tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post2493391721541713368..comments2024-02-18T00:50:21.175-08:00Comments on Birth Unplugged: A Natural Third Stage?Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621569580858604541noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-30157796784251911342010-12-31T13:29:08.670-08:002010-12-31T13:29:08.670-08:00Active management of ANY stage of labor is unneces...Active management of ANY stage of labor is unnecessary and causes problems. (I'm not referring to a true emergency case.) How did humans manage to survive for so long without pitocin?!Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304188988165235918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-41982777209482018862010-09-21T11:53:56.087-07:002010-09-21T11:53:56.087-07:00Brittany,
I can tell you from my own experience th...Brittany,<br />I can tell you from my own experience that there truely is a connection between the need to know our babies are OK and the release of our placentas. My 5 baby was born in a hospital(a UC transfer) after his birth I refused pitocin. The doc agreed to let me wait 1 hour before she insisted I get the pitocin. I agreed. My placenta has never taken longer than 20 mins to be birth (at home). Even after a very large dose of pit my placenta would not release. I refused to let her do any type of traction on the cord. I also refused to let the nurses give my baby formula and insisted that I be allowed to nurse him. It wasn`t until I nursed him and had a chance to talk with him, when I knew he was OK, that I felt relieved and calm, and my placenta came out just fine, intact.<br />I have read some where, can`t remember where now, that our bodies won`t release the placenta until we know everything with our babies is OK and good. I am convinsed this is the case with my story. Even the pit couldn`t over ride my mothering instincts in this case. God created our bodies to birth and this just another wonderful part of that whole process.-Kristi W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-81684221352261194572010-08-31T08:33:16.871-07:002010-08-31T08:33:16.871-07:00Busca--I sent you the PDF of the full article by e...Busca--I sent you the PDF of the full article by e-mail.<br /><br />Joni--Thanks so much for sharing how your experiences as a nurse support these theories! <br /><br />Anonymous--I'm type O as well, so that is really good to know! It makes a lot of sense to me that nutrition would influence the clotting factors in the blood, which would affect the risk of hemmhorrage. I also have a history of low iron, so increasd chlorophyll intake would benefit me all around. Thanks for the info!<br /><br />I am working on a follow up to this post with a link to a post about timing of cord cutting and babies who need "help" from an awesome midwife's blog I just started following recently.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621569580858604541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-7115285818399710702010-08-31T06:21:08.686-07:002010-08-31T06:21:08.686-07:00with my first i had an epidural/forceps delivery a...with my first i had an epidural/forceps delivery and so of course i had the obligatory pitocin in there somewhere. the rest (6 full term pregnancies) i had midiwves out of hospital and home and havent ever needed pitocin . they watch my bleeding very closely after birth and dont rush the 3rd stage. i will say i read in a book about eating right for your blood type the author said people in general with type O blood naturally have less clotting factor and are more prone to be bleeders . he recommended to anyone type Os that if they were having surgery or childbirth to up their intake of "chlorophyll" which is high in vitamin K . ironically id taken this supplement with all six but i was taking it for low iron. :). i did have all that yummy skin to skin contact after the 6 births and so im sure that helped too. i just found the possible vit k link interesting .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-62074251246531133092010-08-30T16:27:55.553-07:002010-08-30T16:27:55.553-07:00I am a former labor/delivery RN myself and would s...I am a former labor/delivery RN myself and would share that the births I was a part of that did not require pitocin, methergine or hemabate after delivery were most frequently midwife attended, in a dim room and where the mother kept the babe skin to skin for an hour. Backing up the research and statements here. The other thing of note though is that many MD's wouldn't allow a pt to labor without an IV and pit hanging right after delivery so we'd never know what the outcomes would have been if wed left them alone, but I'd suspect not as good. Unfortunately the birth I describe above would be a tough birth to have in many hospitals (not if I were your nurse, but those kind of nurses are the exception anymore)... I'm about to have a HB myself though and really enjoyed reading this. Thank you. (removed the first post accidentally, sorry)Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726791479455349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-65105144956338771462010-08-30T16:24:11.361-07:002010-08-30T16:24:11.361-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726791479455349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-20521083825215504932010-08-30T14:46:04.446-07:002010-08-30T14:46:04.446-07:00This is great, Brittany. I really appreciate you ...This is great, Brittany. I really appreciate you sharing the link! I'd love to see that PDF. :-)Lanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513306977618928729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-79490818738076993602010-07-02T01:13:31.768-07:002010-07-02T01:13:31.768-07:00I had the needle with my first because I'd had...I had the needle with my first because I'd had pitocin to augment my labour and an assisted delivery anyway. They were fully hands-on by that point.<br />With my 2nd, it was a home birth and it took 4 hours and 45 minutes for the placenta to separate and be delivered, but I had full skin to skin contact with bub the entire time, who was breastfeeding a lot, and my uterus contracted the whole time and my bleeding was very minimal. I think there's something to that research too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-36410169106784165952010-06-27T18:44:18.820-07:002010-06-27T18:44:18.820-07:00This is fascinating--I'd never heard of the Pi...This is fascinating--I'd never heard of the Pitocin-to-expel-placenta thing; I birthed twice at the hospital, but with midwives in a fairly natural-birth-supportive environment, and each time it was a simple matter of, "Okay, I need you to push out that placenta now." "whine whine I'm tired it hurts." "Just give it a little push, see if you can do it." "okay, FINE, I'll do it" and I pushed and it slid out and that was it. I'd never even heard of this idea that women without meds will hemorrhage.<br /><br />(With my first baby, he was whisked off to the nursery right away, because he was premature, and for the second she was born in the tub and I got lots of cuddle time right away...)Jenn the Greenmomhttp://www.greenmomintheburbs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-85371366700987368742010-06-25T18:37:57.628-07:002010-06-25T18:37:57.628-07:00I had my first birth in a hospital with midwives (...I had my first birth in a hospital with midwives (no meds or interventions). I have a distinct memory of the nurse coming over with the pitocin afterwards and the midwife saying, no, she doesn't need it. I had my second baby at home -- again, no pitocin, not much bleeding. Maybe I'm just not a bleeder, but I think you are onto something.Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393938434367250385noreply@blogger.com