1. Please give me your full name, how you want to be identified (full name, first name only, anon, etc.), your general location, number of children, number of cesareans, number of VBACs, anything else pertinent to your story. Lisa Delaplace, 4 births, 3 live, one stillbirth, Stillbirth and 1st live birth in Jonesboro, AR. 3rd and 4th births in Seattle, WA.
2. Did (do) you ever believe that you might have a cesarean? When did you first think that a cesarean was a possibility for your birth?I never considered that I might have a cesarean.
3. When did your practitioner bring up a discussion about cesarean? Before labor? During labor? Was it a surprise? We never discussed cesarean, but during my 2nd labor, I had an epidural and my son's heartrate started to decel. It became an emergency pushing situation with the understanding that I had to push or they were taking the baby.
4. If you had a cesarean, do you think you could have done anything to prevent it?
5. If you had a cesarean, did you or your baby experience complications? If yes, which ones and how did you feel about this?
6. If you had one good piece of advice for pregnant women or women considering having a baby, what would it be when it comes to cesarean prevention? Let labor happen as naturally as possible and assert yourself in keeping an environment that is comfortable for you. Seek birthing professionals who are against c-sections (midwives especially) Seek professionals who make sure you have the power in the birthing process.
7. What is one sure way to have a cesarean? Getting induced and having someone who you dislike being in the room with you during labor.
8. Did you try to prevent a cesarean? If so, how? (Did you switch doctors or midwives? Did you pay out of pocket for a homebirth? Did you stay home longer than you normally would have? Hire a doula? Stuff like that...) I switched to a birthing center in the 7th month of my last pregnancy. I felt that something would go wrong with a hospital birth. I was right. My son was very big with huge shoulders. I wouldn't have been able to push him out in any other position than on my hands and knees. My dr. had been pushing an epidural since my 5th month of pregnancy. I was glad that I switched, but it did cost about 500 more out of pocket.
9. Advice for pregnant women in talking to those offering birth horror stories? Consider the person giving the advice. If someone swears that their child was born with some difficulties and would have died at birth had they not been in a hospital, consider how the hospital/provider may have contributed to the baby's problems. I had many people try to scare me. Each time, I could see how the problems formed, even though the person trying to warn me couldn't see the connection.
10. Where did you get a positive view of birth? Where should others turn? Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Natural Childbirth.
11. If you have had a VBAC, what resistance did you have? (If any.)
12. What is the hardest part of having a VBAC?
13. What was pregnancy like for you? What advice do you have in general for pregnant women? Feel free to add stories or quotes here.My pregnancies were fairly easy and uneventful, except for the first stillbirth.
14. Anything else you’d like to add? If a medical professional gives you the urge to run.....run! Explore all of your options until you're comfortable. If it seems you've run out of options,
Please send these questions with answers to me at: robin at robineliseweiss dot com
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C-section survey
1. Please give me your full name, how you want to be identified (full name, first name only, anon, etc.), your general location, number of children, number of cesareans, number of VBACs, anything else pertinent to your story. Lisa Delaplace, 4 births, 3 live, one stillbirth, Stillbirth and 1st live birth in Jonesboro, AR. 3rd and 4th births in Seattle, WA.
2. Did (do) you ever believe that you might have a cesarean? When did you first think that a cesarean was a possibility for your birth?I never considered that I might have a cesarean.
3. When did your practitioner bring up a discussion about cesarean? Before labor? During labor? Was it a surprise? We never discussed cesarean, but during my 2nd labor, I had an epidural and my son's heartrate started to decel. It became an emergency pushing situation with the understanding that I had to push or they were taking the baby.
4. If you had a cesarean, do you think you could have done anything to prevent it?
5. If you had a cesarean, did you or your baby experience complications? If yes, which ones and how did you feel about this?
6. If you had one good piece of advice for pregnant women or women considering having a baby, what would it be when it comes to cesarean prevention? Let labor happen as naturally as possible and assert yourself in keeping an environment that is comfortable for you. Seek birthing professionals who are against c-sections (midwives especially) Seek professionals who make sure you have the power in the birthing process.
7. What is one sure way to have a cesarean? Getting induced and having someone who you dislike being in the room with you during labor.
8. Did you try to prevent a cesarean? If so, how? (Did you switch doctors or midwives? Did you pay out of pocket for a homebirth? Did you stay home longer than you normally would have? Hire a doula? Stuff like that...) I switched to a birthing center in the 7th month of my last pregnancy. I felt that something would go wrong with a hospital birth. I was right. My son was very big with huge shoulders. I wouldn't have been able to push him out in any other position than on my hands and knees. My dr. had been pushing an epidural since my 5th month of pregnancy. I was glad that I switched, but it did cost about 500 more out of pocket.
9. Advice for pregnant women in talking to those offering birth horror stories? Consider the person giving the advice. If someone swears that their child was born with some difficulties and would have died at birth had they not been in a hospital, consider how the hospital/provider may have contributed to the baby's problems. I had many people try to scare me. Each time, I could see how the problems formed, even though the person trying to warn me couldn't see the connection.
10. Where did you get a positive view of birth? Where should others turn? Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Natural Childbirth.
11. If you have had a VBAC, what resistance did you have? (If any.)
12. What is the hardest part of having a VBAC?
13. What was pregnancy like for you? What advice do you have in general for pregnant women? Feel free to add stories or quotes here.My pregnancies were fairly easy and uneventful, except for the first stillbirth.
14. Anything else you’d like to add? If a medical professional gives you the urge to run.....run! Explore all of your options until you're comfortable. If it seems you've run out of options,
Please send these questions with answers to me at: robin at robineliseweiss dot com
By robin@birthacti... at 10/17/2007 - 11:10am | robin@birthactivist.com's blog | add new comment | email this page
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