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No woman should have to fight for a vaginal birth! With a national c-section rate of 31.8% and climbing in the U.S., every pregnant woman should understand her right to informed consent AND informed refusal.
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Amanda Peters Plouzek

Amanda Peters Plouzek I just have to say.....I LOVE this blog/group!! I learn so much, and it sparks so many good conversations. I am definitely a birth junkie. :) It is nice to hear from other women who are passionate about birth too! I think I have been on this page on FB a couple of times a day the past week. THANK YOU for everything you do!

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I am so grateful for this fan page. I learn new things every day. Thanks for being here!
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The Unnecesarean Apparently people have a lot to get off their chests when it comes to birth, particularly epidurals. Click over to be anonymous on the blog or say what you need to say in Facebook.

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Denise Wilson O'Connor

Denise Wilson O'Connor I am a lactation consultant from Pittsburgh. I am putting together a slide show of breastfeeding photos for one of my prenatal classes. Anyone have some breastfeeding photos they are willing to send me? Any age, beautiful, silly, modest or not. Particularly interested in photos right after birth and the ones that make you go "Ahhh". If you can help me out my email is deniseibclc@comcast.net. Thanks!

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Patrice Nichole Byers
Patrice Nichole Byers
I have a few I can send you!!
Yesterday at 11:39am
Michelle
Michelle
i have some from the NICU, will those work? message me.
Yesterday at 12:04pm
Katharine Gallagher
Katharine Gallagher
Would love to see and share your slide show!
Yesterday at 4:00pm
Denver Doula

Denver Doula I can only imagine how much feedback the Aspen Women's Center has been getting about this sign... does anyone know if they still have it up??

Kim Mosny Cpm Lm

Kim Mosny Cpm Lm OK.... who wins the Anti-Doula Sign contest???

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Kim Mosny Cpm Lm
Kim Mosny Cpm Lm
Oops... its not NOON Pacific time yet... sorry. I am impatient! :P
Yesterday at 7:55am
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I know! I'm sorry! I'll post tonight... :)
Yesterday at 4:26pm
Kim Mosny Cpm Lm
Kim Mosny Cpm Lm
Waiting.... tapping my fingers on the table....
Yesterday at 9:17pm
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The Unnecesarean Morning debriefing session: Are you comfortable criticizing the way Lynsee chose to give birth knowing that this is an open forum and she might read it? Why or why not?

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The Unnecesarean Alright, now I feel bad watching. I really want that room to empty out and for them to get a break and celebrate quietly.

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The Unnecesarean Lynsee gets her baby back in her arms... (out of sequence with last photo)

Fri at 11:20pm
Jen
Jen
Ugghhh, I HATE hospital births. Hahaha, kinda funny coming from a birth doula. <sigh>
Yesterday at 7:36am
Anna Probst-Metzger
Anna Probst-Metzger
Its alright I don't like them either.
Yesterday at 8:01am
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The Unnecesarean The midwife asks "Do you want to try feeding her?" after about 27 minutes.

Fri at 11:15pm
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Jill Pariseault
Jill Pariseault
I'd like to add that even after my lovely home waterbirth with my second child, there was still 15-20 minutes between birth and breast. He was distressed at birth, and although we did do skin-to-skin right away, we were more concerned with getting him to be a color other than blue. Then there was some drama with the placenta, so I put him to the ... Read Morebreast to stimulate contractions. But it wasn't till about 2 hours after the birth that we were able to settle down and really NURSE-nurse. (and boy he wouldn't let go for hours!)
Yesterday at 2:09pm
Amanda Ferguson
Amanda Ferguson
It was about sixteen hours before I got to nurse my son. :-( I had a C-section, so I wasn't allowed out of bed, even in a wheelchair, and he had some grunting (wet lung from the C/S) and was under an Oxihood and they refused to take him off the oxygen to bring him to me. I pumped every two hours through the night and they cup-fed him my colostrum. I didn't know till a year later that they were also cup feeding him several ounces of Similac with every colostrum feed.
Yesterday at 8:56pm
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The Unnecesarean Whew. The CNM promised to do the next set of vitals in half and hour with Lynsee holding her baby.

Fri at 11:09pm
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Nellita Reeves
Nellita Reeves
umm most hospitals are like this! especially if mom got any pain meds! they dont really care about skin to skin...plus she had a MEDwife!
Yesterday at 7:07am
Jill Pariseault
Jill Pariseault
Nellita's got a point. THis was in the HOSPITAL. It's a bit farfetched to expect a hospital to hold up to our standards of unhindered birth/postpartum. Ideally they WOULD, but hell, it's a miracle this mom escaped a friggin' Cesarean.
Yesterday at 9:38am
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The Unnecesarean Whatever I missed while I was sleeping, it looks like someone was pleased with it...

Fri at 11:02pm
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Jennifer Dalton
Jennifer Dalton
Yes KJ apparently that's ALL that matters.*sigh*
Yesterday at 8:29am
Tracey Lapointe
Tracey Lapointe
this baby is radiantly, impishly, cute
Yesterday at 8:32am
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The Unnecesarean You guys! I fell asleep and woke up in time to see her... birth the placenta. Here are some screenshots from five minutes after the birth.

Fri at 11:00pm
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Jennifer
Jennifer
I just loved her reaction right after baby was born. Reminded me of that extreme emotion I felt when meeting each of my babies the first time. ♥ Congrats to the family!
Fri at 11:10pm
Laurie
Laurie
agreed, Shannon! :) oh dear, it makes me miss my baby days. i try to just keep them in my heart, and treasure them. such sweet times and memories! :)
Fri at 11:11pm
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The Unnecesarean Lynsee, the woman who planned to broadcast her birth live on the internet, is in labor! She's in the shower, supported by her doula and husband and starting to moan through contractions.

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Jennifer

Jennifer oooh this one by Sherwood is fantastic!

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Fri at 5:40pm
Melissa Mackelprang Johnston
Melissa Mackelprang Johnston
I love these!
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Jennifer

Jennifer This one is great too! Submitted by Allison:

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