On My Way...

[logophile]

I'm headed out the door in the middle of the night to attend to a laboring mama. It's been such a hard, sad day and my heart is as heavy as the sky is dark. I worry for the little babies that we're bring into this life and I worry that this mama's head will be "out there," focused on the tragedy instead of looking inward with awe at the miracle she's creating.

Fingers crossed and all that stuff!
XO,
Logo

 

[elsol]

Good luck.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[English Lady]

*hugs*Logo!

my thoughts have often flitted to my 3 year old daughter andthe fact this air of terrorism is the world she's growing up in. It makes me shudder in fear if I'm honest.

 

[elsol]

*hugs*Logo!

my thoughts have often flitted to my 3 year old daughter andthe fact this air of terrorism is the world she's growing up in. It makes me shudder in fear if I'm honest.

EL... i don't mean this in the wrong way.

But in all in all... terrorism is bad but really what has come before has been significantly worse and we made it through.

We grew up in a world where the only way to maintain peace was to ensure that we could mutually destroy the other guy even if he attacked first.

Nuclear holocaust or terrorism.

I'm sorry, maybe it IS just me, but we've advanced and all in all, if I had to choose a world to bring my children up in... better where a few men can kill a few thousand than a few men can destroy the human race.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[English Lady]

I guess, honestly, if you go back through time, most humans have thought "what is this world I'm bringing my child up in?" all ages have had their horrors.

I guess my motherly focus is on this one

 

[minsue]

I'm sorry, maybe it IS just me, but we've advanced and all in all, if I had to choose a world to bring my children up in... better where a few men can kill a few thousand than a few men can destroy the human race.

Sincerely,
ElSol

And the world where we have both?

Good luck to you, mother, and child, Logo.

 

[moonlight elf]

Logo

My thoughts are with you and her.

 

[logophile]

I'm home again and I want to thank everyone for their kind words and good wishes. We transported this sweet mama to the hospital early in labor for elevated blood pressure and protein in her urine, but all blood work came back WNL (within normal limits) and she proceeded to have a really good unmedicated birth in the hospital. The attending physician even allowed my sr midwife to receive the baby and I assisted her just as I would have at home.

Heading to bed early tonight!

 

[Guest]

I'm home again and I want to thank everyone for their kind words and good wishes. We transported this sweet mama to the hospital early in labor for elevated blood pressure and protein in her urine, but all blood work came back WNL (within normal limits) and she proceeded to have a really good unmedicated birth in the hospital. The attending physician even allowed my sr midwife to receive the baby and I assisted her just as I would have at home.

Heading to bed early tonight!

Congratulations!


(Good catching!)


Oh, how I wish my sister would think about a more natural delivery than the one she has planned. - *sigh*

 

[Belegon]

Actually, with all the craziness in the world right now, I would have loved being present for something as reaffirming as a birth. Every child born to the kind of family that would employ Logo is a benefit.

The children are our greatest asset. As they grow up with us to love them with the benefit of seeing how we love one another, we irrevocably change the world. My children, for example. No one will ever be able to tell our children that someone is bad because they don't look like them, worship like them, dress like them or speak a different language. No one would ever be able to tell our kids they would be rewarded in an afterlife for destroying the happiness of others.

I worry for the babies. But I envy them too. This world gets better every day. Don't let the hate-mongers fool you. We are making a better world for our children.

 

[Guest]

I'm going out and getting laid.

 

[Guest]

I'm going out and getting laid.

Picture of my girl.

 

[logophile]

I'm going out and getting laid.

Thank you CV. I appreciate that you're doing your best to keep me in business.

 

[Black Tulip]

Congratulations!


(Good catching!)


Oh, how I wish my sister would think about a more natural delivery than the one she has planned. - *sigh*

[threadjack]
I'm so glad natural delivery still was the norm when I gave birth. I hear we're getting more and more "American" stile births in my country too. Stupid, because a midwife has loads of experience and is specialized in the natural process of giving birth.

If you ever have the chance go for the midwife and giving birth at home if that is possible. It's worth every sweating minute and every shitty hurting contraction, because it truly is labor and you are doing it. And the result is stupendous. You'll never get a high that good from anything else.

[/threadjack]



No, I did not have an "easy" delivery. But I would have loved to do it again, and again, and again.

 

[Guest]

[threadjack]
I'm so glad natural delivery still was the norm when I gave birth. I hear we're getting more and more "American" stile births in my country too. Stupid, because a midwife has loads of experience and is specialized in the natural process of giving birth.

If you ever have the chance go for the midwife and giving birth at home if that is possible. It's worth every sweating minute and every shitty hurting contraction, because it truly is labor and you are doing it. And the result is stupendous. You'll never get a high that good from anything else.

[/threadjack]



No, I did not have an "easy" delivery. But I would have loved to do it again, and again, and again.

No threadjack - perfect discussion!

Both my children were born at a freestanding birth center (one not affiliated with any specific hospital).

Both my labors were under six hours, both children were delivered without complications, both without drugs, and both deliveries with my husband right next to me.

Our daughter was 3 when her brother was born. My parents came to the birthing center and took her upstairs to watch TV and play games during the delivery. When they came down to meet the new arrival, I turned back the blanket on the baby so sister could be the first one to say, "It's a boy!"

Wouldn't have had it any other way.

 

[logophile]

Oh ladies! Thanks for contributing to this thread! I love reading other people's birth stories. It's also so inspiring.

And no, I don't see your post as a threadjack, BT. It was a perfect contribution!

 

[oggbashan]

I was present for the births of my elder two daughters. I was far more aware of the arrival of the first one than my wife who was exhausted by a long labour and spaced out on painkillers. The second daughter's arrival was an event we could both enjoy.

The third and last daughter didn't wait for Dad, or for the midwife, or for the birthing suite. She arrived in the corridor as my wife was on the way from the ward to the birthing suite. That day my wife had her breakfast, had her lunch, produced daughter #3, had her afternoon tea and decided that this was the way to give birth - as a mild distraction from the normal day.

All were born in hospitals because my wife needed the hospital's support facilities. If it were possible we would have liked home deliveries but the perceived risk to mother and baby was too great.

I was present at another birth - a neighbour's wife. That is another story. The event was still wonderful perhaps because I had a sense of detachment. This wasn't our or my baby. It was our neighbours' baby. The birth was, like all births, an awesome event. One more baby in the world but each one is special.

Og

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Well I don't know. I begged and pleaded with the doctors to give me something when my kids were born, and I got nothing.

Where are all the midhusbands when you need them?

 

[Guest]

Well I don't know. I begged and pleaded with the doctors to give me something when my kids were born, and I got nothing.

Where are all the midhusbands when you need them?

No whiskey for the waiting dads?

Tsk.

 

[oggbashan]

No whiskey for the waiting dads?

Tsk.

The well-prepared husband to be brings his own drinks and the cigars.

He can be forgiven for forgetting the hip flask for the first baby. Grandad usually provides for the first born of his sons and sons-in-law. My brother's father-in-law provided a box of Cuban cigars and a dozen bottles of Napoleon brandy (that is brandy made during the reign of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte). The last bottle was drunk at the 40th wedding anniversary because my brother and his wife thought that they might not appreciate so much at the 50th...

Og

 

[logophile]

The well-prepared husband to be brings his own drinks and the cigars.

It's true. I attended a birth in the hospital as a doula (labor support, no medical responsibilities at all) where the dad set up a full wet bar by the hand sink. He had 5 kinds of liquor, 3 kinds of juice and 2 kinds of soda. Every person who came into the room was offered a drink. I was surprised by how many members of the staff took him up on it... He had chewing gum and breath mints as well.

 

[Guest]

It's true. I attended a birth in the hospital as a doula (labor support, no medical responsibilities at all) where the dad set up a full wet bar by the hand sink. He had 5 kinds of liquor, 3 kinds of juice and 2 kinds of soda. Every person who came into the room was offered a drink. I was surprised by how many members of the staff took him up on it... He had chewing gum and breath mints as well.

is right.

 

[logophile]

Had another birth last night. This one was so emotionally draining that I just feel flat today. The couple had at least a million and one serious issues that all became apparent during labor; drug use, verbal abuse, sexual assault, mental illness, and the beat goes on.

I'm beat. I need a massage. And pedicure. And a decent lay.

 

[Guest]

Had another birth last night. This one was so emotionally draining that I just feel flat today. The couple had at least a million and one serious issues that all became apparent during labor; drug use, verbal abuse, sexual assault, mental illness, and the beat goes on.

I'm beat. I need a massage. And pedicure. And a decent lay.

I could help with a couple of those.

 

[logophile]

I could help with a couple of those.

Pick two and I'll write you in my planner...