Re: 16 year old soon to be mother, seeks truth of natral child birth

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I very much enjoyed a nearly painless labor with an epidural, but admire those who want to try to give birth naturally. The one thing I've found sad at times with my patients planning to give birth naturally (I'm a nurse) is how disappointed people get when they "give in" and have an epidural. It seems there's nothing you can say to take away their feeling of failure. This makes me sad. I think it is good to go in with the attitude that you're going to do it natural if you can and have an open mind about an epidural. Why bring in feelings of failure to such a wonderful experience! Best of luck to you. You are very smart to be educating yourself.

I also recommend going to a breastfeeding class while you are pregnant. Preferably with a support person who might be able to help you after the baby is born. For some it is an effortless process....but not the case for some of us other folks!

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Nancy

At Tue, 29 Feb 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>  Can someone help me seprate the facts from fiction?
>
>Right from the start of my pregnancy, people seem to "go out of their
>way" to inform me of their personalized,
>"Tales Of Teorment, Durring Child Birth." Some of these tales grow
>beyound belife.  Becomeing truely funny.
>Other stories, those with belifeable information.  Asureing countless
>hours, of pain and surffering.  These are tales that, have made me
>unshure of my knolage of child birth.
>When entering this pregnancy, I was certain "natural child birth" was
>for me.  While listening to others that have giving natural child birth.
>I've become scared to make this decishion, without more knolage of
>"facts and fiction" about natural child birth.
>
>Hopefully someone can help me find footage on "real life" natural child
>birth.  Personaly I feel knowing the facts, of what to expect durning
>natural child birth.  Will have a profoundly postive effect on my child
>birth experance.
>
>--
>First Time Mother
>

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