I have encountered a lot of these types of labors lately, and every woman chooses to either heed advise or go their own way. Both are perfectly acceptable and I will support either way of laboring, but it should be taken into consideration the ramifications of these choices... What types of labors? What types of choices?
Let's look at a tale of two women:
Kendra called me to let me know she was woken with contractions every 10
minutes. They were dull and crampy. I recommended that, since it was 2
a.m., she try to rest. If rest was hard to come by, I gave her
suggestions to help her rest. I also left instructions that, if
anything changed, to call me. 12 hours later, 2 p.m., a very exhausted
sounding husband called to let me know that they were now 8 minutes
apart and still crampy. Kendra, on the other hand, was exhausted. It
seems that, after we hung up, they decided to get things going and went
for a walk, did some nipple stimulation in the shower, and were rewarded
with stronger cramps... stronger cramps that quickly went back to mild
cramps as soon as she laid down to rest.
Since she was well hydrated and had just eaten a small meal, I again
recommended that she rest, after trying some positioning techniques,
even if it meant in the tub. She got in the tub, where they slowed down
to 12 minutes apart. Worried, she only let herself stay in there for an
hour before hopping up and trying parsley and red raspberry leaf shakes,
orgasm, and curb walking.
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