----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:27
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC Breech
Twins
Thankyou so much for sharing this
Gloria. This is the most brilliant thing I've heard for ages. It
shows how mothers can change the culture from within, if we're strong
enough. What an incredibly brave woman. I would love to read the
birth story if there is one. This is the kind of thing I want to tell
all the pregnant twins mums I meet. At an AMBA morning tea the other day
I was the only one of 5 to have had a vaginal birth.
This has absolutely made my day! Woke up
in a very grouchy mood, perhaps I'll have a better day now. Would love
to hear more of this sort of thing. It just doesn't occur to most people
to question anything we're told by doctors & midwives in hospital.
We should be encouraged to ask ourselves, ok, if I just say no what will
happen. We have a right to be in a hospital if we choose to without
being held to ransom.
I struggled to get my vaginal birth, and
struggled with the fear passed on to me and to my husband. Had my babies
been breech I'd have had no hope. I'd love to meet this woman and thank
her on behalf of all mothers.
Yvette
mother of 5 including 1 month old
twins
Ps still working on full birth story, will
post link when it's done.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005
5:30 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] VBAC Breech
Twins
Okay women, here's your miracle for the day! This is from a
doula friend in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She has given permission to share
it far and wide so feel free to repost. Gloria
Hello
Everyone,
I would like to report that my VBAC, Breech, with twins
client gave birth totally naturally and without intervention at the
Rockyview hospital last week. It was an awesome thing to witness. A woman
saying No Thank You to fear mongering and letting her body guide the way.
Baby A was breech so the 2nd stage was slow and the doctors can be quite
intense with their comments. Here are some for the
records
.
Delivering these babies naturally is just the same
as throwing them off a cliff and
Youve had a C-section before, and
your uterus is now slowing down with contractions, these are signs that your
uterus is about to explode, and that will kill you and your
babies
The babies are healthy and happy and the mom is so
excited to have conquered her fears. Having had a C-section previously, she
said that concentrating on the short term pain for long term gain got her
through it. She couldnt bare the thought of another incision and now 3
babies to take care of. When the babies were delivered the room had 15
people in it. There was actually applause when the first baby emerged bum
first. I think that after the staff realized that the Mom was going all the
way with the requests they got excited (doc included). The hospital took
advantage of the happening and invited various interns and students to the
birth so that they could get an education on breech, twin deliveries. I
guess not that many women ever get a chance to follow through with it, so no
one gets the education. I was totally alarmed to that the hospital was so
helpful. One of the nurses mentioned that the hospital had an incident 6
months ago where they tried to withdraw care because the woman wouldnt
listen to them and things went bad so some policies have supposedly
changed and they care for people no matter what their birth requests. I was
impressed with the people on staff that day, but the pessimist in me knows
the battle isnt over but things are changing!
Thank you to Gloria
and Patty who I called heading into the birth when some of the fear was
rubbing off on me the Doula!
Charis Curtis, W.T.
Prema Sai
Wholistic Living
2713 14th St SW
Calgary, AB T2T
3V2
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