tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15034156.post7565617648415576765..comments2023-05-31T09:03:34.365-05:00Comments on Trailer Park Paradise: Oh, dear lord...No.Sabrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13746486966764162127noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15034156.post-48671871148747403712012-06-04T15:05:29.584-05:002012-06-04T15:05:29.584-05:00You're definitely right, Breda. What I have s...You're definitely right, Breda. What I have seen happen a LOT is that a woman is due, say, June 15. By that time, prenatal appointments are weekly. So at, say, the June 7 appointment, the doctor schedules an induction for June 16 or 17, <i>just because by then the due date will have passed.</i> Not because pregnancy suddenly becomes dangerous to mother or baby, not because Mom's body is ready, not because the baby is ready ('cause, duh, if that was the case, labor would have started already).<br /><br />So you have a woman whose body isn't ready to go into labor, you try to force the issue, and you stir in a heaping helping of poor labor management and it makes a c-section that much more likely.Sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13746486966764162127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15034156.post-17168047462240018542012-06-03T21:44:14.489-05:002012-06-03T21:44:14.489-05:00Now I don't have any first hand experience wit...Now I don't have any first hand experience with childbirth, but it seems to me that many C-sections are the result of induced labor and pitocin.<br /><br />yay or nay?bredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15034156.post-33394234122629849002012-05-31T20:31:34.173-05:002012-05-31T20:31:34.173-05:00I'll admit that "no anesthesia" was ...I'll admit that "no anesthesia" was my first thought too!<br /><br />And for the record, I absolutely support any woman's decision to <i>not</i> have a VBAC. Since I insist on being allowed to, it would be incredibly hypocritical of me to not allow others the same free decision. The risks were negligible in my mind, but other women can look at the same research and draw the opposite conclusion. All I want is for women to have the power to decide, which ACOG says they should.Sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13746486966764162127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15034156.post-48652406725936271492012-05-31T19:13:34.464-05:002012-05-31T19:13:34.464-05:00My wife had two C-Sections...the first was because...My wife had two C-Sections...the first was because our daughter was in cardiac distress, and they wanted her out RIGHT NOW. Less than 45 minutes from when we got to the hospital to baby in hand. It was one of the few times I was HIGHLY impressed with Navy Medicine.<br /><br />2nd time was she had spent 3 months on bed rest with her cervix sewn shut(a cerclage) to keep the baby in. Her doctor recommmended it, my wife agreed. She went though a little mental 'beat herself up' for not trying a VBAC, but I supported her 100%.<br /><br />Personnaly, when I first read about a 'Natural C-Section', I was picturing no anestesia, which was terrifying.<br /><br />I was in the room for both of my wife's...and I made the mistake of looking over the curtain...just like gutting a deer, except a baby came out instead of tenderloins.greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282685892329599436noreply@blogger.com