| i had a drug-free home birth in london for my first. it was a really special experience and I was thinking that I would have liked to be able to do the same in HK for my 2nd.
however the 2nd pregnancy was different from the first and the 2nd labour was VERY different to the first.
I also had severe pelvic pain in the last few weeks of my pregnancy - it doesn't sound like mine was quite as excruciating as yours though! it was still too painful to walk or roll over in bed.
I have no way of knowing if that impacted my labour or not but second time around, boy was I glad i was in hospital.
I was 41 weeks when I went into labour this time.
I tried my best to go drug free again but I simply couldn't do it. The pain was pretty bad from the beginning - all in my back.
At 8cm dilated I had one low dose of epidural and it was the best decision I ever made.
it enabled me to take an hour to relax and refocus.
After the 1 dose i let it wear off completelyand was able to push on my own urges so that I delivered my 9+pounder without a tear or a graze.
It wasn't completely "natural" but it was the best I could do under the cirumstances.
I agree with carang completley - you need to be able to roll with the punches at the time.
I know of no medical reason why you shouldn't still be able to give it a try - but then again I am pretty clueless about these sorts of things!
Good luck!  |