October 1, 2020 | The Birth Circle
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The only one I know of is my mother-in-law, due to three precipitous labors. Both of my grandmother’s had “twilight” births with their 3 and 4 births. 😳😬
My mom had a natural birth with her first but she was in another country that had no other options. I’m not sure she was very prepared. She very clearly opted for drugs with me, but she didn’t love how the IV meds made her feel drunken either
My biological mother went 42 weeks and 5 days with me. They induced labor and I kept flipping over so eventually she opted for a csection. I havent told anyone we plan on home birthing because I hear lots of friends tell other friends “you’ll be begging for pain meds”. So I figured id keep it to myself. 🙂
It’s such a shame women cannot just rise above and support one another in these situations. I try to encourage women to be open with their friends, family, providers, etc regardless. Do you think you are holding back on being honest with them because you don’t want to hurt their feelings, or because you don’t want to entertain their clap back?
My mom had eight natural births, all in hospitals. That was my plan too, but I’ve taken it one step further. I do home birth. 🙂
That is AMAZING!
I’m the only one I know of
It’s amazing how few years it took, comparably, to make almost all women think medicated birth is the norm. As though it always has been..
Me and my SIL!
Oh yay! I always feel like so many SIL relationships are competitive. Good to see one on an “even keel’
One friend that I know of, had a home water birth. If there’s anyone else, they haven’t shared about it. Everyone else was in a hospital (no birth centers near me), most with an epidural and/or c-section.
Outside of the birth professional community and colleagues I’ve become friends with that way, I have very few friends myself who’ve birthed at home. I hope we see a shift in this in our lifetime. This year alone has changed a lot about the way women want to birth.
My younger sister! My mom only had epidural with my youngest brother. But she’s not necessarily natural minded.
And me. Lol. I got to be her sister “doula” and am looking into becoming a doula myself.
That’s amazing. Have you ever seen a life experience that causes such a desire in so many to become professionals in that field? Birth is magic.
My first baby at age 23. 36 hours and had laughing gas at the end. Fortunately no one pressured me to have the epidural at the hospital. I likely would have gave in. I was too scared to be paralyzed from the epidural so that kept me going. Lol.
Baby #2 and 3 epidurals
19 years later, 39 weeks with baby #4 and looking forward to a home water birth! I’m glad I experienced the powerful natural birth with my first so I have the confidence to do it again!