Best Comment EVER!

Some of you know that the birth of my son was FAR from ideal. Quite frankly it was pretty crappy and not a good experience. Due to my previous experience when we learned we were expecting again my hubby and I started looking into A LOT of other birth options.

It is amazing how many different options are out there. I am not a big promoter of Home Birthing, which a lot of people are doing these days. I just think that it is wiser to be somewhere just in case. We were looking into Birthing Centers, which I was VERY interested in using in the beginning. You have an atmosphere much like home, however have medical experts with you as well as the ability to get to the hospital very quickly if need be. In VA where we use to live there is actually a birthing center inside of a hospital! What an ingenious idea! Had there been one like that here then I think we would have chosen that option, however with some of the complications in my 1st deliver my husband was not thrilled about the 5 minutes ambulance ride to the hospital if there was an issue. Given it is his baby as well, that decision was nixed. Then we looked into using a Mid Wife at a hospital. One of the complications I faced was major back labor, due to my sons position as well as a type of scoliosis I have in my lower back. Due to my scoliosis (which is fairly extreme) the Dr had issue with getting an epidural in...imagine how you feel when a Dr tries 3 times to hit the right spot in your spine...the answer NOT GOOD! So I wanted to go as natural as possible with this 2nd birth. From speaking with other people and research I felt that I had the best chance of achieving that with amid Wife. My husband was happy we would be in a hospital so if there was an emergency we were there and I was happy getting my mid wife.

Well, that has all changed now. The more research I did, the more I knew what hospital I wanted to deliver at . Well, that hospital does not have any practicing Mid Wives, so out the door that went! And I found a great practice with 4 drs that I love! When speaking with my Dr's and telling them many of the difficulties I experienced with my son I felt very reassured that I would not encounter those issues again. SO many of them could have been avoided and were just laziness of the Military Facility I was at with my son. They also set me up to meet with 2 of the attending anesthesiologist at the hospital where I would labor. What a great experience! I had 2 Dr's feel my back and talk me through the difficulty's and the solutions if I wanted to receive pain medication. It was a relief. A relief to know that if it is too much or I have major back labor again (which I was told I probably will due to the shape of my spine) that I don't have to be all scared about getting an epidural.

It is good all of those things have changed because now Wes and I have decided to be induced so that we can insure his presence at the delivery (got to love the Navy, we are on Shore duty yet my husband will be traveling to VA for 5 months). That would mean a midwife is out from the get go, as well as a much higher chance of an epi with pitocin.

Enter the BEST COMMENT EVER! A doctor asked me why I felt it was more natural to be in pain then it was to receive a safe pain medication. My reply was it is drug and it would be a drug free birth. I could get up and walk around and be more active. Some say the baby is more active, (although my son was pretty active with an epi last time)you can push better, and etc. His reply was that is very true, but that doesn't mean that getting an epi is an "unnatural birth" if you went to the dentist and had a root canal and told the dentist you didn't need pain medication for something you know if going to hurt do you think that would be more "natural". I just laughed. I think if you can make it without pain medication that is awesome! But in no way do I feel as though a woman who ops to have pain medication is a failure. I have talked to many woman who did the whole labor without and then were too tired to push. SO i think it is very personal decision. But I loved the comment! I also love that I feel good about getting another one if I need it!