knows the
battle isnt over but things are changing!
Thank you to Gloria and
Patty who I called heading into the birth when some of the fear was rubbing
off on me the Doula!
Charis Curtis, W.T.
Prema Sai Wholistic
Living
2713 14th St SW
Calgary, AB T2T 3V2
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.premasai.ca
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