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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Thoughtful Thursday! “Women Weren’t Meant To Give Birth Lying Flat On Their Backs.”
“Women weren’t meant to give birth lying flat on their backs.” – L&D Nurse to mother in labor.
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Alyson Miers had this to say,
Sep 15, 2011 @ 7:24 pm (Quote)
I think there should be another day of the week designated for evidence-based comments like this. Scientific Saturday, perhaps?
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first time mommy had this to say,
Sep 15, 2011 @ 7:38 pm (Quote)
By jove, I think she’s got it!!!
yay for Nurse Awesome! She should have a word with Nurse Mom MUST be on her back =P
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Mine! She was pretty awesome. She was younger and pregnant herself (30 weeks). She told me this, then showed me all the different positions I could use- all 4s on the bed, using the squatting bar, on my side etc. Unfortunately, I ended up on my back. After 6 hours in transition (yup, 6 hours at 7cm, nonstop “hit by a truck” style contractions) nearly fainting twice and throwing up at least a dozen times, I asked for an epidural. It was the right thing for this birth. I’m planning on a home birth for baby #4 (a few years down the road, if we are so blessed)
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Wow! Wish this nurse could be cloned. I’m a bit jaded, I guess, but I figure this nurse was either fresh out of school or a much older nurse who knew that birth could be done without technology.
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