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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:09 PM Original message |
Poll question: Pregnancy and Childbirth - the Great Equalizer |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank God for epidurals! |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. 2 children |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Oh lucky you! |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It was pretty darned |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. I went about 18 hours |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I've had two home births |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. yeah |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I had mine in Oregon ... didn't know it was illegal in some states? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I did a ton of research about it too |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 01:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. curious about the illegal part... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 03:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. is a doula and a midwife the same thing ? |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 04:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. nope. midwives are trained for all aspects of a womans health |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. 12 hours for the first one - I cried and begged for death, or at least |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Oh please please please |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. They say that second and subsequent babies are much easier. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Thanks! |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. 11 hours for the first and I hated every minute of it |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Two very different pregnancies and deliveries... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. 18 hours with no medication, i was promised and epidural |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm a freak of nature -- each time I labored a bit longer |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. 26 easy hours |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was induced, 28 hours start to finish |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. 24 hours, no drugs |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. unless you have a home birth! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. 24 hours plus |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. 26 1/2 hours. Nine pound baby. No drugs, the epidural |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. Labored only twice, but had c-sections. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. 45 hours total. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. My mom was in labor for 36 hours with my bro |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. C-Section after 12 hours of labor |
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tibbir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. I had regular labor all the way to having my son |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Saddle block, 24+ hours labor. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Three kids. 6-6.5 hours of labor each. No stretch marks. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. BRAT |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Of all the good things I've inherited from my mother... |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. 12 hours, start to finish, no drugs |
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loudestchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. #1--11 hours from water breaking spontaneously to first cry |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
36. 36 hours of back labor with the first one. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
37. Our little one is adopted. |
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free_spirit82 (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
38. With #1 |
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kayleybeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
40. 30 hours of labor with my son. |
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