Baby goes right here......when she decides to make her appearance:-)
I have been 3 centimeters dilated and 70% effaced for 3 weeks. I was SUPER excited when the doctor told us to get our bags packed….and then a week later, I got excited again when the doctor told us to go on and make another appointment, even though he didn’t expect us to be back. At this point, I’m pretty pissed off at the doctor.
In the past couple of weeks, I have been up more than one night in a row timing contractions. Then, I realized how stupid that was and decided to start taking Benadryl to sleep through the damned things.
Now, I am suffering through one of the worst colds I have ever had in my life and the only thing that keeps me pumped up is that I’m hoping that the next coughing fit I go into will help my water break!
At our last appointment, the doctor said she wanted to do a membrane sweep and that since I was so dilated I would be an excellent candidate for it to work.
I DON’T want a membrane sweep unless I go past 40 weeks…….They are offering me another one on Friday, and I am planning on refusing it. I need a trump card just in case I go to 41 or 42 weeks…..and before they try and induce me, I need to be able to play the “let’s try the membrane sweep” trump card.
I REFUSE to be induced unless a medical emergency calls for it. I was induced with my son, and I NEVER want to go through that again just for the sake of convenience. I believe that my body will go into labor when my body and the baby is ready…..and I believe that any time you screw with nature….it is BAD for the baby. Pitocin causes very strong contractions, and they can deprive the baby’s brain of oxygen.(see below) It is too dangerous for me to consider unless it is necessary to hurry up and deliver the baby due to some kind of problem.
The last few weeks of pregnancy (for me) have been very tough. I am absolutely miserable carrying around this gigantic bowling ball that I have come to love very dearly. However, I will not sacrifice her safety and well-being for my own comfort. Now that I have a severe cold that has had me bed-ridden for a good 3 days….I have realized that I need as much rest as I can possibly get before the big day.
I am pushing this baby out without pitocin…..and without an epidural. I am determined to do so. I made this decision early on in this pregnancy, and my mind is not going to be changed unless something goes horribly wrong. I will NOT compromise my baby’s health now that I’ve been down that road before and I know better.
I do not know exactly what caused my son to have autism…..it could have been vaccines…..it is definitely part genetic….other than that, I don’t know. If pitocin-induced labor had something to do with it…..and it could have, because a researcher HAS found an association between the two……then, I am not going to put my daughter through the same hell that my son has had to endure. What if some forms of autism are caused by the baby’s brain not receiving enough oxygen during labor because of the pitocin-induced contractions that are longer and harder than natural contractions? Wow….that was a mouthful!
Obstetric medicine doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to labor and delivery. Many medications that were used in the past were found to be deadly to both infants and mothers. Even in the late 1990′s they realized that a labor-inducing drug called Cytotec was causing ruptured uteruses and infant death. This was AFTER they had used it for many, many years. If you want more of a scare….look up Thalidomide from the 1950′s.
Have they properly tested Pitocin? or have they tested it just about as much as they tested Thalidomide?
What if Pitocin is causing problems with a certain subset of children?
I don’t trust it.
I’m keeping my bowling ball for the time being, thank you very much.
I’m ready to have this baby…..but this baby isn’t ready yet. Maybe she will be ready tomorrow….or next week.
Until then….I’m going back to bed while I still can:-)
Here’s a little info on Pitocin……stuff they probably WON’T tell you……..
Pitocin
The following adverse reactions have been reported in the mother:
| Anaphylactic reaction | Premature ventricular contractions |
| Postpartum hemorrhage | Pelvic hematoma |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| Fatal afibrinogenemia | Hypertensive episodes |
| Nausea | Rupture of the uterus |
| Vomiting |
Excessive dosage or hypersensitivity to the drug may result in uterine hypertonicity, spasm, tetanic contraction, or rupture of the uterus.
The possibility of increased blood loss and afibrinogenemia should be kept in mind when administering the drug.
Severe water intoxication with convulsions and coma has occurred, associated with a slow oxytocin infusion over a 24-hour period. Maternal death due to oxytocin-induced water intoxication has been reported.
The following adverse reactions have been reported in the fetus or neonate:
| Due to induced uterine motility: | Due to use of oxytocin in the mother: |
| Bradycardia | Low Apgar scores at five minutes |
| Premature ventricular contractions and other arrhythmias | Neonatal jaundice |
| Permanent CNS or brain damage | Neonatal retinal hemorrhage |
| Fetal death | |
| Neonatal seizures have been reported with the use of Pitocin. |
Read more: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/pitocin-side-effects.html#ixzz14BUrIGB5
