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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/18/2007 9:30:26 AM
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smootches2uall
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Ditto to everything pec said. It also helps by relaxing your jaw. Relaxed jaw means a relaxed bottom. In addition, there is a pressure point in the roof of your mouth that stimulates the production of oxytocin, the chemical that causes contractions. This, along with endorphins, that relax you and are natures pain management, create for more effective and manageable contractions.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/23/2007 11:35:59 AM
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K ladies, I am putting together the final draft of my christian childbirth curriculum - I would love to add a section about unmedicated childbirth stories. SOOO... if any of you want to share, I would love to put you in it.. Just pm me and I will give you the contact information to send it to, along with your name (or penname/anonymous).
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/23/2007 5:46:48 PM
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I've heard both my mother and my MIL talk about labor, and both of them said they loved it when they were on top of things and doing their breathing and stuff. They both felt in total control. I really really want this experience and I'm wondering if any of you have felt it, and what you have done to achieve it. My knowledge in this are is low, but my desire is very high, I feel like a dry sponge just want to soak up anything you can give me!
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/23/2007 9:10:53 PM
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I was just talking about this with my DH today. I think that keeping on top of my contractions really helped me make it through my labor (it was long). From the very first contraction on, I made sure I stopped what I was doing, focused, and breathed naturally and deeply through it. I thought about relaxing all of my body so that just my uterus could work. And I thought about allowing my body to open up. It really helped - my labor seemed relatively easy even when I was at 7 cm. By 10, I was having to really focus, but it still wasn't terrible. It only became hard later on because of the baby's bad head positioning, which really drug out the labor. Anyway, it's when you freak out from a contraction, tense your body, and breathe wildly that things get painful. I was two weeks overdue, so I was just extremely overjoyed to actually be having contractions!
Reading Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon gave me a lot of good ideas of focusing and opening during labor.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/23/2007 9:33:17 PM
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I have a weird question. I am trying to get myself used to 'breathing' through pain. So, (now this is where you all laugh) when I have gas pain, or cramps or any other sort of pain, I usually instantly tense up. But I've found that if I relax and breathe deeply, the pain isn't as bad, doesn't last as long and I can manage it better. Is that weird? Or is that what I was supposed to do during labor?
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/23/2007 9:38:13 PM
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smootches2uall
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lol- thats what you are supposed to do. That is what we are talking about with the pain-tension-fear cycle and breathing it down, etc...
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/23/2007 9:48:00 PM
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Well all I know is that just about ALL of my contractions felt like I had trapped gas, right on my rectum. I know that's gross, but that's what it felt like! It was the most regular gas pain I've ever had. Every 8 minutes.... I sat on all of my contractions. Come to find out she's pushing on my cervix. Wish I wouldve known about getting up, on my hands and knees or on the ball or something! Had to stay in the bed. GRR.. Anyway, glad to know I'm doing the right thing!
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/24/2007 11:59:38 AM
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My chant during lat transitioni into 2nd stage was "ooooooooooohhhhhh baby baby baby come DOOOOOWWWWWWNNNN come OUUUUUUUUTTTTT oooooohhh baby baby" while inside I was saying "down and out, stretch easy and loose"
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/24/2007 6:37:00 PM
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I forgot about self-talk! I did a lot of that too. Mostly just like what 3capps said - reminding myself that my body was made to do this, that what I was feeling was normal and how it was supposed to be. I would also keep telling myself that a contraction is nothing more that my muscles working and squeezing hard. Just working muscles, that's all - nothing to be scared about. I'd also think "Allow your uterus to do the work....just relax and let it work. Don't fight it, just let it go..." Visualizing it helped a lot too. And of course telling myself that God is in control, He made my body to be able to do this. He knew what He was doing when He created our bodies. No worries! My midwives would also mention Bible verses here and there when things were getting really rough. Verses about trusting in the Lord, about Him being our strength, and about His grace being more than sufficient.
Talking to yourself really does seem to help though. Keeps your mind in gear and your focus strong.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/24/2007 6:49:08 PM
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So what was you dh doing while you were doing this self talk, my dh tried really hard to keep me focused with my last labor, but I just couldn't keep myself calm and focused, I also stopped breathing, and hard as I tried, couldn't get myself to start back up. I can sit here and listen and understand the concept of being calm, focusing, relaxing, not panicing, breathing and self talk, but how do I make sure I will be able to think and do these things when I'm in labor?
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/24/2007 7:26:28 PM
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I just told hubby to remind me during each contraction to relax. To tell me to relax my face, my jaws my arms, whatever. I think that may help. Saying "you can do this" may help.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/24/2007 11:56:37 PM
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It's good to practice relaxation now, before you are in labor, so that you know how to do it when the time comes. Then it's not such a foreign concept. Maybe you could practice self-talk too. I was fully convinced that my body knew how to work and that what I would experience was normal before I ever went into labor. That helped because then I wasn't doubting my self-talk 
My Dh.....I'm trying to remember what he did. During the first 36 hours of my labor, it wasn't all that bad, so in between contractions we just talked normally and stuff. During a contraction no one would talk to me at all. It kind of annoyed me to hear people talking, so they just sat there quietly. From 36 hours to 48 hours things got really hard, and I got to the point where I wasn't really all "there" if you know what I mean. I was completely focused whether in a contraction or not. It was just all about surviving and getting through labor at that point. It's hard to explain....almost like I went inside myself and just stayed there. That probably doesn't make sense, but it's the only way I know how to word it. I don't remember a lot of what was going on around me, because I just couldn't expend the energy to think about it. We didn't talk much at all at that point, except for brief encouragement in between contractions. Once we got to the pushing stage, then he started doing lots of verbal encouragement and affirmations.
For me, I didn't really need verbal type encouragement. I just wanted someone to be there with me, and to feel that they were going through it with me, by my side. The only verbal stuff I wanted was from the midwives telling me that I was pushing correctly or that the contraction might go easier if I tried breathing this way instead of that way, or telling me to get into a different position to see how that helped move things along.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/25/2007 12:00:53 AM
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JoyfulWife
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Also, about your stopping breathing thing, you could try the "horse lips" breathing method. They can get kind of annoying after awhile, but it does force you to breathe through the contractions! You basically just let your lips be very relaxed while you blow air through them....kind of like the sound you would make if you were imitating a motor of some sort.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/26/2007 5:42:59 PM
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I hope we have that option. I know with Tyson they were too concerned about a number of things to leave me alone with Travis, that's why I want him to be in charge this time, so I don't have to worry about anything but me.
I'm also going to talk with my doctor about my desires and see what she has to say, any suggestions she has for me.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/26/2007 11:18:55 PM
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My SIL told me about 2 books and a cd by Jackie Mize who was told I think that she could never get pregnant but ended up having a few kids, painfree. Anyway, the people in my SIL's church have all read this book and stood on the Word of God and didn't need drugs during their labours. My SIL ended up having the ambiotic (sp?) fluid breaking in her womb or something and the baby took some in or something on the way out so she didn't breathe for a few minutes, my SIL knew it would be tricky as they told her what had happened, and the cord was around the babies neck, but she just remembered all the scriptures she read and things from the CD and she said she felt complete peace through it all!
anyway, it's called supernatural birth and i think there is a book called prayers and promises for a supernatural birth. I am planning on using it in this pregnancy :)
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/26/2007 11:53:47 PM
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I've read that book... it's bizarre and I'm not sure it's totally Biblically sound.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/27/2007 12:55:38 AM
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why do you say that spitzu, i haven't read it yet, but was planning to, your opinion would be good :)
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/27/2007 6:10:14 AM
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my problem with this type of teaching is that it equates miscarriages and pain during birth to the amount of faith that someone has...which is very wrong. there are physical and spiritual ways to minimize pain during childbirth, but this type of teaching takes it beyond that and puts it into a realm that I think is totally wrong. Ask anyone here who has had a miscarriage and I can guarantee you that the answer as to why is not going to be because they didn't have enough faith, which is what this book teaches...and yes, i have read it; no i do not find the scriptural references to be accurate
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/27/2007 6:50:58 AM
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thanks for that peculiar, my SIL who i mentioned had a miscarriage and she didn't feel that it was saying that to her though. I think some of the things i have read that she took notes on are spot on and pretty encouraging.
could you give me the scriptures maybe that aren't accurate so I can share this with her please? I also don't want to be lead astray.
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/27/2007 8:10:02 AM
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ORIGINAL: nicole6598
thanks for that peculiar, my SIL who i mentioned had a miscarriage and she didn't feel that it was saying that to her though. I think some of the things i have read that she took notes on are spot on and pretty encouraging.
could you give me the scriptures maybe that aren't accurate so I can share this with her please? I also don't want to be lead astray.
no i can not...sorry...the book to me was so out there that i threw it away so i do not have the scriptures she used anymore
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RE: Natural Childbirth/Pregnancy Thread - 1/27/2007 8:21:47 AM
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I have not read the book, but if what peculiar says is true, I tend to be very leery of anyone who says that the pain in our life is a result of lack of faith. That is just not Biblical, although it's a concept that's been preached many times in the past.
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He was very concerned but is still figuring out the whole physical nurture/comforting thing. He was mostly worried since we were in the hospital--that if I made any noise the doctors would rush in and take over and start messing with me!
Something tells me we won't be doing that one...
