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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Reposting because I don't think my other post wen through. Can one of the pip's post the study about the safety of home births. Thanks!
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
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i think the real issue isn't the opinion of home vs hospital - its that society in the US has conditioned us to believe birth is a medical procedure with tons of risks and almost always "necessary" intervention.
in reality - babies are born with cords around their necks. they move positions. an experienced midwife who can empower a woman to labor and deliver without fear can deal with these issues in a non-hospital setting. the problem is that most women fear birth immensely instead of seeing it as an empowering experience. if we fear it, of course we'll all want to deliver in hospital with the all-mighty doctor and OR nearby. frankly we just don't live in a country where woman are empowered to trust their bodies.
FOr many of us childbirth is a medical condition with severe repercussions. It is great that there are women who can trust their bodies and their bodies do what hey are supposed to. But some of us had great pregnancies and no indication that anything would go wrong until they went horribly wrong. It may be a small percentage of births but that percentage is irrelevant if you are in that percentage without warning. For me, I developed a potentially deadly condition days after I delivered. If I had not been monitored at a hospital we would have never known as I did not display any of the most outward symptoms.
The truth is no matter how empowered I am, sometimes your body fails you.
It can become a medical condition in the blink of an eye. As I stated earlier, for me, it was not the birth at all, that went as smooth as can be, for all of my births, I labored at home and arrived at the hospital between 8-10 cms. I even researched having a home birth but my husband was dead set against it. Thank god he was. My last birth experience was phenomenal, easy, until immediately after I gave birth. The issue was not with the birth at all, but my body's reaction to it IMMEDIATELY afterwards. I would be DEAD if I were not in a hospital. I would not have had a chance to be transported to a hospital. Women do die in childbirth for many reasons and I am just glad I was there. It has nothing to do with my fear of birth, or treating it as a medical condition. For me, or my husband actually, it was about taking precautions for unforeseen circumstances.
More power to the women to do it, but there is a flip side to just trusting your body and not needing a Dr. or hospital. Like the PP said, your body can fail you without warning, and when if it does, a MW cannot help. It is just something to consider is all I am saying. Birth is risky no matter what.
oh believe me - i had a horrible birth that necessitated a hospital - a preemie at 33w and i almost died for more than one reason. i was on hospital bedrest even prior to delivery. and i conceived with IVF too so i am in no way against doctors or hospitals or intervention. i get all too well that it CAN be a medical complication.
my point is only that we as a society are conditioned to believe that EVERY birth is a medical complication. therefore 99% of births are in a hospital. so fully trained capable midwives are fewer and further between than in other countries where birth is treated differently and midwives have more hands on experience with complications. in the US birth is treated as capitalistically as any other industry - and women are sent to doctors and hospitals to keep the money flowing, the same ideals are glaringly obvious in our horrific lack of any real national maternity leave policy. that is not to say that its silly for women to birth with doctors in hospitals, just that our society propagates the idea that we should all be incredibly nervous about birth and that we should just hand over our bodies and let the professionals time our labors and slice and dice us when it doesn't fit their agendas. im not saying they make up lies and use fear tactics, but i am saying that in hospitals with OBs more intervention is used to avoid malpractice than it is simply because the mom and/or baby are in distress.
im not trying to start a debate about it because we are all entitled to our own opinions here, all im saying is that more women in the US think its crazy to home birth while women in many other industrialized countries do it every day with better outcomes then our ever-so-skilled doctors and hospitals.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
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Posted by OffWithHerHead23
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You have to accept 19th century outcomes if you are going to use the techniques.
Lots of women and their babies used to die during childbirth. Not to mention bad babies that were left to die prior to neonatal ICU care.
There are lawsuits in the home birth situation. Problem is, you won't get much if you sue a midwife... And the ob at the hospital isn't responsible if you are not there. Of course, one won't read this on a home birth website.
Many women died of childbirth years ago because of infection, not complications during childbirth. There was a deep held belief into the early 1900s that washing your hands before attending a birthing mother wwas not necessary, so many women became septic after birth. You can google Ignaz Semmesweiss for that.
Secondly, there are lawsuits with OBs too, so I don't see your point? Midwives carry malpractice insurance. These aren't some women who haven't had a lick of schooling and just watch a few births and practice. These are women who have a bachelors degree in nursing, years of clinical rn experience, and a master's degree in midwifery.
Study after study have shown planned homebirths to be as safe as hospital birth. Many countries in Europe have almost exclusively homebirths, yet their complications and deaths are lower than ours, with an astronomical c-section rate. So many women are conditioned in the US to belive that pregnancy and birth are dangerous, fraught with risks and imminenet death.
Well said!! 
Some midwifes are nurses. Some are not. Either way, when you sue, you can't sue someone for something that is beyond their scope of practice. Therefore, if there is anything that goes wrong... You are in a window by yourself where your baby's brain cells are dying and no one is responsible while you are getting to help.
Oh, and the recent studies show that the infant mortality rate is 2 to 3 times higher with a home birth. Also correlated by reanalyzing the old data quoted. Come on, is that really surprising?
Yes. Infection was the cause of 50% of maternal death after death... But only 50%. Blood loss was the cause of over 20%... But that's not the complication I'd be most concerned of.
Stillbirths have fallen dramatically. Antibiotics have nothing to do with this.
Many of the studies have flawed methodolgy-they included UNPLANNED homebirths! How do you account for the extremely low rate of maternal/fetal complcations in developed countries where home birth is the main method of birthing?
Most studies that compared planned home birth vs hospital birth showed they same rate of complications.
Like this one
Outcomes of Planned Home Birth with Certified Midwife or this one
I'm sure there are many more, but there is evidence to suggest that home births are just as safe as hospital births.
I'd also like to point out that the home birth midwives that I know of on Long Island are Certified Nurse Midwives. Meaning, they have a bachelor's in nursing, years of clinical experience, and a master's degree in midwifery. The midwife I used went to Columbia university! She's not some back alley hack who gives you a washcloth to bite down on.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Am i the only one that when in labor the ONLY person i wanted to see was a TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL not my Dh, not my bff, not even my mom, I wanted a person in a white coat to tell me they were going to take care of me. and the PAIN was going to stop. I wanted to know me and my babies were going to be ok. I was scared. 988477755 things can go wrong (and for us it did!) to me, it is a miracle that ANY go right
In theory, i think it is a beautiful idea. and if i was still under the assumption, that the baby pops out, crawls to your breasts and feeds and then you, DH and baby bond in the afterglow, I would consider it. BUT knowing what could happen, I am sticking with all the doctors, nurses, pain meds and fancy medical interventions
(to all those that were lucky enough to have home births, go you!!!)
People who are fighting over it being safer to deliver in your home vs. a HOSPITAL, is really like the breastfeeding/formula debate. just silly. Yes it is BEAUTIFUL not medically safer.
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maybemommy10
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
I'd also like to point out that the home birth midwives that I know of on Long Island are Certified Nurse Midwives. Meaning, they have a bachelor's in nursing, years of clinical experience, and a master's degree in midwifery. The midwife I used went to Columbia university! She's not some back alley hack who gives you a washcloth to bite down on.
She does NOT have an OR. or NICU
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
IMO - and I haven't done a lick of research - home births were a necessity in the past because, well, hospitals didn't exist! Midwives were as highly trained and well-practiced as doctors when it came to childbirth (even more so) because of necessity. I believe that if there was solid research done that it would STILL show a higher percentage of home births lead to fetal and maternal injuries and deaths than hospital births. We use technology because in MANY cases it improves our quality of life and can drastically improve the chances of having a healthy baby.
Now, this is all my opinion, and I'd be happy if someone proved me wrong, but saying that women's bodies were meant to do this and we did this for thousands of years before doesn't take into account the fact that a higher percentage of women and babies died in childbirth before than they do now.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
I'm just not the right candidate for a home birth. It's all just too crunchy for me.
I think a lot of it has to do with how you view the process of giving birth. To me, I DO see birth as somewhat of a medical procedure, and therefore I felt a hospital was the right setting for it. When presented with the need for a c-section with my 1st child, I went with it willingly and never had even an ounce of regret that I didn't have a "natural" delivery. I just didn't care how the baby came out, as long as it came out. Hell, outside of noting whether I was breastfeeding or formula feeding, I really didn't even make much of a birth plan. You don't really know what complications might arise until they occur, I couldn't imagine forcing a certain way of doing things just because I had a preconceived notion of how labor/delivery "should" go.
To those who say that being in a hospital exposes you to certain risks (drug resistant infections, etc), well yes it does-- but it also provides you immediate access to medical specialists and medical technology should you or the baby need it. In situations where literally every second counts, the risk/benefit analysis is clear to me.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by maybemommy10
Am i the only one that when in labor the ONLY person i wanted to see was a TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL not my Dh, not my bff, not even my mom, I wanted a person in a white coat to tell me they were going to take care of me. and the PAIN was going to stop. I wanted to know me and my babies were going to be ok. I was scared. 988477755 things can go wrong (and for us it did!) to me, it is a miracle that ANY go right
NO!!! I AM WITH YOU and I had the type of birth that people dream of but I know that is the exception and next time it could be hell so hospital and doctor for me thankyouverymuch 
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
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Posted by NervousNell
Can I ask a question- a bit off topic sorry- about laboring on your back in the hospital?
Everyone talks about this and how it's not comfortable, slows progression etc.
But when I was in the hospital, with a traditional OB and an epidural, the nurse did not make me lay flat on my back.
In fact, as soon as the epi was in, she put the bed in an upright position and said that was how I should be as it would help the baby progres down properly.
So I was sitting pretty much upright the whole time.
Is that uncommon?
Do they normally make you lay flat on your back the whole time?
I haven't read about effective ways to progress birth but it makes sense that sitting upright or standing would progress baby down. I'm on bedrest for a shortened cervix and they don't want me on my feet or even sitting upright in a chair for long because then the baby is putting pressure on my cervix and shortening it further. So laying flat is causing the least amount of pressure.
Oh I know that it definitely makes sense to be upright- gravity and all.
What I was asking was- was my hospital unique in keeping me in an upright position the whole time? Everyone talks about having to labor on their back in the hosptial.
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Random ?: Home birth
I am glad there is a choice.
Women deserve the right to choose.
The second you are not the right candidate for homebirth, it is dismissed. midwives want the same as mothers and doctors-healthy moms and babies.
My dr was so VBAC friendly. he said he would rather do a vbac then a 4th csection on someone. the second I was not eligible for vbac, he let me know.
The women I know who had homebirths are smart, educated. oved every minute of it.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Seriously, not washing your hands?
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by JME78
I love the idea of a home birth.
Realistically though, I don't think it is for us. I have miscarried 2x, I think I will be very anxious throughout my pregnancy, I won't want to take ANY chances.
This is my situation. Although I think I am done having kids, I had IVF with my boys and ended up getting preeclampsia.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by FlowerWife
i think the real issue isn't the opinion of home vs hospital - its that society in the US has conditioned us to believe birth is a medical procedure with tons of risks and almost always "necessary" intervention.
in reality - babies are born with cords around their necks. they move positions. an experienced midwife who can empower a woman to labor and deliver without fear can deal with these issues in a non-hospital setting. the problem is that most women fear birth immensely instead of seeing it as an empowering experience. if we fear it, of course we'll all want to deliver in hospital with the all-mighty doctor and OR nearby. frankly we just don't live in a country where woman are empowered to trust their bodies.
I completely agree.
And I had a complication that required a c-section or else my DD might be paralyzed or dead right now. So I 100% get the need for doctors and hospitals. That doesn't change the fact that on the whole, our bodies can and will do more than we allow them to before we get medicine involved.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by rmdrn125
Seriously, not washing your hands?
And don't they wear gloves anyway?
I dont' recall anyone sticking their hand in me without a glove on!
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by rmdrn125
Seriously, not washing your hands?
And don't they wear gloves anyway?
I dont' recall anyone sticking their hand in me without a glove on!
i think the point was that infections in the 17th/18th century were due to a lack of personal hygeine. docs/nurses/MWs were not wearing gloves in the 15/16/17/18 hundreds when homebirths were previlant and there was a higher instance of fetal/maternal death.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by FlowerWife
Posted by 2BadSoSad
Posted by Jugglemom
Posted by FlowerWife
i think the real issue isn't the opinion of home vs hospital - its that society in the US has conditioned us to believe birth is a medical procedure with tons of risks and almost always "necessary" intervention.
in reality - babies are born with cords around their necks. they move positions. an experienced midwife who can empower a woman to labor and deliver without fear can deal with these issues in a non-hospital setting. the problem is that most women fear birth immensely instead of seeing it as an empowering experience. if we fear it, of course we'll all want to deliver in hospital with the all-mighty doctor and OR nearby. frankly we just don't live in a country where woman are empowered to trust their bodies.
FOr many of us childbirth is a medical condition with severe repercussions. It is great that there are women who can trust their bodies and their bodies do what hey are supposed to. But some of us had great pregnancies and no indication that anything would go wrong until they went horribly wrong. It may be a small percentage of births but that percentage is irrelevant if you are in that percentage without warning. For me, I developed a potentially deadly condition days after I delivered. If I had not been monitored at a hospital we would have never known as I did not display any of the most outward symptoms.
The truth is no matter how empowered I am, sometimes your body fails you.
It can become a medical condition in the blink of an eye. As I stated earlier, for me, it was not the birth at all, that went as smooth as can be, for all of my births, I labored at home and arrived at the hospital between 8-10 cms. I even researched having a home birth but my husband was dead set against it. Thank god he was. My last birth experience was phenomenal, easy, until immediately after I gave birth. The issue was not with the birth at all, but my body's reaction to it IMMEDIATELY afterwards. I would be DEAD if I were not in a hospital. I would not have had a chance to be transported to a hospital. Women do die in childbirth for many reasons and I am just glad I was there. It has nothing to do with my fear of birth, or treating it as a medical condition. For me, or my husband actually, it was about taking precautions for unforeseen circumstances.
More power to the women to do it, but there is a flip side to just trusting your body and not needing a Dr. or hospital. Like the PP said, your body can fail you without warning, and when if it does, a MW cannot help. It is just something to consider is all I am saying. Birth is risky no matter what.
oh believe me - i had a horrible birth that necessitated a hospital - a preemie at 33w and i almost died for more than one reason. i was on hospital bedrest even prior to delivery. and i conceived with IVF too so i am in no way against doctors or hospitals or intervention. i get all too well that it CAN be a medical complication.
my point is only that we as a society are conditioned to believe that EVERY birth is a medical complication. therefore 99% of births are in a hospital. so fully trained capable midwives are fewer and further between than in other countries where birth is treated differently and midwives have more hands on experience with complications. in the US birth is treated as capitalistically as any other industry - and women are sent to doctors and hospitals to keep the money flowing, the same ideals are glaringly obvious in our horrific lack of any real national maternity leave policy. that is not to say that its silly for women to birth with doctors in hospitals, just that our society propagates the idea that we should all be incredibly nervous about birth and that we should just hand over our bodies and let the professionals time our labors and slice and dice us when it doesn't fit their agendas. im not saying they make up lies and use fear tactics, but i am saying that in hospitals with OBs more intervention is used to avoid malpractice than it is simply because the mom and/or baby are in distress.
im not trying to start a debate about it because we are all entitled to our own opinions here, all im saying is that more women in the US think its crazy to home birth while women in many other industrialized countries do it every day with better outcomes then our ever-so-skilled doctors and hospitals.
I can totally see that POV. I DO believe you need to be your own advocate and not just blindly hand your care of to the almighty Dr and take their word as gospel. For instance, my OB offered to induce me bc of when my actual due date fell. I declined. Then he offered to induce me bc "it was a large baby", I also declined. I just think that, at least for me, my POV is not to believe that EVERY birth IS a medical condition but that EVERY birth COULD be a medical condition. You know what I mean? I certainly don't knock the woman who do it, I do not think they are selfish or irresponsible. I think it must be a beautiful thing, my opinion ONLY applies to how I chose to give birth. If it is not my vagaina, it is not my business. 
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by maymama
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by rmdrn125
Seriously, not washing your hands?
And don't they wear gloves anyway?
I dont' recall anyone sticking their hand in me without a glove on!
i think the point was that infections in the 17th/18th century were due to a lack of personal hygeine. docs/nurses/MWs were not wearing gloves in the 15/16/17/18 hundreds when homebirths were previlant and there was a higher instance of fetal/maternal death.
Oh that I know.
I thought someone said that today, in hospitals, a lot of Dr's and nurses dont' wash their hands well.
That is why I brought up the gloves.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
It's easy to skew research and studies in the desired direction and I'm sure this happens on both sides. I'm on the side that the hospital is safer and no one is going to convince me otherwise.
As far as the being forced to lie flat on your back, that was a fallacy for me. The hospital bed had several apparatuses that would allow you to get into different positions to help bring the baby down and open the pelvis. Had I not opted for an epidural I'm sure I would have been able to walk around too.
I think midwives are not big in LI hospitals due to liability. Also, as much as everyone wants to turn around and complain that doctors practice defensively out of fear of lawsuits, just look at this tread for proof that people are VERY quick to sue if anything goes wrong. You would be shocked at what OB's pay in malpractice becuase people jump to sue them, even when a birth defect had NOTHING to do with the doctor or medical care. It's really sickening. Everyone wants to point the finger in this country and I can't blame the docs for practicing how they do.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
I think it's great! I'm jealous that I am too much of a nervous/anxious person to be able to do it.
I'll be honest, what gave me such insight of thinking its wonderful was The Business of Being Born follow up documentary....they actually interview midwives who have some great statistics!
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Like I said in theory I would love to do it! It seems so peaceful, so nice to think about just being home. To take a shower in your own place, to climb into your own bed, to eat while laboring. It all sounds great, but I am not a candidate for it and never will be. Would I actually do it...No, but that doesn't mean it's not safe. There are medical emergencies in childbirth, and it doesn't matter where you are. Giving birth, IMHO is not a medical situation. I hated being told I had x amount of hours after my water broke to deliver, that I HAD to start pit to get consistent contractions, that I had to wait to push. I feel like a lot of a women's birth is controlled by a doctor, and that's not right. I wish more women would stand up for themselves and say no. I want to do it. If there is a problem fine, but as of right now stop scaring me and let me do it. I also feel like we can create problems that weren't there. Like doing pit to move you along and now baby is decelerating. Could it be because of the pit that creates false contractions you weren't ready for?
A question for all the hospital based mom's.....do you know your ob's infant or maternal death rate or malpractice issues? Did you look into that? I only ask because a lot of home birth mom's to look into that stuff with the midwives, and are keenly aware of their background. I for one know I didn't do that. I blindly went to a practice and got lucky.
When I delivered my daughter she was folded in half at the waist with the cord wrapped twice around her neck and then the cord wrapped around her left arm and leg. She didn't live because I was in a hospital...she lived because I had an amazing ob who has done this for 45 years and knew what to do. That is the difference IMHO. Experience in knowing what a women's body is meant to do.
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Re: Random ?: Home birth
Posted by PeasandCarrots
I hated being told I had x amount of hours after my water broke to deliver
Are you sure a midwife wouldn't do the same? This is due to increased risk of infection after the water breaks. I watched a woman attempting a home birth on television and even she had to head to the hospital 24 hours after he water broke becuase her labor wasn't progressing and her midwife insisted on it.
A question for all the hospital based mom's.....do you know your ob's infant or maternal death rate or malpractice issues? Did you look into that?
I might be in the minority but a huge YES to all of this. I wouldn't think of going to a doctor without knowing this info.
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Posted by PeasandCarrots
I hated being told I had x amount of hours after my water broke to deliver
Are you sure a midwife wouldn't do the same? This is due to increased risk of infection after the water breaks. I watched a woman attempting a home birth on television and even she had to head to the hospital 24 hours after he water broke becuase her labor wasn't progressing and her midwife insisted on it.
A question for all the hospital based mom's.....do you know your ob's infant or maternal death rate or malpractice issues? Did you look into that?
I might be in the minority but a huge YES to all of this. I wouldn't think of going to a doctor without knowing this info.
As for x hours after water breaks....I am in a big practice and the 1st doc said 24hrs. She left when I was at 23hrs. The new doc, and the one that delivered me said just have a baby . He said he wasn't putting restrictions on me and if I developed an infection we would talk, but he had delivered babies for 45 years and did not like to intervene unless he had to.
As for not checking....I just went with the docs that had the most experience in what I have going one. Like I said it is a big practice and you really can't pick your doc or midwife. You get who ever is on call.
If we have another I will try to go natural and have a vbac, but having a home birth, like I said, is just not possible with my medical issues.
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Random ?: Home birth
Horrible experience.. never again.. IF you do go with a midwife make sure they have a good plan if the pregnancy goes high risk like mine did.. Pregnancy can be dangerous to the body
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not for me
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Posted by MissExtremist
I was going to with my 2nd child because i wanted to VBAC ( vaginal birth after c-section) and most OBs and hospitals dont allow it . There are only a few homebirth midwives in Long Island, throw in a VBAC- i only found 1 willing but my insurance didnt cover it and she wanted 7 grand up front  I ended up with some horrible midwife who only works out of hospitals that my insurances covered- i got strapped down to a bed for 23 hours and neglected causing a failed VBAC  Im 12 weeks pregnant now and planning for another VBAC with the help of a rare awesome open minded OB but it will have to be in a hospital. I dont mind hospitals but I am pretty bummed that i cant have the water birth i want 
I'm sorry, you got STRAPPED to the bed? WTF!! 
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