tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368204169382720928.post8457685856890585413..comments2023-10-09T07:43:20.467-05:00Comments on Into the Blue Again...: Gratitude for the Year and the New Year's GoalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368204169382720928.post-58792376323078114752013-01-01T09:55:34.356-06:002013-01-01T09:55:34.356-06:00Your advice is *always* welcome Anastasia!
I'...Your advice is *always* welcome Anastasia!<br /><br />I've heard that breastfeeding is very very painful and that when the milk comes in it can hurt just as bad. <br /><br />I think one of the things helping me get my mind around labor is that I do see it as a long, difficult workout. I imagine it being the toughest most painful workout I've ever had. I'm sure it's totally different than that, and it may turn out that I take the epidural (but I hear so many people tell me their awful experiences with it and how they wish they hadn't had it, although I don't judge anyone who has done it--I agree, whatever gets you through labor to get the baby out safely and healthy, then go for it), but I just really really really don't want it. I know labor probably feels like it lasts forever, but I know it won't. And I know there's a very real possibility that I could have to have a c-section just because I know I can't predict everything. But my doctor is on board with doing everything as natural as I want it with as few interventions as possible as longs as I stay healthy, so at least he's supportive of that. <br /><br />But yes, I am very much aware that I may change my mind once the labor goes down, but at least for now, labor doesn't scare me.<br /><br />And I would kill that nurse, too! Labor is not the time to be all cutesy and shit. No. <br /><br />Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368204169382720928.post-55567028573232246002013-01-01T09:42:50.842-06:002013-01-01T09:42:50.842-06:00I'm hate hospitals. Least favorite thing about...I'm hate hospitals. Least favorite thing about my first two birth experiences was being in the hospital. at least the first time, I got this rad nurse who had four kids of her own. The second time I got this perky 22 year old blonde girl and I swear to God I was going to kill her with death and fire if she called me "mom" one more time. Hello! I am a human being with a name!<br /><br />The natural labor thing is tough. It can be done, of course, and if that's what you want, go for it. It's mostly mental and if you've trained and run marathons, I feel like you get that mental thing--pushing past what you think you can handle. On the other hand, the needle is behind you and you don't have to see it and I am a big fan of women doing whatever they need to do to get through the experience. Plans change. But with natural childbirth, recovery is so much easier. It's worth it.<br /><br />Also, breastfeeding hurts like a bitch for the first two weeks. At a minimum. Get lanolin! K, I'm done advising you. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com