Busy Bee’s Birth and Beyond

12/12/2023

12/06/2023

This unfortunate event shows why having a birth partner who is willing to help you stand your ground and ask questions during such a vulnerable time is SO important.

Babies are born at home in silence all the time. Healthy babies do not need to cry and be made mad to breathe they need skin to skin contact with their mother and that’s all!

My heart breaks watching this, I can’t imagine watching my brand new baby be treated this way seconds after such a life changing event and my voice as a Mom shut down immediately. Medical staff needs to do better.

11/27/2023

11/23/2023

11/22/2023

Induction 👉 increased pain 👉 epidural 👉 non-reassuring fetal heart tones 👉 "emergency" c-section

Do you see what happened there?

That was the cascade of interventions.

It starts with something that you're told is harmless, like an induction. "It's the same as natural labor", they say. "Aren't you ready to meet your baby?!" they say. "Your baby is measuring big," they say.

So you agree.

But then the pain is too much. The contractions are right on top of each other. You can't get a break.

"If you get an epidural, you can rest," they say.

So you agree.

And you do get some rest, but then your baby's heart rate is starting to dip and not recover.

"Baby's not tolerating labor well. We think we should get them out," they say. They mean c-section. You're afraid for your baby.

So you agree.

"Thank goodness you were in the hospital," your family says. "Those doctors and nurses saved your baby."

But did they?

Maybe. But if they had left you alone, if they hadn't induced you unnecessarily, if you had gone into labor on your own and given birth how you wanted, would there have been anything to even save you from?

I hear this exact story almost daily. Some women recognize what was done to them, others don't. Either way loads of them end up with depression, anxiety, and PTSD from their birth experience, and it didn't have to be that way.

11/16/2023

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