Spring Break 2

The other part of my spring break has been spent discussing with my husband how we want this pregnancy and delivery to be different than it was with Carter. My husband and I watched a documentary last night called "The Business of Being Born". It was produced by Ricki Lake. It was very interesting and gave a lot of good insight into how hospitals have changed the birth process. Every expectant mother should watch it. I was very unhappy with our birth experience in the hospital where we had our son. I firmly believe the only reason we escaped having a c-section was because I was so adamant about not having one. I was very angry that they started me on pitocin without asking my permission. The movie explained that in the US hospital births, almost 90% of women are given pitocin, mainly in order to get them in and out of the labor room. The pitocin then causes a need for an epidural because the pain is too strong and too sudden. Then the women are out of it from the epidural and can't push, so thus the need for a c-section. In some areas of our country the c-section rate is 40-45%. Are you kidding me?? What is wrong with these Dr.'s? One Dr. even said that if you analyze the peak times of the day for c-sections, it is 4 in the afternoon and 10 at night. In the Dr.'s words, "Just when, I want to go home, or I don't want to be up all night." I am considering using a doula or a midwife in order to have a buffer between all the medical intervention and what is supposed to happen naturally. I want to deliver in a hospital, for safety, especially since C was so sick. However, I do not want Pitocin, Cervadil, Tributaline, or an epidural. I am going to have a lot of questions for our Dr. the next time we see him. If he is not willing to do this my way, then see ya' later. There's plenty more where you came from!