Those of the moms, who had extreme painful birthes, what did you to avoid meds?

Question

When was the most uncomfortable moment? Are those birthes easier at home with the older siblings of the new baby around???

Answer 1

The more you fear the more its pain :-)...why afraid of this wonderful natural creation?...if you could get pregnant without lost your verginity, would you do it?.......why worry?....this is not your first time,....don't worry about your older children, they need to learn, and see how much you love them...I had the first child at home and refused all medical. I had it very natural...in pain for 13 hours....extreamly painful.....and this time I definitely will have my second baby at home....my 6 yrs old son will be watching me...and he will learn how great women are :-)...**And hopefully he will be a nice man,love and respect his wife when he has one.

Answer 2

I've had two pregnancies including one with virtually no medications.

A concepts that really helped me:
Can you deal with anything really bad as long as you know it will be over in just a few seconds? I know I can, and once I realized this, my lamaze instructor suggested that I remember that the pain will be over in a few seconds and only worry about just that contraction, and think of the contractions as just needing to get through just one contraction. If you do that, it makes all the difference in dealing with the pain. You can do it!

A couple of ideas to alleviate pain:
1) Take a tube sock and fill it most of the way full of instant rice. Sew up the open end and then when you get there, ask the nurse to microwave it for a couple of minutes. The heat is great to put on the lower back during labor pains.

2) Ask your doctor or midwife if you can sit in a tub and have intermittent fetal monitoring (they need to do monitoring to check the baby's heart rate). My midwife allowed me to do so, because I tested negative for Strep B (if you are positive for strep B you cannot do this). My contractions went way down in intensity by sitting in a tub with my husband spraying me with a water pik massager with just a few inches of water in the bottom of the tub. Another mom in the neighboring room stayed in the tub the entire time including the birth and it really helped. I would have liked to try the Leboyer method because it is a water birth where the lights are low. It gives the baby a more natural transition.

In terms of an at home delivery, what type of contingency plan will you use in the case of problems during the delivery. What if you need an emergency C-section? You might want to think carefully about this decison.

As far as the kids, will having them in the room relax you more, especially when you are in the midst of the birth? Will they be scared? or will your kids need constant supervision. You will want the father and the other attendants to be there for your needs instead of being focused on how the kids are feeling.

Answer 3

How about a triple breech (butt & both feet at the same time) with no anesthetic after a 22 1/2 hr. labor where the Dr. had to break the membranes? Is that painful enough for you? I had to do this without anesthetic as it was 40 yrs. ago. I had chronic low blood pressure & so it wasn't safe for me to have any anesthetic. Believe me I would gladly have taken it if it had been possible. What did I do to work through it? Screamed. A lot. Dr. said I didn't make "all that much noise considering." Afterwards, I still had a lot of pain & was given a heat lamp to help dry my stitches. Period. No aspirin, tylenol etc. allowed as I was breast feeding. Dr. said I could sit on an ice pack for a few days but I said no thanks. Lots of prayer helped. I would never have put my children through watching something like this. It would've scared them to death. I had 2 older ones at the time. Thank goodness I was in a hospital & not at home.

Answer 4

Used Lamaze breathing and a whole lot of prayer. If you stay in control you can use mind over matter to take the edge off the pain. I think it depends on the age of the older children to include them in but really I'm not comfortable with an audience. I preferred the bonding between my husband and myself for all four of our children. Three of the four were natural births with no meds at all and yeah it hurt but I didn't want the babies exposed to any extra meds.

Answer 5

I didn't avoid the meds -it was a 50 hour labor, with very little sleep and very little food. So when the doctor gave me pitocin to urgee it along, I happily took it. And when he gave me a shot of demerol so I could sleep between contractions, I happily took it.
There is sometimes a reason for these meds.
My second I didn't take any meds, because the contractions never felt worse than hard cramps and the baby was out in seven hours.

Answer 6

The drugs help you be more comfortable, and as for a home birth that is what health care is for and the drs are there to help you, and i think that a birth of a child is something that should only been seen by someone who understands it and will not be scared by what they are seeing.

Answer 7

I don't understand this mindset. Have your child in a hospital under the watchful eye of doctors and nurses, both for your sake and for your baby's. And take the drugs!! Why suffer? You aren't a better mother because you suffered through a pointlessly painful birth.

Answer 8

you're crazy... take the meds the doctor offers, and don't give birth in front of your other children. you'll scar them for life.