One born every minute USA

[Zazu]

It always annoys me wen they don't listen, the midwife is only concerned about mum and baby, drives me mad! It's like on property ladder wen they never listen to Sarah Beeny, she always knows best (slightly off topic!).

Sorry don't know if it's repeated, might tell u on the more 4/channel 4 website. I much prefer the uk version x

 

[Constantstar]

I wasn't overly impressed. I like the uk version better.Thought the midwives were sweet tho. The couple with the doula were annoying me felt like saying- make a bloody decision yourself you wimps!and if the midwife thought something should be done in the interest of mine or baby's health I wouldn't turn round and say no like they did! Plus i didnt see anyone use gas and air??Lol x

 

[AugustMum]

They don't have gas and air in America. Nuts! I think thats why theres such a high epi rate there. :/

 

[Constantstar]

Really no gas and air?! Didn't know that!

 

[cosmicgirl]

Gas and air is poo IMO, bring on the hard drugs lol x

 

[AugustMum]

I only got 2 puffs of it. I had a stupid midwife lol.

 

[Zazu]

I loved the gas and air, fab til right near the end x

 

[Froslass]

Gas and air is poo IMO, bring on the hard drugs lol x

 

[Froslass]

I think your ability to cope with the pain IS somewhat down to the midwife/person supporting you too and the environment your labouring in.

My Granparents and auntie and uncle live in florida.

My auntie had her first baby over here, nothing but gas and air and i *think* a shot of pethedine. She managed fine.
When they moved to the states though, she said she was basically told the epidural is the done thing, and the whole environment of the hospital she was in was really geared towards labour being managed medically, and she felt she didn't cope with it as well, and ended up getting the epidural!

I sort of got that vibe from last nights episode too!

 

[Amy_J]

its like that 16 & pregnant (hate to admit it but i kinda love it lol)... they all have epidurals and all the labours seem the same!!!!

 

[Dragonfly Fi]

Ohhh that was 'throw things at the telly' TV that really was!

It ANNOYED ME SO MUCH!!! They made out that woman was a total weirdo for wanting a natural birth! And the other woman who said 'i want to do it naturally' but apparently that means WITH hormones!!

every woman in there had a drip in her arm! Of course they all have epidurals if thats the case a hormone drip gives you unnatural contractions which are uber painful!

I can completely understand the woman not wanting to be 'checked' in the middle of labour! Checked for what exactly? I was checked twice during my 27 hour labour, once to see how dilated i was after not progressing and once when i was admitted to hospital before having my waters broken!

To pull a woman into hospital, rig her up to a machine and a drip and expect her to give birth on her back is just absolutely and completely absurd! It is totally against how we are designed to give birth!

I laboured for 26 and a half hours and pushed for half an hour with Jasper, i was never on my back (apart from the 10 mins when they broke my waters) and it was the most fantastic experience of my life! Trust your body, trust yourself and learn about what labour IS and what your body is DOING! That way you will have all the tools you need to have a relatively easy labour The pain aint bad until the end when you can push through it anyway - you just have to stay positive, calm and mobile

we are women, we are amazing and strong and we can labour without any medical assistance (though i did LOVE the gas n air )

 

[cosmicgirl]

I'm all about the drugs, I don't want to be in pain and if I can have a painless delivery then happy days xx

 

[frankie707]

I'm with BigBump on this on although I did think the hubby of the natural birth lady was a bit too fixated on the birth plan but I suppose they did have to fight to get a natural birth.

 

[Lander]

I used to watch a lot of Discovery birth stuff, USA deliveries are very different...... I recommend watching Kourtney Kardashian delivering her baby boy, I was impressed with her

Really? I thought she'd be a whinging cow xx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vesh4SlPk Ignore Chelsea Handler if you want (go to 0.40s), but you get the important bit!

 

[cosmicgirl]

I'm all for choice but I would never not take advice from a midwife, after all, they are the professionals. I personally think that they just didn't like the older mw because they said the younger one could check her, not the older one. They also took the advice about the drip from the younger one and completely fobbed off the older one. x

 

[Dragonfly Fi]

Amazing that people can think a midwife, an external person, can know a body and a labour better than you can yourself

I believe we are the best people to say what/when/how during labour and a midwife is there to guide and support, not push into drugs and epidurals like shown!

They may be professionals, but they are professionals in medicine, not in YOU... with the right knowledge you can feel empowered to make your own decisions about childbirth, what feels right and what does not etc

 

[frankie707]

I'm all for choice but I would never not take advice from a midwife, after all, they are the professionals. I personally think that they just didn't like the older mw because they said the younger one could check her, not the older one. They also took the advice about the drip from the younger one and completely fobbed off the older one. x

Yeah agree with you - that nurse said she had had her 2 naturally so they could have made better use of her, they did seem to see her as the opposition.

 

[cosmicgirl]

I think it's sad the way some people look upon them as the opposition.
They have mum and babies best interest at heart and I would trust a midwife implicitly. That's my choice though and each to their own x

 

[cosmicgirl]

I think it was pretty shitty really the way they made that older mw feel x

 

[cosmicgirl]

Oh and I do know my body but I don't know if my baby is in distress, if my contractions are making progress or if I am fully dilated before I push so I am happy that I trust midwives and their years of experience and continuing learning to get my baby safely into the world. That is THE ONLY thing that matters to me x