tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post4802852151623220235..comments2023-07-28T02:21:10.175-07:00Comments on With Woman, a Midwife on the Path: Four Births in Four DaysWith Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01030016412494355375noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-71353893974510013342013-10-18T12:25:54.333-07:002013-10-18T12:25:54.333-07:00You're welcome! There is such wide range of &...You're welcome! There is such wide range of "normal" in birth, just as there are so many different women and lives. It is unfortunately a fact that get easily get lost in the shuffle at times.With Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030016412494355375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-60129667178228507192013-10-18T12:24:16.585-07:002013-10-18T12:24:16.585-07:00I just shared this with a client who is giving bir...I just shared this with a client who is giving birth in a hospital. I love the range of normal that is so perfectly captured, and the inherent mantra of "Don't rush birth". Thanks for writing this up!Gina DeRosahttp://www.mountainareachildbirth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-71099612598984249182013-10-18T12:23:56.922-07:002013-10-18T12:23:56.922-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.With Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030016412494355375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-49542331546913543752013-10-18T12:22:03.508-07:002013-10-18T12:22:03.508-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gina DeRosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126559377978621363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-67112895314341904872013-10-17T13:05:54.656-07:002013-10-17T13:05:54.656-07:00OP babies can be so difficult...or not, which is o...OP babies can be so difficult...or not, which is one of my lessons. Of the four babies that I have caught who were born direct OP only in this last one, Birth #1, were there any signs, ie her long labor. The other three were a complete surprise. I have been at a lot of labors where the baby is OP and it is causing "issues", we address it and get the baby to rotate. OP is really just a variation of normal.With Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030016412494355375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-28637456480088166762013-10-17T12:55:52.220-07:002013-10-17T12:55:52.220-07:00Talk about hitting the nail on the head Danielle! ...Talk about hitting the nail on the head Danielle! The range of "normal" in childbirth is so wide. One of my friends says "normal is a setting on the dryer, not people". Each MotherBaby will have their own version of normal. Patience is def one of the keys.With Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030016412494355375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-11631572261483341942013-10-17T11:18:04.235-07:002013-10-17T11:18:04.235-07:00Love how you described each birth. I had a direct ...Love how you described each birth. I had a direct OP son with horrible back labor, yet we were never really sure which way he was facing as I was not checked often and was in a hospital. I'd say the greatest thing I can take from this is that you must be patient. You must trust mama and her body to get things going and when it's time, it's time! :)In With the Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291171798172522112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-82658280814151500022013-10-16T20:10:46.584-07:002013-10-16T20:10:46.584-07:00LOVE it! To me the most striking element is the ra...LOVE it! To me the most striking element is the range of normal - significant variability in labor length and pattern but all with beautiful, safe outcomes- nature knows best! In the hospital setting, would mama #1 have been diagnosed w/ failure to progress during her long first stage or long second stage and coerced into a section? Would mamas #2 and #3 have been pressured into augmentation when their labors slowed the first time? Would that have led to emergency sections? I think this is a perfect example of trusting birth. Trust in birth is not blind - it's active: when mom is doing well and baby is doing well - trust in the process, nature knows best. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10338997383478436551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-54602436608382409392013-10-16T19:45:44.110-07:002013-10-16T19:45:44.110-07:00Love both those answers! I was out walking today ...Love both those answers! I was out walking today and was thinking about how I had all of my most valuable midwifery tools with me at all times; my eyes, ears, hands, heart and head. Birth #2 is one that makes me think of a traditional hospital practice and how her birth could potentially been very different. When I sent her out to breakfast, she as a multip was 5cm dilated and she was having contractions albeit very mild ones. It would have been very easy to rupture her bag of waters and "just have the baby", but instead we waited and let her body and her baby work out the timing together.With Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030016412494355375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-50187550839483534032013-10-16T19:17:47.705-07:002013-10-16T19:17:47.705-07:00The most important tools a midwife can bring to an...The most important tools a midwife can bring to any birth are keen observation and patience. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404954870430177647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302307895292455135.post-88758839262488903152013-10-16T18:48:29.022-07:002013-10-16T18:48:29.022-07:00It seems that each of these births involved the na...It seems that each of these births involved the natural fear of the birthing mother and the body instinctively knowing how to birth. "Trust the process"Victoria Carlsonhttp://www.futuremidwives.orgnoreply@blogger.com