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jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 21:56

Am reading so much and as i havetn experienced it yet my questions might be silly.

Did you whip off all your clothes towards the end as a conscience thing hot etc.

Where you told too. Please tell me about it.

I was reading sheila kitzinger and others about natural hardware abotu children trying to wriggle up to feed straight away and i want to do it but didnt know if you would instintivily strip off to do this even if you didnt knwo why or if you were dressed. iykwim.

Thanks all.

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SomethingAboutMary · 21/04/2006 22:00

No with both my labours i had my top half on & with dd i did not even have time to take my socks off lol.

I suppose it really depends on your labour/timing/how you feel etc.

cece · 21/04/2006 22:01

With dd I wore t-shirt for actual birth but while in birthing pool I was naked realised afterwards that maybe I should have kept top on!!

With ds I wore a hospital gown all the way though.

They both had a feed by being placed there by midwife. No wiggling up !

It is very hot though and they turn the fan off when the baby is due to arrive!

Bozza · 21/04/2006 22:02

I really wouldn't worry. TBH I can't remember with DS. I think I had a gown on but might have taken it off because it was v. hot. With DD I was stood up so no wriggling up for her. Midwife put her inside my nightie to keep her warm after delivery - so it did have a use.

If you are giving birth laid down - so as to enable the wriggling up I would imagine that your nightie or whatever would be fairly far up anyway so you could just whip it further up round your neck in order to accommodate baby.

lovecloud · 21/04/2006 22:02

Yep

as soon as the mw said "right this is it, time to push" she whipped the gas nad air off me and told me to get up and lean over the bed.

i responded by whipping my lovely nightdress off i had bought for the occasion and started to howl and grunt like a cave woman

dh thought it was hilarious, i did not care who was in the room... actually i dont think i was even aware of anyone.

i had gone back to my primal roots and i was on a mission :)

Bozza · 21/04/2006 22:02

cece - I remember that being the stroppiest part of my labour - when they wanted to turn the fan off.

cece · 21/04/2006 22:04

Yes I was not happy!!!

Also got very stropy afterwards when they didn't take my legs out of the stirrups immediately

jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 22:09

I have a real thing about not wanting to be touched by others in my bits and dont like it if i dont know they are going too and i remember having my nipples being touched till erect then ds shoved on and ididnt like it. I dont want to be touched like that so i am trying to think of ways to get the next baby up without help from the midwife. i think i want to pull baby up but dont know if baby needs to be held by midwife first??? Might be my next thread.

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bramblina · 21/04/2006 22:11

I took a long t-shirt to wear but that, along with my complete labour bag stayed intact on the floor. All the best laid plans!
I chose to wear the gown as it's easier to whip off. In the end when ds was delivered I was hanging over the back of the bed (head end was raised) and as ds was born one of the midwives whipped off the tens and gown while the other grabbed ds and put him in my arms..so I was on my knees, naked, holding him! Oh the dignity, but don't let this put you off, I wouldn't have had it any other way.
I held him for a while whilst they cut cord etc, cleared up a bit but then had to turn around and lay down to deliver the placenta- this might change your plans of the baby wriggling up etc (I have a s.k. book and read this too) I had planned to leave it to make it's own way out iyswim but wasn't aware of the implications so had the injection. While I did that he was quickly weighed, apgar etc and given to dh. It took about an hour to stitch me so dh had that time with him then he was ready for a feed, so the timing all went well in the end. I'm not sure what % of babies actually could feed atraight away. Also if you have stitches etc this may change your plans. Also if you don't end up giving birth on your back. HTH, sorry for TMI

lact8 · 21/04/2006 22:13

Lovecloud, your descriptions of labour on here and the other thread are fantastic! LOL here I'm definately of the cavewoman variety too!

bramblina · 21/04/2006 22:14

If you are on your back I'm sure what you just said sounds possible. Your dp could pass baby to you. Do you have a detailed birth plan? Is your dp very aware of what's in it? He may need to do the talking for you.

jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 22:15

Not tmi at all, i like to be prepared and i felt so out of control for my ds and had to fight all the waythat this time i want it to different hence why i am asking questions and reading and not even being pregnant but i like to be prepared in all aspects so please keep views coming.

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 22:16

With DS1 my choices were limited as he ended up as a ventouse delivery, legs akimbo in stirrups and all that.

DS2 though was delivered onto my thigh and gently lifted and turned onto my belly. The cord was cut whilst he was there then the midwife, after a quick check that all was ok, left us to it.

DS2 pretty much made the rest of the journey up on his own whilst DH lay on the bed next to me and we enjoyed the quiet time together, until DS2 finished his first feed.

jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 22:17

Dp is also a thinker so i keep trying to put seeds into his brain as he wont actually sit down or read anything so i am trying months and months ahead of the avent. i have told him how much i want his support and guidance with breadtfeeding so he is getting to know over the months.

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Bozza · 21/04/2006 22:17

Personally I think giving birth in a more appropriate position than on back is more important than baby being able to wriggle up. DS fed before I was stitched btw.

bramblina · 21/04/2006 22:18

LOL! I thought you were probably 39wks+! No harm in being well informed. It really is interesting reading. I could talk about it for days, too.

snafu · 21/04/2006 22:21

I saw a minutes-old baby literally wriggle himself up up his mother's chest to her breasts the other week - amazing

SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 22:23

It's an amazing feeling snafu (see my post below)

jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 22:24

No as i said before i had to fight for cs which was best for us and i am really glad i did but i want it different next time but it scares me so much that i have to be well informed to feel in control (every other part of my life i control as i am very independant and hate not doig things for myself). I know thAT BEING in control can be very good for labour to get the birth you want.

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snafu · 21/04/2006 22:25

Oh, didn't see that StG! How lovely - these things can only happen when we just leave well alone...

jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 22:26

i also want to do thing differently such as breast feeding. I wasnt good before and i didnt get the support i needed and i was shy but my ds has alergies so i know how important it is to have breastmilk so i am really dedicated to it and i dont want next child to have formula so i wanted the beststart but i know that feeding can start after a rocky start too.

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 22:27

The labour room had dimmer switches so the midwife lowered the lights on her way out. Ahhh, the memories, sigh.

snafu · 21/04/2006 22:30

Oh, I always lower the lights when I go into a labour room! In fact I did a delivery a couple of weeks ago with just a lamp on in the corner - it was great. The midwife who I was with thought we were all mad but the mother loved it - so relaxing

(Apols for the hijack, jellyjelly!)

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 22:32

Yeah, sorry jellyjelly

We had the lights low all the time, she turned them almost off

Would have preferred candle light but H&S made that one a bit of a no no.

jellyjelly · 21/04/2006 22:35

Dont mind at all but it doesn scare me knowing that i want a vaginal delivery next time.

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