Greeting Blen,Date: 7/21/2008 9:48:26 PM
Author: Blenheim
Diamond Quest, if you give me citations for what you said, I''d be happy to read them and form my own opinion.
Congrats sweetie on your newly discovered pregnancy! Perhaps your difficulty with stalling at the end is due to the passenger. Were they large babies with perhaps broad shoulders? And it may be the combination of size of the passenger and the shape of your pelvis and that''s why you stall the last few cms. And, its not uncommon for contractions to space out during pushing. Its nature''s way of giving your body more resting time inbetween urges to push. Of course, its hard to tell by a picture, but you look fair skinned and its possible that your skin integrity is more friable and that''s why you have torn with instrumentation. Another thing to try at delivery is use of warm compresses at the time when you approach crowning. Anyway, just more food for thought.Date: 7/21/2008 9:55:14 PM
Author: LaraOnline
Thanks for responding ladies!! *heart* I really appreciate it!
I think I''m just pregnant, I haven''t bothered to get a test or go to a doctor yet...
It''s interesting lying on the side... if I have my first doctor (doctor of choice), he is a proponent of natural birth, he allowed me to go for ages the first time, and did not give me an episiotomy with the forceps. Fine by me.
I wanted him the second time too, but he was on holidays, go figure. The second guy was older, I think the episiotomy was ''judicial''.
Neither of my previous labours have involved drugs, because I''m worried about this apparent inability to push that last 5-7cm, I think I''ll go drug free once more.
I think I''ll try lying on my side of the last stage?
Do you think the reason I tear is simply because I can''t get the baby''s head to that last few cms? If I had a full unassisted birth, perhaps it wouldn''t be a problem for me.I mean obviously the forceps create pressure, but I''d like to get the baby out by myself this time.
The problem is the failure to get this last few cms.
I feel reasonably physically fit and flexible, etc. I recovered physically quite quickly from labour, I have reasonable tone, no weight gain or anything. The second labour moved quite well until that last few cms as well!