Mrs Doddy
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Looking for some support, this is my first baby (after a mmc last year) so I have no idea what to expect, I will have the baby in a hospital but is a midwife led unit and I ideally would like a water birth and always have because
1. I find water soothing
2. It will help reduce tearing hopefully
3. I don't want to be stuck on a bed with tubes and iv drips and to be stuck
in one position
Now I know that I have to have an open mind and nothing is guaranteed and if the pool is in use then I will have to re-think.
Drugs wise I would not like to have anything that is going to effect me or the baby after the birth, I know that you can't have anything but gas and air in the pool anyway. I don't want pethadine due to have read that it can effect breastfeeding, I don't want an epidural due to the length of time that it takes to set up and take effect and that you are limited on your movements and I dont like the idea of the needle, iv drips ect
I am fed up of people telling me that I won't be able to do any of this and will need/want all the drugs when the time comes... thats as may be but at the moment I would like to focus my mind positivily and to try to cope in a way that is more natural. I am really looking forward to the antenal classes and the breathing techniques that I can learn.
Is anyone else getting stick from people ?? am trying to ignore them and try not to talk about it as it winds me up that people cannot respect my desicion
1. I find water soothing
2. It will help reduce tearing hopefully
3. I don't want to be stuck on a bed with tubes and iv drips and to be stuck
in one position
Now I know that I have to have an open mind and nothing is guaranteed and if the pool is in use then I will have to re-think.
Drugs wise I would not like to have anything that is going to effect me or the baby after the birth, I know that you can't have anything but gas and air in the pool anyway. I don't want pethadine due to have read that it can effect breastfeeding, I don't want an epidural due to the length of time that it takes to set up and take effect and that you are limited on your movements and I dont like the idea of the needle, iv drips ect
I am fed up of people telling me that I won't be able to do any of this and will need/want all the drugs when the time comes... thats as may be but at the moment I would like to focus my mind positivily and to try to cope in a way that is more natural. I am really looking forward to the antenal classes and the breathing techniques that I can learn.
Is anyone else getting stick from people ?? am trying to ignore them and try not to talk about it as it winds me up that people cannot respect my desicion