tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361259991182372686.post1942982063239933498..comments2023-03-30T02:00:51.228-07:00Comments on Life Without Dragons: Childbirth ClassUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361259991182372686.post-26178588532886748832011-11-09T01:07:45.018-08:002011-11-09T01:07:45.018-08:00Maybe they've improved! As the horrified frien...Maybe they've improved! As the horrified friend, I googled around and the episode was filmed about 5 years ago. New nurses could be there and they could be better. <br /><br />I am highly sensitive to agency in medical treatment, especially childbirth. I hope everything goes extremely well for you and I'm so happy you have DH to be there with you. <br /><br />Flatmate and I loved watching the British "One Born Every Minute" as we're both baby-obsessed grad students who can't even think about kids for a few years. We made it about halfway through an episode of the American one. It might be the differences in cultural presentation, or how midwives are taught and trained, or the simple difference that epidurals cost money that insurance companies will pay and the NHS would rather not pay. <br /><br />The biggest difference seemed to be the British nurses were cheerleaders of their natural birth women and the American ones seemed to be waiting for their women to fail, which was sad, more than anything else. <br /><br />You're a very strong, confidence person, so I have every faith you'll be able to rationally get what you need from Riverside, provided nature agrees. ;)rising esoterichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002792721830717857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361259991182372686.post-33452687876363030922011-11-08T08:03:25.243-08:002011-11-08T08:03:25.243-08:00Manday the natural way is entirely possible in a h...Manday the natural way is entirely possible in a hospital. I had G. With out an epidural or pain medication in sight. It was like an endurance sport exhausting and challenging but not what I would conasider painful. I was in a hospital (a different one in town) with IV access but no IV except for antibiotics I needed. <br /><br />Your not crazy to think You want to do this with out an epidural just as anyone who chooses to have one isn't. Personal preference but it can be done!Sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285680350273237565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361259991182372686.post-1421288770302679902011-11-07T07:31:44.187-08:002011-11-07T07:31:44.187-08:00Good for you for wanting to do it the natural way,...Good for you for wanting to do it the natural way, but still being very rational (as if I expected anything different from you...lol) about taking intervention if it *is* actually medically necessary. I hope that you have a very smooth delivery!<br /><br />And I am perfectly happy reading about your pregnancy, but you probably already knew that.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16231356497182904172noreply@blogger.com