Comments on: Yes, I Am Picking On Ricki Lake. A Little Background. http://www.thejoyofpregnancy.com/yes-i-am-picking-on-ricki-lake-a-little-background/ The Complete, Candid, and Reassuring Companion for Parents-To-Be Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tori Kropp, RN http://www.thejoyofpregnancy.com/yes-i-am-picking-on-ricki-lake-a-little-background/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Tori Kropp, RN Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://www.thejoyofpregnancy.com/?p=604#comment-447 Lauren -- Your attitude is such a good one to have. I completely agree with you and find the new trend in scheduled cesarean sections and labor inductions for convenience to be very disturbing. Women do need to be supported for whatever their choices are AND they need to be fully informed by solid and sensible information (as opposed to opinions) as to the risks/ benefits of those choices. Your labor with this baby will likely be very different from your first and there is no particular reason that your baby will be posterior (sunny side up) this time. I encourage you to focus on your coping mechanisms, breathing and relaxation techniques, and labor support and then follow your instincts. As your labor progresses, maintain, change or shift your plan as YOU feel best. I wish you all the best on your new addition to your family. Lauren –

Your attitude is such a good one to have. I completely agree with you and find the new trend in scheduled cesarean sections and labor inductions for convenience to be very disturbing. Women do need to be supported for whatever their choices are AND they need to be fully informed by solid and sensible information (as opposed to opinions) as to the risks/ benefits of those choices.

Your labor with this baby will likely be very different from your first and there is no particular reason that your baby will be posterior (sunny side up) this time. I encourage you to focus on your coping mechanisms, breathing and relaxation techniques, and labor support and then follow your instincts. As your labor progresses, maintain, change or shift your plan as YOU feel best.

I wish you all the best on your new addition to your family.

]]> By: lauren http://www.thejoyofpregnancy.com/yes-i-am-picking-on-ricki-lake-a-little-background/comment-page-1/#comment-445 lauren Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:12 +0000 http://www.thejoyofpregnancy.com/?p=604#comment-445 I think sometimes an extreme is necessary to combat the extreme currently existing. I don't think home birth is the answer but I don't think scheduled C-section so the mother and doctor can arrange their schedules nicely is right either. I think we need a happy medium and that women need to understand EVERY option and not just default to EASY. For example, I would like to go without an epidural this time (#2) but I fully understand that having the epi the first time allowed my body to relax enough for my son to turn (he was sunny side up) and could have prevented very difficult birth or even C-section. And since I prepped my mind for any outcome, i was not disappointed, my baby was healthy, and my delivery was as pleasant as such can be. :) I think sometimes an extreme is necessary to combat the extreme currently existing. I don’t think home birth is the answer but I don’t think scheduled C-section so the mother and doctor can arrange their schedules nicely is right either.

I think we need a happy medium and that women need to understand EVERY option and not just default to EASY.
For example, I would like to go without an epidural this time (#2) but I fully understand that having the epi the first time allowed my body to relax enough for my son to turn (he was sunny side up) and could have prevented very difficult birth or even C-section. And since I prepped my mind for any outcome, i was not disappointed, my baby was healthy, and my delivery was as pleasant as such can be. :)

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