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[quote=Anonymous]I also did a natural at Sibley with Reiter Hill. It went great, there was no push back on epidural or meds or whatever. When my resolve began to weaken in transition, the OB encouraged me by saying there was only an hour to go (turned out to be less!) The nurses did not seem to think there was anything unusual about natural birth, they said several people did it that day. I did have a doula and I think that was helpful, as was the Bradley class. If you aren't taking a class, be sure to read up on the stages of labor, and breastfeeding if you're planning to. I did have a smallish baby in the right position and a relatively short labor, so that stacked the deck in my favor. But I was pretty half-assed about the Bradley exercises and stuff. Postpartum and lactation was also fine. I let them take the baby to the nursery at one point in the night, and I don't have any reason to believe they gave her formula-- they came and woke me up when she was hungry. If I were to do it over, I wouldn't change anything about the delivery. I would have gotten the lactation consultants right away to get started on the right foot-- I didn't realize you can call them as much as you want, you don't have to wait for an actual problem to develop. I was also a tad annoyed that the discharge paperwork took a really long time, and sometimes when they would take the baby to for a test or something, she would be gone longer than they promised. But overall I had a very positive experience at Sibley. I'm not a Reiter fan so I switched to GW midwives, but if it weren't for that factor, I would do Sibley again no problem.[/quote]
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