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Ok I don't know why I have been thinking this, but I can say that after having both kendra and Jeremiah (10 yrs ago) I think that doctors tend to speed things up too much. With jeremiah my contractions started on their own and were about 4min apart when I went to the hospital. I was making progress ok, but they still broke my water and added pitocin. After that labor pains were unbearable. and I still didn't dialate at a faster rate then I already was. With kendra my water broke on its own and I was having contractions, but they were not a frequent as they wanted so again i was given pitocin and again labor pains started to go off the charts, but I was still not progressing any more quickly. That ended in an emergency c section due to the cord being around her neck. The female doctor at my OBGYN's gave me the option of being induce and I was only 38weeks 4 days so I didn't see the need. They did think that she was going to be large even though she was only 6lbs 7oz when she came on her own at 39 weeks. I just think that if I had another child I would try a less managed approch. It is normal for women to not deliver for 24+ hours after water breaks or to be in labor 24+ hrs with out water breaking. I know it is tiresome, but all of the extra crap they do is just as bad. I know am of the mind that drugs to speed up contractions and breaking the water sac should be done as a last resort to a long labor instead of as standard procedure. What are your thoughts? Have they changed since giving birth at all? ↓
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