Comments on The Lactivist Breastfeeding Blog: The Decision (sort of)

So cool! I'm working towards a homebirth in July, ...

2008-05-25T19:32:00.000-07:00

So cool! I'm working towards a homebirth in July, though for a singleton - but I'd still aim for a homebirth if it was twins. Congrats and very cool that you've taken the time & effort to be so well informed. If only more women would research their options so thoroughly.. :-)

Happy Mother's Day! Hope everyone had a great day...

2008-05-11T17:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day! Hope everyone had a great day. We went to Cape May- it was a bit windy, but it was nice to see the ocean again. Reese loved the wind in her face. She was a stinker in the restaurant, screaming loudly "MA MA MA MA MA MA" and turning beet red while she threw her sippy cup on the floor. Man, I still wish I was nursing, if for nothing more than to quiet a fussy baby! Jen

Anonymous #9: I'm not sure if ECV can/should be do...

2008-05-09T06:25:00.000-07:00

Anonymous #9: I'm not sure if ECV can/should be done with twins or not. That's a question I have for the midwives at my next visit with them, if the babies haven't turned by then. I actually think that Baby A might be head-down again, but I'm not all that confident in my self-palpation ability.

Radical Mama: Congratulations, and I wish you a beautiful birth!

Kathryn: Thank you

That's fantastic. I think you are right to be posi...

2008-05-06T08:11:00.000-07:00

That's fantastic. I think you are right to be positive but prepared.

I am expecting my fourth baby and this will be my first home birth (any day now!). I am really looking forward to avoiding the trauma of invasive birth practices.

Best wishes to you on this journey and I sincerely hope things go fantastically for you. :)

I would so love a homebirth this time around I hav...

2008-05-08T17:24:00.000-07:00

I would so love a homebirth this time around I have looked and looked and am not making sense of the information I have found about ohio and homebirth. If you could help me figure it out email me... mr204105@ohio.edu p.s. I live in chillicothe an hour south from columbus. Thanks!!

In all honesty my first inclination is to warn you...

2008-05-08T22:48:00.000-07:00

In all honesty my first inclination is to warn you. I'm young. I have 2 little ones, and you probably don't need my warning, but I have lost trust in many hospital care providers. Though I've had good and safe births, my experience so far has been that they are willing to lie or mislead to get their own agenda taken care of without much resistance on the part of the pregnant lady... I know this

Is external cephalic versioning done on twins at a...

2008-05-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

Is external cephalic versioning done on twins at all? My first baby was breech late in my pregnancy and my midwife was able to turn him to vertex at about 37 weeks. I was able to have a natural birth at home. Don't know if the procedure works well on twins, though.

Thanks for the info!

2008-05-04T10:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the info!

My wife had twins back in January. We contemplate...

2008-05-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

My wife had twins back in January. We contemplated all the same things you have been mentioning, and ended up with a midwife practice affiliated with a major hospital in Nashville. When we found out about the second fetus at the 16 week ultrasound the midwife practice told us they could no longer see us. She had one actual visit to the midwife before they dropped us. It was very frustrating.<

I think I'll cut and paste this for my birth plan ...

2008-05-05T21:27:00.000-07:00

I think I'll cut and paste this for my birth plan if I have a baby in the hospital. Sans the twins part ;)

The catheter AFTER anesthesia is also a great idea ;)

Actually, it's a parenting blog with an emphasis o...

2008-05-06T06:39:00.000-07:00

Actually, it's a parenting blog with an emphasis on breastfeeding.

If you look back in the archives, you'll find there were a ton of posts on this very topic back when I was pregnant with Emmitt. Why? Because a horrible hospital birth absolute tanked breastfeeding with my first child and ended up me having to exclusively pump for 13 months to get breast milk in her.

You'll also

Wasn't this supposed to be a breastfeeding blog? W...

2008-05-06T02:52:00.000-07:00

Wasn't this supposed to be a breastfeeding blog? When did it turn into a homebirth / midwife / everything else blog? The last post about breastfeeding was seemingly months ago.

Angie - I do actually have a few lines in the full...

2008-05-02T09:48:00.000-07:00

Angie - I do actually have a few lines in the full version of the document that pertain to vaccinations. I don't plan to have any vaccinations administered in the hospital. The version I presented to Dr. Jenkins included only the stuff that falls into his domain.

Robin - Thank you so much for sharing your birth story! It's so empowering to read positive twin-birth experiences. And

You sure have done your homework!!Can I ask about ...

2008-05-01T14:04:00.000-07:00

You sure have done your homework!!

Can I ask about one thing, though?:

Why are you doing Vitamin K? I'm not judging -- I'm actually very interested.

I was under the impression that Vitamin K was given only to encourage blood clotting -- specifically, for boy babies, because they're going to be circumcised on day 2, but their blood won't clot on its own until day 8.

I just wanted to say that having twins really shoo...

2008-05-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to say that having twins really shook my foundation and belief in natural birth up. I really had to do a lot of soul searching to make similar decisions. I never felt the extreme sense of calm I desired. Making decisions and having plans helped - some. My blessingway helped - some. Baby B turning vertex at 38w5d - helped a lot. I suppose my point is simply that you may never feel

That is unfortunate about the hospital not allowin...

2008-05-01T10:52:00.000-07:00

That is unfortunate about the hospital not allowing to video tape. 10.5 years ago when I birthed my first, we caught it on tape in the hospital. My 2nd baby in the hospital was not permitted to be taped. My 3rd at home was supposed to be taped, but everyone forgot to press record LOL.

One thing that I did not see and might have missed is regarding vaccinations. You might be choosing

Wonderful, well-researched, thought-out and, obvio...

2008-05-01T13:03:00.000-07:00

Wonderful, well-researched, thought-out and, obviously, supported plan. IMHO, I don't think the plan is extreme in any way whatsoever. Your birth plan reads very realistic. You've dotted your eyes an crossed your T's. You sound very well mentally prepared for best and worst case scenarios.

Your attitude is positive and I love how you treat birth as a normal event and not a medical

I was under the care of a practice that has CNMs i...

2008-05-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

I was under the care of a practice that has CNMs in Columbus for the birth of my daughter 26 months ago. If I were to do it again, I would do what you are doing - a home birth and/or with a OB that I trust. I realized too late that just because an OB Practice has midwives on staff does NOT mean that are friendly to natural childbirth. In the end, they were manipulative bullies who were eager to