Unassisted pregnancy?

[AM]

Those of you who have had unassisted births or are planning to, did you extend your philosophy to having an unassisted pregnancy?

I will be freebirthing next time around, and see no reason to share my pregnancy with any care providers unless a problem presents, which I feel will be rather unlikely, given i am a good weight, exercise regularly and eat well, and have had two previous uncomplicated pregnancies.

I am going to see whether I can let this pregnancy unfold naturally,(when it happens) refraining from peeing on a stick, and just allowing my body to gradulaay come to the realisation that it is harbouring another life.

[shed]

I am hiring a private midwife so whatever happens will happen in the privacy of my own loungeroom over a cup of tea.

DP might want the 20 week scan, maybe I will too. Might need the nuchal scan since I will be 40 or so at the time, but maybe won't.

Might not find out the gender either, so no need to scan for that.

As time goes on I want less and less to do with "them" (the medical fraternity).

I'm scared to look at your freebirthing book list in case my journey ends in a freebirth :o I can't imagine it but you never know with me, ya just never know, so I am not going to look :laughing: .

[AM]

go on, go on....look, look....the books are all pertinent to HB too...:thumbsup:

[shed]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

I knew you would say that.

Pandora's Box.

[Lirael]

i dont like the idea of not having any prenatal care...thats just me though :)

[nats]

First of all :yelclap: AM!

I would UC but re: UP - I'd be paranoid, with my butchered uterus that there'd be placental issues. Once I knew that placenta was out of the way I'd feel secure. UR and all that other vbac BS is not a concern for me.

As for you but, I think it's fabulous! And no HPT even :eek: YIKES! That's patience! It shows your head is really in the right place :yes:
Would you take folate supps?

[nats]

go on, go on....look, look....the books are all pertinent to HB too...:thumbsup:


What is it? Can I look :o :D

[cheezelkat]

I was going to go unassisted but have decided instead to do a minimum of tests instead to keep DP happy (although that's barely , he has too much trust in medicine and not in me).

I have not had bloods done to "confirm" the pregnancy, I will not have the nuchal, gestational diabetes, and I have no inclination to attend every scheduled antenatal appointment. I will be having a 20 week scan.

I don't trust myself and its instincts enough to know when something is going wrong TBH. I don't feel I have had enough education yet.

I hope you get blessed soon with a bubba - I find free birthing stories fascinating.

[kymmy]

Yes I am planning on unassisted pregnancy and birth next time. Though not sure I can avoid weeing on the stick.(At home) That will be for more for hubby though.

[borntobemummy]

I think we might have to head in that direction, more the birth part though. I will be going for a VBA2C and my hospital does not allow this, so I have little choice in the matter. Can't wait to POAS though, I love that part!!

[AM]

Nats- I am tandem feeding atm, so I take pregnancy and bf supplements anyway, so I'm covered!:thumbsup:

O - and I started another thread in this section of a whole heap of awesome books etc for those who are keen on learning about freebirth :)

[nats]

*scrolls up screen to check which section we are in * ...."Hhmm, freebirth section eh?. Must be new" *rushes of to check out new(???) section* woohoo :smiliedance:

[unhindered]

Yes i had an unassisted pregnancy as well, which extended to not peeing on a stick for verification for that of which i already knew, that i was pregnant.

Before dh and i had even talked about adding to our family i had already discussed and let him know that i was not seeing a cp unless i felt the need for one for during the pregnancy and birth. All of which made perfect sense to him.

Fast forward to the new year 2006 and our ttc journey had begun, little did i know just what a journey we had before us. Within the first four months of 2006 i had been pregnant 3 times. The first pregnancy resulted in m/c at 8wks and the second resulted in m/c at 6wks. The third pregnancy resulted in my beautiful dd2.

The first m/c i knew a wk before it started that something was wrong and i peed on many a stick which showed me positive results although the lines were lighter than with my first dd. The m/c happened i went to drs and had a transvaginal ultrasound which was itself not bad, but after being told that you have no contents of conception left in you, going out into a room full of beautiful pregnant bellies was horrific.I had that ultrasound on a monday and the days prior to it is when i birthed that baby. Interestingly i had laboured regular contractions and when i felt ready too bring her earthside i jumped into the shower and caught her in my hands (sound familiar). I had dreams of birthing and saying goodbye to my girl who i referred to by her name. The second pregnancy happened after much research and discussion between myself and dh. I knew also that this was going to end the same as the first as i was feeling the same and craving the same foods. I also just had to do pregnancy tests which also showed up positive but not strongly.

When dd2 was conceived we had decided to wait a month, but at the same time we both wanted to reconnect with some love making. I felt pregnant soon as i always do but this time she had such a presence like i could reach out and touch her. I had no need for peeing on a stick the feeling was different and i was craving cheeseburgers all the signs of a healthy pregnancy lol.

So that is just the beginning of the pregnancy, why did i post all of that? I think because i want to try to show that we are so connected to the little beings that grow within us and maybe even before. No matter how long they choose to be with us it is all relevant the experiences we have and the lessons we learn.

I learnt that my body is very capable to labour and birth whether it is at 6wks, 8wk, 40wk or 42 wks. It is all the same. At the same time i learnt to trust my intuition i knew when something was wrong and i sort medical help and i knew when all was well and therefore medical help was not needed.

More to come later :)

[nats]

Wow, unhindered :crying: (of joy!)

That's really beautiful. Love you birth story (again) :)

[shed]

unhindered, I read your birth story again too, it was awesome.

I had a dream about this thread last night and in the dream I realised that I wanted to have a scan to check for placenta praevia.

so I guess that's what I will do. At about 35 weeks or so? would that be a good idea? Or when? I don't want it too early, I would want it when I was sure it wasn't going to get out of the way.