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Anonymous wrote:I had three out of hospital non-medicated births so I can't answer your specific question about Sibley. However, if you're insistent on remaining in-hospital you may wish to take a class on natural birth (I like Birth Bootcamp) as you might find that the labor nurses on staff that day won't be able to support you in the way you'd like due to lack of experience with non-medicated births. Maybe also consider a doula.

You've got this! It's all mental. If you're a determined person and you've made up your mind, just stay the course. As bad as it hurt during the worst parts I would just remind myself it would be over soon and I'd get to meet my baby. Ride the waves.

As the mom of a forceps baby who was malpositioned I can assure you that it is not all mental. Much comes down to anatomy, luck, and chance. Not your commitment.

While I don't think it is 100% mental, I also don't think it is 100% luck and chance. Don't be bitter.

If you fail to recognize the role that good fortune, anatomy, fetal size and positioning, and genetics play in a successful vaginal
Birth I feel bad for you. Do you get excited that you’re a better pooper or puker than other people? Cause at the end of the day birth is a bodily function we don’t have tons of control over.

Women in comas can deliver vaginally. Their contractions are strengthened medically and delivery is assisted with foreceps or vacuum. But yeah, you don't even have to have a functioning brain to deliver a baby.

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Anonymous wrote:Does your OB understand that they work FOR YOU? If not, you’re stuck.

I would not tolerate any doctor who didn’t understand and respect MY wishes.

The doctor doesn’t work for you. You’re their client. You’re not their boss.

Any doctor disrespecting me, gets fired. Immediately. Sorry, doc!

The doc is going to save your life whether you like it or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I had three out of hospital non-medicated births so I can't answer your specific question about Sibley. However, if you're insistent on remaining in-hospital you may wish to take a class on natural birth (I like Birth Bootcamp) as you might find that the labor nurses on staff that day won't be able to support you in the way you'd like due to lack of experience with non-medicated births. Maybe also consider a doula.

You've got this! It's all mental. If you're a determined person and you've made up your mind, just stay the course. As bad as it hurt during the worst parts I would just remind myself it would be over soon and I'd get to meet my baby. Ride the waves.

As the mom of a forceps baby who was malpositioned I can assure you that it is not all mental. Much comes down to anatomy, luck, and chance. Not your commitment.

"...it's all mental."
And all the angels in heaven who have died in childbirth...laugh.

It's clear that you truly believe that your positive outcomes were all due to your amazing mental capacities, but your mental capacities are lacking if you think your outcomes are based on your mental capacity.

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Anonymous wrote:I would pick a different OB if an unmedicated birth is your strong preference. Either the midwives at WHC or the midwives at GW. If you're not a candidate for midwives, my next choice would be GW - they are baby friendly and probably align more with the birth you seem set on.

“Baby friendly”? As opposed to what?

Honestly? “Recovering mother friendly.”

This book was so key in helping my labor & delivery times go from 12 hours to 2 hours - Supernatural Birth by Jackie Mize

Anonymous wrote:The key to an un-medicated birth at a hospital is stay away from the hospital for as long as possible and labor at home. I had 2 un-medicated at Sibley but did not go in until I was -- it turned out -- 8 cm dilated. I delivered within 2 hours of arriving both times.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had three out of hospital non-medicated births so I can't answer your specific question about Sibley. However, if you're insistent on remaining in-hospital you may wish to take a class on natural birth (I like Birth Bootcamp) as you might find that the labor nurses on staff that day won't be able to support you in the way you'd like due to lack of experience with non-medicated births. Maybe also consider a doula.

You've got this! It's all mental. If you're a determined person and you've made up your mind, just stay the course. As bad as it hurt during the worst parts I would just remind myself it would be over soon and I'd get to meet my baby. Ride the waves.

As the mom of a forceps baby who was malpositioned I can assure you that it is not all mental. Much comes down to anatomy, luck, and chance. Not your commitment.

While I don't think it is 100% mental, I also don't think it is 100% luck and chance. Don't be bitter.

If you fail to recognize the role that good fortune, anatomy, fetal size and positioning, and genetics play in a successful vaginal
Birth I feel bad for you. Do you get excited that you’re a better pooper or puker than other people? Cause at the end of the day birth is a bodily function we don’t have tons of control over.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had three out of hospital non-medicated births so I can't answer your specific question about Sibley. However, if you're insistent on remaining in-hospital you may wish to take a class on natural birth (I like Birth Bootcamp) as you might find that the labor nurses on staff that day won't be able to support you in the way you'd like due to lack of experience with non-medicated births. Maybe also consider a doula.

You've got this! It's all mental. If you're a determined person and you've made up your mind, just stay the course. As bad as it hurt during the worst parts I would just remind myself it would be over soon and I'd get to meet my baby. Ride the waves.

As the mom of a forceps baby who was malpositioned I can assure you that it is not all mental. Much comes down to anatomy, luck, and chance. Not your commitment.

While I don't think it is 100% mental, I also don't think it is 100% luck and chance. Don't be bitter.

The key to an un-medicated birth at a hospital is stay away from the hospital for as long as possible and labor at home. I had 2 un-medicated at Sibley but did not go in until I was -- it turned out -- 8 cm dilated. I delivered within 2 hours of arriving both times.

Anonymous wrote:I had three out of hospital non-medicated births so I can't answer your specific question about Sibley. However, if you're insistent on remaining in-hospital you may wish to take a class on natural birth (I like Birth Bootcamp) as you might find that the labor nurses on staff that day won't be able to support you in the way you'd like due to lack of experience with non-medicated births. Maybe also consider a doula.

You've got this! It's all mental. If you're a determined person and you've made up your mind, just stay the course. As bad as it hurt during the worst parts I would just remind myself it would be over soon and I'd get to meet my baby. Ride the waves.

As the mom of a forceps baby who was malpositioned I can assure you that it is not all mental. Much comes down to anatomy, luck, and chance. Not your commitment.

5 children all birthed at Sibley all medication/epidural free births and exclusively breastfed. Sibley supports that birth scenario wholeheartedly. Btw I have no clue what the other moms had medication wise on those occasions… that comment about his wife being the only one to do natural birth is so cringey.

The woman down the hall from me had a natural birth - screamed for 8 hours straight so sold the rest of us kn the epidural.

I’ve had two unmedicated births at Sibley, with two different OB practices. Your choice of doctors is more critical than your choice of hospitals if you want to have a natural hospital birth. Do talk to your doctor about your goal of going into labor spontaneously and not having an induction unless medically necessary, especially if you are AMA. No one is going to push an epidural on you, but there are some OBs who recommend a 39 week induction for any mother over age 35.

I’m not PP, but a nurse let slip that I was the only natural birth on the maternity ward on that day. But I felt perfectly supported by the nursing staff, and the nurse’s comment was complementary. I hired a doula and my husband and I both agree that it was the best money we spent.

I had two vaginal births at Sibley. No one pushed meds on me, in fact they didn’t even suggest an epidural until I insisted on it.

Anonymous wrote:OP thank you for your post. There are plenty of women who gave birth without medication, delivered vaginally and exclusively breastfed. It's not a crime to ask what their particular experience was like at a particular hospital. The day that women can't post about their own desired experience just because people take offense at the word "mama" or the desired birth plan of another woman b/c its different than their own or what they experienced will be a sad sad day.

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