KarenC
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FBE - that's so cute. Love how he's a shouter! T yells at mealtimes now, with her mouth full, and it's hilarious.
Having read a lot of these, I think it's interesting that I was allowed to push for two hours at home with no intervention, whereas in hospital or MLUs they get a bit jumpy if it takes that long and then a lot of them end in very painful ventouse/forceps deliveries. Granted, Tilly was happy as larry for the whole time and never became distressed despite being stuck up my vag for two hours with me trying in vain to push her head out. The midwives who attended the birth were looking a bit concerned, or so my husband says, but I finally managed to find the strength to push her out in the end. I hope I don't have to push for that long next time because I didn't much enjoy that part. It demostrates, perhaps, how much more likely intervention is for a hospital birth compared with a home birth. Just my thoughts... x
Having read a lot of these, I think it's interesting that I was allowed to push for two hours at home with no intervention, whereas in hospital or MLUs they get a bit jumpy if it takes that long and then a lot of them end in very painful ventouse/forceps deliveries. Granted, Tilly was happy as larry for the whole time and never became distressed despite being stuck up my vag for two hours with me trying in vain to push her head out. The midwives who attended the birth were looking a bit concerned, or so my husband says, but I finally managed to find the strength to push her out in the end. I hope I don't have to push for that long next time because I didn't much enjoy that part. It demostrates, perhaps, how much more likely intervention is for a hospital birth compared with a home birth. Just my thoughts... x