This is profoundly true and really resonates with me.
My experiences with pre-natal testing with my first two births caused a lot of stress and fear. I tested high on the glucose tolerance test, had to wait weeks, then took the 3 hour test and was fine. Ultrasound showed a low placenta in the first half of the pregnancy, which lead to many more ultrasounds and a lot of fear. The Dr. was worried about the baby being big, both times, so that was the catalyst for a lot of ultrasounds as well and fear on my part that the baby would be too big to deliver vaginally. They were big, but I pushed 3 times with the first and twice with the second, so all the worry was for nothing.
It was very freeing for me to go from an OB to a midwife (Tosi), especially since I would be over 35 when I delivered and there was the whole advanced maternal age thing. To go from being pressured to being empowered was really life changing for me.
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Date: 2007-12-16 05:13 am (UTC)This is profoundly true and really resonates with me.
My experiences with pre-natal testing with my first two births caused a lot of stress and fear. I tested high on the glucose tolerance test, had to wait weeks, then took the 3 hour test and was fine. Ultrasound showed a low placenta in the first half of the pregnancy, which lead to many more ultrasounds and a lot of fear. The Dr. was worried about the baby being big, both times, so that was the catalyst for a lot of ultrasounds as well and fear on my part that the baby would be too big to deliver vaginally. They were big, but I pushed 3 times with the first and twice with the second, so all the worry was for nothing.
It was very freeing for me to go from an OB to a midwife (Tosi), especially since I would be over 35 when I delivered and there was the whole advanced maternal age thing. To go from being pressured to being empowered was really life changing for me.