did you plan natural but not get it

[tabi_cat1023]

Curious how many moms here planned a natural birth and for whatever reason ended up going a different route

[justone_jen]

Wow, sorry for the novel.

[illegallyblonde]

100 % natural.

[mollysmom328]

This is how my first was and I'm pretty sure I'm going to a freestanding birthing center in town with a midwife for any subsequent babies :)

Quoting doulala:

No--    I made sure that I would have pretty natural births!
;-)

[doulala]

 

This is a very important part of it!!

   Who we hire to attend our maternity care (and the setting) can be our greatest risk factor(s).

GL!

Quoting mollysmom328:

This is how my first was and I'm pretty sure I'm going to a freestanding birthing center in town with a midwife for any subsequent babies :)

Quoting doulala:

No--    I made sure that I would have pretty natural births!
;-)

[Gingerella]

I had planned a homebirth and my water broke at 36 weeks and 5 days. I should have asked my mw what the plan would be should I go early when I interviewed her but it was my 4th child and I had always went right to my due date. I was worried because it had never happened before and my mw and I agreed to go to the hospital. In retrospect I wish I hadn't but it's always easy to look BACK and say that. I had agreed to a strep test with my mw (though I wasn't sure how/if I was treating it) but the results werent back yet SO antibiotics were my first intervention. I did get them to agree to a saline lock so I could move around and only get the antibiotics and be done. Also had intemitent montoring. My labor stalled at a 3 and because I will do anything in my will power to avoid c/s I agreed to a little bit of pitocin. Labor progressed quickly and I did it with no pain meds. Not how I pictured it. My homebirthing supplies that I hid in the closet make me sad every time I see them.

[torttia]

I wanted natural but I was induced because I was 4 days overdue and he was measuring big. I had to get IV fluids and pitocin. They had to monitor me since I was induced and he kept moving so I got the internal monitor and after 8 hours I decided to get an epidural...the epidural went up instead of down, numbed my entire left side and I passed out. When I came back (about 3 min) I decided to get it shut off. When it was time to push I was free of drugs and so proud of myself (this is my 2nd baby and with my first I was so drugged I hardly remember anything). I got to pull him out myself...for the most part, his shoulders got stuck (I am 5'1 and usually 110lbs and he was 20in and 8lbs 1.2oz) so I am really lucky to have gotten induced when I did because I think I would have had to get a c-section.

Next time I will not let anyone (DH) talk me into getting any drugs,

[2forKaty]

Same here

Quoting peaches_04:

the only unnatural thing I had to get was iv antibiotics

[FrumpyMama]

 I did with my son. I had planned on having him naturally, but was completely unprepared for what and how to handle the hospital roller coaster.  I had blindly assumed that you could just go to the hospital and have a baby how you wanted to.  Apparently not. I had an epi and pit with him, as well as back labor and vomiting.  Will never birth in a hospital again.........never never never never never never.........

[tabi_cat1023]

Sounds alot like me

Quoting FrumpyMama:

 I did with my son. I had planned on having him naturally, but was completely unprepared for what and how to handle the hospital roller coaster.  I had blindly assumed that you could just go to the hospital and have a baby how you wanted to.  Apparently not. I had an epi and pit with him, as well as back labor and vomiting.  Will never birth in a hospital again.........never never never never never never.........

[outstandingLove]

Quoting torttia:

I wanted natural but I was induced because I was 4 days overdue and he was measuring big. I had to get IV fluids and pitocin. They had to monitor me since I was induced and he kept moving so I got the internal monitor and after 8 hours I decided to get an epidural...the epidural went up instead of down, numbed my entire left side and I passed out. When I came back (about 3 min) I decided to get it shut off. When it was time to push I was free of drugs and so proud of myself (this is my 2nd baby and with my first I was so drugged I hardly remember anything). I got to pull him out myself...for the most part, his shoulders got stuck (I am 5'1 and usually 110lbs and he was 20in and 8lbs 1.2oz) so I am really lucky to have gotten induced when I did because I think I would have had to get a c-section.

Next time I will not let anyone (DH) talk me into getting any drugs,

I don't think you would have needed a section just because of babies size. Lots of tiny women give birth to big babies. :-)