Cheap Max 2011 Time to catch a baby!

hferuHERFH · Wysłany: Pon 5:38, 28 Mar 2011

Time to catch a baby - By James Middleton
A bit of shouting here and there.
The truth couldn't be farther from this.
I sat with her, encouraging her in the best way I knew how, and helping her to handle the contractions.
So this time, Julie had no pain relief at all, because the midwives took 45 minutes to make the five minute journey Wink

- or in other words;
I digress, back to our birth;-)
We had already had one daughter - Jeorgina, who was home birthed two and a half years earlier, that had gone very well.
So there we were at 04.30 am in the morning, and my wife had been labouring since 12.30 am
No such luck Wink

You'd be surprised, but it's not unusual for a birth plan to be set by the medical people, that includes a time by which the baby is "supposed" to be born. If this doesn't happen, then it is very common for the birth to be accelerated by using artificial hormones like "Oxytocin" to do this job.
This is in contrast to the current trend in the Netherlands, of about 30% homebirths.
So she was already in this room for the night.
"Where the hell are the midwives?"
Time to catch a baby
I got the things I thought would be needed, two or three fresh towels, and a waterproof drawsheet to cover the bed with.
Fact is,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in the UK - less than 20% of parents request homebirths, and less than 2% of these actually end up having a homebirth. Most are discouraged by the doctors or the hospitals, or other medical professionals.
Apparently they got held up sorting out paperwork and equipment for the labour, as it was not something they did very often.
We had expected them to arrive less than twenty minutes after my call, as their office was just 10 minutes drive away.
At 5.30 am Julie looked me straight in the eye, and said "the babies coming .. arghhhhhh... it's
The sad fact is,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that we have become conditioned to believe that hospitals and doctors are essential for a safe, smooth and happy birthing experience.
We both expected them to arrive within about 15 to 20 minutes or so.
The side effect is, that by the birth being speeded up, it often creates more pain/discomfort, and more fear and unease for the poor mother.
I made the call at 5.10 am.
Not only this, but it continues the process of removing control of the birthing process away from the mother and into the hands of the "professionals".
The nature of hospitals and Doctors/ Physicians is one of control and orderliness.
We had a special room prepared just for the labour,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], uncluttered and very comfortable. Julie had been sleeping alone in it every now and then, as she found she slept better without me in the same bed - she had more room to move around.
Personally I think they stopped off for a cup of tea, as they thought they would have plenty of time.
There was no mistaking the desperation in her eyes.
Julie had asked me to tell them to get to us as quick as they could.
She had woken me up an hour or so earlier to tell me - "James I think the babies coming, I'm getting pretty strong contractions now."
Considering this, she did exceptionally well for this first homebirth.
This meant that Julie only had "gas and air" or "Entonox" pain relief for about 30 minutes before she birthed.
Well, I thought having a home birth with my wife would be a simple process.
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She had had to go through most of her labour with no pain relief at all, apart from self-hypnosis, which fortunately she was pretty accomplished at.
And a moment later "It's coming, you better
Lots of grunting, puffing and pushing.
After a time, she said she wanted me to call the midwives, so I made the call.
The only problem with that homebirth, was that the midwives arrived three hours after my original phone call, and just 40 minutes before my wife Julie birthed.