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16/2/2003 3:13 Ilana Shemesh, natural midwife מאת:
a 4-day homebirth with a happy ending
כותרת:
Twenty years a midwife, but you learn from every birth! Last week, after waiting patiently for nearly 42 weeks, I got the wake-up call at 7 AM that labor has finally begun, with contractions every 5 minutes. Since they had a drive of 1 and a half hours, they decided to set out for my house on Yeshresh since they planned to have the baby in my birth zimmer. When they arrived, contractions had slowed down and much to her and my dismay , her cervix was closed but effaced. She had also lost her mucous plug. Well, not to worry, go for a walk, then get some rest, and I'm sure things will pick up. Mild contractions throuout the day, irrugular. Hearbeat fine. We all slept that night. Next morning, she tries nipple stimulation with no effect. Then that afternoon, she takes castor oil, because she is 42 weeks and wants to get the show on the road. She takes only the two first doses and vomits from the third dose. Some diarhea and weak irregular contractions. Meanwhile they take walks, read books, listen to music, go shopping. Contractions begin again that night at 10 PM. Every five minutes and strong. We are happy. At midnight she is 2 centimeters. I go to sleep and am shocked when I wake at seven and find out that her labor stopped again. They decide to go home, and will also do shiatsu. Good decision. They need a change of atmosphere and to stop trying so hard. Don't hear from them all day. Next morning they call to say they are back in the clinic since 4 AM when contractions began at 2 AM, and she is in good labor. I am overjoyed. It is Valentines Day and a great day to give birth! She is three centimeters. Her labor proceeds slowly all day, but the heartbeat is good. It never gets really intense and they are always calm and she never kvetches or wants to just give up and take that Pitocin in the hospital. I am awed by her strentgth and the conviction of this couple. They are so loving to each other. Meanwhile I also try homeopathy, acupressure, and there is her man doing nipple sucking. Anyway, she gets to full dilation and begins to push, and finally lets out some good primal screams,and then we see the head crowning, and then it is all clear to me. The baby is posterior, which I began to suspect, but wasn't sure. SHe came out looking up at her mother, and I lifted her on to her stomach and we all cried from the emotion of this hard and long birth, and this real test of faith in nature and birth. She had no tears and felt wonderful and was riding high. So was I. Poserior births can be very long and really try your patience. Labors tend to go overdue, and contractions irregular with starting and stopping. Usually there is intense back ache, but not in her case. Most of the time there is a lot of interventions in these births in the hospitals with many vacuums in first births. We felt very lucky that the outcome was so positive and all our patience was well worth the effort.

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תגובות נוספות
16/2/2003  9:25 וואו !!!! פשוט מרגש. כל הכבוד ליולדת המופלאה ולמיילדת הסבלנית... (ל"ת) - שרי
16/2/2003  9:37 איזה יופי! וכמה חשוב שנשים תדענה ותחושנה ביטחון בקצב הלידה האישי שלהן - איריס גוב
16/2/2003  11:27 צ (ל"ת) - שרון א.
16/2/2003  12:12 amazing! I guess not all posterior babies make it painful! I learnd something new! (ל"ת) - איימי
16/2/2003  17:8 Great birth stroy, indeed - עדה
17/2/2003  8:34 כל הכבוד לאילנה על הסבלנות שלה, ובזכות זה הכל עבר בשלום - שרה
17/2/2003  12:2 המינוח הוא מצג עורף לאחור או OP ולא מצג גב (ל"ת) - גילי אבישי


   
 

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