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Comment on Planned C-section turned unplanned HBA3C (home-birth after 3 Cesareans) by Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:06 +0000

Even a first-time mom can precipitously give birth.

Of course, the things the article *don’t* mention (which would be nice for us birth junkies to know), is why she had her first three C-sections. I could see her first one being for FTP, and then the other two because she had the first one; or perhaps a VBAC attempt after the first C-section, and a mandatory elective repeat for the third, since it was less than a full year after her 2nd C-section, or just because she had had multiple C/s and they wouldn’t allow an attempted VBAmC.

Assuming that she had labor with all three of her other births — which may not be accurate, since people are misquoted by journalists all the time — she may have been induced/augmented, so the contractions were quite a bit stronger and more painful than her natural ones would have been. I’ve read *numerous* stories in which mothers said that they didn’t really think they were in labor because their natural contractions were so mild compared to the Pitocin-induced ones. This may have been the case with this mom — she was thinking that they were too mild to be “real” labor, since “real” labor requires horrendously painful contractions. :-/

Comment on Planned C-section turned unplanned HBA3C (home-birth after 3 Cesareans) by Joy

Joy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:54:53 +0000

That is amazing!

Comment on Planned C-section turned unplanned HBA3C (home-birth after 3 Cesareans) by Nora

Nora — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:47:00 +0000

She’d never had a vaginal delivery and she preciped? Isn’t that pretty unusual?

Comment on Planned C-section turned unplanned HBA3C (home-birth after 3 Cesareans) by Jill

Jill — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:38:26 +0000

That’s funny. I had wondered the same thing about contractions because I made the assumption that the previous two were scheduled c/s.

It’s a cool story.

Comment on Win a copy of Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy by melissa mailly

melissa mailly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:20 +0000

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Comment on Artificial DHA & ARA may be not so good after all… by andrea

andrea — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:51 +0000

Wow, I had no idea, I’m one of those parents that just thought the DHA AND ARA, were good for my baby, and then i was at a site called diapers.com, trying to find better prices for formula, and was reading feedback on the formula w/out DHA&ARA, and read lots of comments about it being made from algae and fungus …. EWWWW, that’s really gross, I breast fed for 6 months and had to stop, went to a milk based formula, and my baby girl and constant acid diarrhea, so they said she was lactose intolerant, but i was confused, because I thought that if she did have this, she would have gas , throw up, cramping too, but now I’m wondering if it was an allergy to the DHA & ARA , She’s on soy now , but her BM’s are still a little runny, I think I’m going to try the GOOD START NOURISH, W/OUT DHA & ARA, I was not very happy with her being on soy anyway. Thank you for this very helpful info, I will spread the word.

Comment on PUPPS — a horrible rash in pregnancy by naomi

naomi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:02:22 +0000

I did have an odd rash later in pregnancy, not PUPPS but another thing and it cleared all up when I started taking the flax seed oil my midwife suggested. Pregnant bodies can be so senstive to a missing oil or mineral! It is amazing (and satisfying!) when you can figure it out!!!

Comment on PUPPS — a horrible rash in pregnancy by melissa mailly

melissa mailly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:57 +0000

thanks for the link! i had puppps with two of my five pregnancies and it is really horrible! it’s helpful to hear what has worked for other women.

Comment on Win a copy of Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy by leigh

leigh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:29:35 +0000

I would love to win this!

Comment on That’s a lot of C-sections! by Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:18 +0000

This was very interesting. I had looked into the possibility of c-section long before I was pregnant (due to a genetic issue no one was sure when I was a kid if I could successful birth a baby) and was always told you couldn’t have more than 3 due to scaring and complications. These women must have been good healers! It seems like a womb so scared as that wouldn’t hold through the full pregnancy!