Waiiittinnng~

[Quindiana Jones]

Have sex with spicy food?

[Randgris]

Hours ago, I was waiting in a long queue ti get my ATM card... Its pay day!

All I did for two weeks was sit in the room, listen to my trainer, write some e-mail sims, take the assessment and I get paid...

[Avarice-ness]

Uh, that's pitocin/oxytocin and it's not like I can really get my hands on it. I want a medicationless birth, no pain killers or anything and pitocin makes labor about 1 million times more painful than normal birth, which means that if I take the pitocin to be induced, I'm prolly going to want the epidual. It's not like I'm going to die, it's just that these days are the worst days of pregnancy. I don't condone taking a baby out before baby is ready though.

If they see that I'm getting closer but not going into labor they'll prolly schedule a day for me to be induced, I just -really- don't want to be induced.

I was induced with both of my children and didn't have an epidural either time. Yes, the labor is painful. Your contractions are much more intense and come on quicker. However, the birth itself can move alot quicker, in most instances. I was in labor for 6 hours with the first and 2 for the 2nd. Both of my children were also over 9lbs. If you have questions, feel free to PM me. Good luck sweetums!
In the meantime, I'm waiting for my divorce!

Thank you! Ohh I will PM you if I have any questions! ! And yeah I'm just like praying to everything that I don't have to be induced. 2 hour labor seems massively appealing but I remember my sister telling me that the second child tends to come faster. xD I guess I'll just have to see what the doctors say, my appointment is in 2 hours! =D

Try eating a lot of spicy food and having sex!

Her husband is way off in military land. So maybe don't have sex. xP

*WHINNNNEEE* Yeah seriously, I told him that he was there the whole beginning of the pregnancy but when I need him to help me pop this baby out he's 6 states away! He finds it funny just 'cause I'm like "I NEED YOUR SEX" because.. well I guess that's something every husband doesn't mind hearing, no matter what the reason. :tounge:

[Aerith's Knight]

I wouldn't put so much emphasis on the whole natural thing.

some facts:
(SPOILER)
- Birth by c-section is safer.
- You will pee, poo and in front of half a dozen strangers during the delivery.
- Your vagina has a 80% chance of tearing.
- Before doctors, child-birth death rates were 1 in 3

I think it's been a little romaticized. xD

[Quindiana Jones]

You are aware we have doctors now, right AK?

[Avarice-ness]

I wouldn't put so much emphasis on the whole natural thing.

some facts:
(SPOILER)
- Birth by c-section is safer.
- You will pee, poo and in front of half a dozen strangers during the delivery.
- Your vagina has a 80% chance of tearing.
- Before doctors, child-birth death rates were 1 in 3

I think it's been a little romaticized. xD

1. Birth by C-section carries the same risks as any other surgury. The recovery time is NORMALLY longer, seeing as I'm going to be an only parent to the child for 3 months I'm going to need to be up and about without having to worry about ruining my stitches. Plastic surgury is as common as a C-section and I've seen enough butchered C-sections and plastic surguries to not want to even take that risk.
2. You don't always, in cases that you know you're going to be induced, the doctors will tend to let your bowels and bladder clear before inducing you. When my sister was induced with my youngest, all she was allowed to eat was iced, yeah she didn't really eat it because it wasn't FOOD. Also, when you're having a baby, peeing and crapping on the doctor is the least of your worries.
3. That's why they make exercises to help stretch the vagina, to dramatically lower the chances of tearing. They also preform episiotomies which is a small cut to the vagina to make a larger space, they only do it in the case where tearing is very possible for the certain person.
4. We don't really have to worry about that because we HAVE doctors.

Granted, a lot of women CHOSE to have C-sections but it's normally for reasons of:

1. Knowing when the baby will come because of scheduled c-section.
2. Not having to deal with the idea that their vagina is going to be slightly stretched.
3. they normally have another person to care for the baby AND them when they are released.

For me, those aren't good reasons. I could know when my babies going to come if I'm induced. Also, it tends to be healthier for the baby if the baby stays in until the babies ready.
I could care less if my vagina's stretched a bit, seriously, I had a baby, I'm not expecting to have the body of an 18 year old after this.
I'm going to be taking care of this baby by myself, while I know it'll be hard with vaginal birth because that takes a toll out of you as well, It would be MASSIVELY harder for me to take care of a baby while having to work around stitches.

[Roto13]

I wouldn't put so much emphasis on the whole natural thing.

some facts:
(SPOILER)
- Birth by c-section is safer.
- You will pee, poo and in front of half a dozen strangers during the delivery.
- Your vagina has a 80% chance of tearing.
- Before doctors, child-birth death rates were 1 in 3

I think it's been a little romaticized. xD

There's a difference between a natural birth and giving birth out in the woods and chewing off the umbilical cord yourself. xD

2. Not having to deal with the idea that their vagina is going to be slightly stretched.

Slightly stretched? You know you're going to be pushing a person the size of a watermelon out of a hole the size of a lemon, right?

[Aerith's Knight]

Hmm, seems like you thought I was against natural child birth. I wasn't xD

I just wanted to give those little facts. They freaked me out the first time I heard them

And I said tear, not stretch.

[Miriel]

*WHINNNNEEE* Yeah seriously, I told him that he was there the whole beginning of the pregnancy but when I need him to help me pop this baby out he's 6 states away! He finds it funny just 'cause I'm like "I NEED YOUR SEX" because.. well I guess that's something every husband doesn't mind hearing, no matter what the reason. :tounge:

You could, uh, try poking around in there without your husband or any other man actually.

[Lawr]

I'm waiting for school to end.

You can tell I'm making progress because the first week is already over!

[Aerith's Knight]

*WHINNNNEEE* Yeah seriously, I told him that he was there the whole beginning of the pregnancy but when I need him to help me pop this baby out he's 6 states away! He finds it funny just 'cause I'm like "I NEED YOUR SEX" because.. well I guess that's something every husband doesn't mind hearing, no matter what the reason. :tounge:

You could, uh, try poking around in there without your husband or any other man actually.

This is why I like you. xD

[Avarice-ness]

*WHINNNNEEE* Yeah seriously, I told him that he was there the whole beginning of the pregnancy but when I need him to help me pop this baby out he's 6 states away! He finds it funny just 'cause I'm like "I NEED YOUR SEX" because.. well I guess that's something every husband doesn't mind hearing, no matter what the reason. :tounge:

You could, uh, try poking around in there without your husband or any other man actually.

This is why I like you. xD

Actually, that would help but the male ejaculation actually helps more because the prostaglandin that makes up semen helps thin and soften the cervix. I don't need his sex! I need his love juice!

Needless to say I'm like 1cm dialated. The baby has dropped down far into the birth canal though so that's a good sign, and my nightly contractions are a good sign.
Since I'm not going to try Castor Oil (seriously, Ew) I'm going to try Raspberry Leaf tea and hope that will jog some stronger contractions and start dialting me. Here's to old wives tales! HOPEFULLY THEY WORK! I can just hope and whine.

[Quindiana Jones]

Just get him to send you some in a little jar.

[SammieBabe]

*WHINNNNEEE* Yeah seriously, I told him that he was there the whole beginning of the pregnancy but when I need him to help me pop this baby out he's 6 states away! He finds it funny just 'cause I'm like "I NEED YOUR SEX" because.. well I guess that's something every husband doesn't mind hearing, no matter what the reason. :tounge:

You could, uh, try poking around in there without your husband or any other man actually.

This is why I like you. xD

Actually, that would help but the male ejaculation actually helps more because the prostaglandin that makes up semen helps thin and soften the cervix. I don't need his sex! I need his love juice!

Needless to say I'm like 1cm dialated. The baby has dropped down far into the birth canal though so that's a good sign, and my nightly contractions are a good sign.
Since I'm not going to try Castor Oil (seriously, Ew) I'm going to try Raspberry Leaf tea and hope that will jog some stronger contractions and start dialting me. Here's to old wives tales! HOPEFULLY THEY WORK! I can just hope and whine.

FYI - You having an orgasm could help too. A woman's uterus contracts when she has an orgasm. So uh..you could..uh you know..
Every time I walked for more than 15 minutes, like if at all the mall or something, I would have contractions. Of course, my children are stubborn, and they would stop a while later. But its worth a shot. Get a friend and go for a walk!

[Jiro]

I can't wait to see pics too, I bet it'll be a cutie. Wait, what? I'm not normally this excited for kids, and I don't even know you. But I'm excited none-the-less, so good luck to you sweetie