Did any other mothers have amazing child births?

I had two very amazing births...

I had heard sooo many horror stories about women screaming and cussing at their husbands... about how awful it is... blah blah blah.....

I looked at it in a very spiritual way...

with Charlotte somehow I knew that day that she was going to be born...
I had procrastinated sooo bad about packing my bag for the hospital.. but that day I was in full mommy mode, lol.. I ran around cleaning.. haha I even finished painting.. I got my bag packed and ready to go... that night I left my makeup on and layed in bed with my clothes on... hour or so later I started having contractons.. I wasn't scared or anything.. I was very calm and I just layed there for hours.. I was still living with my dad so I didn't want to wake him till I was ready.. when I was I called Matt and we went to the hospital..
the whole time I was never nervous or scared... I was in a very calm state.. like I just naturally knew what I was doing... (which I did)
during the labor I meditated the whole time to keep myself calm.. i never screamed, yelled or cussed like I was told I'd do.. I waited till the last minute that they could give me anything for pain.. and I took it.. i didn't want to at first but I was really shaky from the pain... lol.. after they gave me something.. I looked up at the clock and said.. well time flies when you're having fun... lol I was loopy...
my midwife asked me if I wanted to reach down and feel the head.. all I could feel was a head full of wet hair..lol 3 pushes and she was out..
that night I couldn't sleep I layed in bed starring at her... she was adopted so having that time with her ment sooo much to me.. we get pics and letters.. and me and the parents talk on the phone.. they want her and Aden to have a relationship so we will be getting together with them soon.. very good situation.. I couldn't ask for more..


With Aden I had no warning... he was ready and that was that.. lol
we got to the hospital.. and again I was in the same calm state.. again I meditated throughout the labor..
but this time I asked my midwife if we could use a mirror.. they roll this full length mirror into the room and I got to watch my son being born... it was amazing.. only 2 pushes this time..
right after they cleaned him off they gave him to me and he breast fed right away.. I was in heaven...
and again that night I couldn't sleep.. who can sleep when they just brought the most precious thing into the world.. I can't lol...

I'd do it over and over again.....

anyone else feel the same?

 

wow, didn't know about your daughter...
and that sounds amazing
obviously, i'll never know, but from what i hear about the stereotypical birth, that sounds a whole lot better
can't wait for my first kid...(somebody's gonna call me crazy)

 

The birth of my first child was awful, It was very clinical and I had no control over what was going on, I was injected with pethadine which I hadnt asked for and the pain was terrible. The room was full of people coming and going, it was very very stressful. I was in labour for 16 agonising hours.
The second time around was totally different, I had a home birth, with just my hubby and midwife at my side, I took a bath, I was able to walk/sit/lay wherever was most comfy. I had contractions for about 1 hour and then my waters broke, from that moment on the whole thing was over quickly and my daughter was born in under 15mins. I felt like I had had the beautiful experience that I missed out on first time around. No screaming, no shouting and cussing, no stress and a peaceful enviroment. It was wonderful

 

I am sooo glad that your second was much better...

I was thinking about doing an at home water birth next time... wouldn't that be awsome...

 

i spose it all depends how one looks at things,,,, by most folks standards both my child births were horrible ,,,,, but to me they are both very beautiful things that took place in my life and i hafta take the good parts of them thru life not the horrible ones.... sure its fun to laugh n joke n make ppl wiggle n worm with the hard parts but thats simply cuz i can ,,, i enjoy it and besides it makes the actual birth much better when ya know yers went better than whomevers

 

Yes for sure, I looked into home water births but my midwife talked me out of it. She wasnt very happy about me having a home birth either but I was determined after what happened first time around. When she realised I wasnt going to budge though she was very supportive and said she had gained a lot from the experience and wouldnt be so negative in future with other mothers who wanted the comfort and stress free enviroments of their own home.
I wont be having anymore babies, 2 is enough for us, but if an accident should happen then I would be determined to research home water births, I think it would be wonderful.

 

me too... I've seen some on t.v and it looks soooooo relaxing..

ooohh another thing I want to do that I didn't get a chance to do was having some one do that tattoo paint (sorry don't know the word for it) all over my belly and then take beautiful photos... I always thought that was be awsome .. I love scrapbooking so that would turn into a really fun project..
hopefully I get that chance some day...

 

You are very lucky. My delivery experience was horrible and very disappointing. I had never even considered that I would have problems since my family multiplies like rabbits and none have ever even used pain medicine, all natural. I was pushed into the epidural by the nurse and hours later ended up with an emergency c-section. I cried and cried when I found out that a c/s was a possibility. For a long time, I couldn't here birth stories, especially easy and spiritual ones because of my disappointment. But now as I'm thinking of getting pg again, I find the stories wonderful again. Maybe my next baby will be able to be born naturally.

 

oooohh that is awful... I really hope your next is much better...
I was at a really good hospital, they listened to me.. I felt very comfortable.. maybe change hospitals...

 

Knowing all of the horrid stories that ladies have told me since I was young, things they accepted as facts of life that sounded inhumane to me, I have always been determined to find a way for me to have my children as naturally as possible, and now that that time is upon me, I'm excited to say that with my first child, I'm having a homebirth (so far planned). I know things go wrong, that complications arise, but I'm not scared. I'm prepared for whatever God has in store for me and this baby. But I can see nothing but good things happening for the both of us.

 

aaaww Holly... I hope you have an amazing labor... you are going to be such a good mommy.. I can't wait to see pics...
do you know if it's a boy or girl?
any names picked out yet?
congrats girl.. love ya!

 

No clue as to the sex. When we went for the last ultrasound, the baby would not budge for anything, no matter how much I moved around. Stubborn.

But we do have names picked out:

Declan Martin (boy)
Chloe Allison (girl)

 

very cute names...

 

Well,for our first,it was to be a home birth for sure.We were living in Lincoln City,Ore ,and got a good midwife who checked on her regularly.Everything seemed to be just fine and the day our first son was born,Pati was riding her bike all over town up and down the hills and all.She's really a tough one.She felt labor coming on ,so she came home,called the midwife and proceded to get ready.When the boy started to come out,a good friend who was with us said"uh oh--that doesn't look like his head".The mid wife said"oh please don't say that",with a bit of panic in her voice.Sure enough--a little butt was showing and proceded to take a little poop,such as it was.The midwife got right to work and got him out soon--no harm done.But it was scary for a minute there.The next two,a boy and a girl were both born at home,but fairly uneventfully.Good stuff.

 

I was in labor all the way to the hospital. I didn't feel the first pain. They got the anesthesia in me in time for me not to feel pain either...However, regardless of the lack of pain, it was still hard work. But still oh so worth it in the end. I love my son more than I love life itself.

 

Well I haven't been able to experience child birth yet for myself. I was due 2 days ago and still nothing. I've seen a few births. I've wanted to be a midwife since the age of 7 and am really looking forward to this. Am planning on having a water birth. If anyone has seen Discovery health they have a show on the place called "A Baby House" I have a AP in 30 mins. I might just have this baby today!=). Am glad to read such nice birth stories. I'll post mine as soon as it happens. =)

 

aaaww congrats Buttercup... oohh how exciting... very cool that you will have a water birth.. you'll have to let me know how that was...

yeah Aden was a week late.. drove me crazy... I wanted him out soo bad by then.. one day, actually two days before I gave birth.. the weirdest thing happend.. he must have been pushing down.. I totally felt like he was just coming out of me while I walked...
I seriously thought I was going to have him at home.. but then it stopped.. weirdest feeling in the world...

 

talking about all this is making me want another one right now.... lol
well not RIGHT now.. lol my son is only 14 months.. I think I'll wait awhile but I'm getting those thoughts again.. lol ooohh geesh I better not start watching "a baby story" on TLC .. HAHA there will be no stopping me...

 

I had a wonderful pregnancy and delivering was wonderful too. You just have to stay calm through the whole thing. My doctor was wonderful and so were the nurses. Its so spiritual, the entire thing.

 

yes it is...very spiritual..
and the room I had was like a regular bedroom till they were ready and then they opened stuff.. pulled stuff down and it was ready.. pretty cool.. I think it helped to be in a calm surounding...
I had relaxing music on.. played cards..


I'm so happy so many mommys are posting I love hearing about them all..