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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you post name/location for your acupuncturist? I'm scheduled for an induction in a month (due to medical reasons, I'll be 39 weeks at that point). I really don't want to be induced and am looking for ways to start labor before that (although not too much before that).

PP-- Can I hijack this thread for a minute? 
It was my understanding that once they administer Pitocin they need to continually monitor the baby and you don't get to move around at all. Is that not right? I'm planning to do the same thing you did-- labor as long as possible before getting the epidural (although my secret hope is that I can go all the way, but we'll see...). It gives me hope that I might be able to move around and be able to deal with the contractions better.[/quote]

PP here. I had a midwife who was fine with my walking around even though it upset the positioning of the fetal monitoring equipment. She would just have me stay seated for a short period of time every now and then (it was some timed interval, but I just don't recall how long the interval was) to get a good reading and then I was free to get up and move as I pleased. It did, however, highly agitate the labor and delivery nurses and the interns and residents. But my midwife had been in practice in this hospital for more than a decade and didn't take any flack from them. Basically told them to butt out. So, basically, your OB or your midwife has to been on the same page that you are about this issue. The nurses do what they say. I have very little doubt that if I had taken the epidural right away and NOT moved around like I did that I would have ended up having a c-section. But, I also have little doubt that if I had not had the epidural when I did and rested, I might also have ended in c-section. So it's a real balancing act and you have to be working closely with a care provider whom you trust.

This was all in NYC, btw. Both my acupuncture and my delivery. Which, actually, makes it all the more remarkable since NYC Hospitals have a 40% c-section rate.
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