Due in June/July/August 2015

I was progressing slowly but fine last time. The contractions were not coming fast or hard enough last time and so they pushed the pitocin on me to speed it up. Hell as soon as I walked in the door they said I'll be right back with your pitocin.. OH HELL NO. I dont want to deal with that this time. It was on my plan last time too but ignored. Once my doula got there she put them in their place. Used the risk of infection line on me I said yeah if labor hasnt progressed in X time thats when the risk starts so I will see you at 11:00 and THEN you get your way buh bye!

I'm scared they will give me that evil drug again too Narhi!!! They induced me and as I had to be monitored on the bed my contractions slowed so they put the devil drug in me. Really don't want to go through that again! I cried when they wouldn't let me walk about and told to be on the bed...no wonder things stopped progressing. This time I'm being a bossy patient and also making sure they delay cord clamping as there are more benefits for baby.

Ive learned the best thing to teach yourself is how to read the monitor print out from the fetal monitors. Pitocin leads to more interventions every time. If you need it because its truly a problem then by all means have at it but they push it so much and scare you into it and you have no clue if you really need it or not! I snuck food into my room to help keep labor progressing. Those little protein bars helped immensely. I also had a water bottle stashed under my pillow. They told me I needed an IV line because I was so dehydrated when they had no idea how much water I had been slamming the whole time. No body energy nothing left to help keep labor going. Just like they made you stay in bed especially if kept on your back then yeah its going to slow down. The birth classes at my old hospital were all about moving around and changing positions blah blah but as soon as they put me in my room it was a different story and for no reason other than its what they wanted. Now Im in an area where just about every hospital is going to preach the same thing. Pitocin, on your back, legs up, take the epidural. They are absolutely going to hate me because I know how to read the chart from the monitor so when they pull the distress crap on me I will know if they are telling the truth or scaring me into their timeframe!

I've had it with 4 out of of mine so far but I don't open , I don't mind it rather it be quick and hard than niggles for ages

I had pitocin with all three of mine, never had a bad experience to be honest all quick labors and deliveries.

Ill be 27 weeks this Saturday!! Yay 10 more weeks and my babies can arrive any time after that :)

the pitocin increased my pain levels like OMG and because the contractions were so hard I had to have continuous monitoring throughout labor and then the one stuck in his head because it was compressing him so much his levels kept dropping.

In current baby news she failed her BPP mostly due to the NST portion so I have to go back tomorrow and see if they will try to scare me into a 36 week induction or c-section
The saga is here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/preg...-bpp-fail.html

Dont you ladies think to take spinal injection?
I want it for sure , I cant go through the pain again :(

Nahri, maybe if you end up with a vaginal birth write down your reasons for refusing the pitocin and just shove the piece of paper in their face if they start haggling you about it. Who wants to talk/argue while you are in pain??? Not me!!

I wanted a vbac with DD3 but we were overseas and they who troop of doctors absolutely freaked out. I didn't cave on the vbac part but I did cave on the epidural (I don't like them) and the damn thing only numbed my right thigh, not leg, thigh. The anesthesiologist was a b*tch and I was in labor much longer, IMO, because of the totally useless epidural. This time I am not at he mercy of military medical who could care less, but I am still anxious to make sure my wishes are respected.

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Originally Posted by business.woman

Dont you ladies think to take spinal injection?
I want it for sure , I cant go through the pain again :(

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Some women can't get them- me included. I have a curved spine (scoliosis) that also goes inward (lordosis). No anesthesiologist would touch me to give me an epidural with a ten foot pole! I also can't have most medicine to help with the pain (any CII drugs like fentanyl, or Duragesic), since they give me the worst migraine of my life! No medicine for me! I've had two unmedicated births and expecting another with this pregnancy. Good news is my labor and deliveries are quick and tolerable- under 6 hours total.

I am jealous of you ladies that can get medicine [emoji20]!


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Im medication over tolerant. They had to use the combination epidural and nerve block on a double dose of each to get it to work. I didn't want it but they had to intervene with an episotomy and forceps because he stalled all due to the pitocin. Otherwise I was fine without it!