Comments on: Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey: My Answers & Your Answers

By: Birth: Live and Political — PhD in Parenting

Birth: Live and Political — PhD in Parenting — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:06:41 +0000

[...] even seen another woman give birth was a frightening. I wish I had been more educated at the time. I wish I had access to more options in terms of a birth attendant and birth location. I wish that I had spent more time researching instead of simply [...]

By: Home births safer than hospital births for low risk pregnancies

Home births safer than hospital births for low risk pregnancies — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:05:12 +0000

[...] not enough women have true choice about where and how to give birth. We need to improve that so that women can choose the safe option that is best for them. var [...]

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:57:33 +0000

I enjoyed reading others’ experiences so I added my own. I’m a little late, but I guess better late than never, right?
http://www.attachedmama.net/canadian-maternity-experiences-survey/

By: JENNIFER

JENNIFER — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:36:38 +0000

Very interesting thank you for your post. I am always interested in medical care in other Countries. I too like your above poster had a high risk pregnancy. In addition to my baby having a stroke in utero I developed a dangerous platelet disorder (this after a VERY easy pregnancy before). So not only was I not allowed to have a water birth they insisted I have an epidural in case I needed an emergency c-section (to avoid being put under). To their surprise the epidural didn’t take so I had a natural delivery anyway (smiles).

By: Melodie

Melodie — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:18:26 +0000

Here is the link to my answers. Thanks for giving me a great idea for a post for the weekend! These are my BC experiences. http://www.breastfeedingmomsunite.com/2009/03/the-canadian-maternity-experiences-survey-my-answers/

By: C

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:20:57 +0000

Thank you so much for commenting on my breastfeeding in public post!

I’m going to have to bookmark your site, as I am going to have to come back and catch up on your other posts!

As for this post, I actually wanted to have a water birth with a midwife, but because I had a high risk pregnancy, I was not permitted to have one. I had to deliver in the hospital and since I live on an island in the remote (in the middle of Lake Huron), I had to go to a hospital 2 hrs away from where we live. Even that didn’t work in the end, as our little one decided she wanted to make a very early appearance and at 26 weeks gestation, she had me flown from the hospital here to Toronto. She was born at 28 weeks gestation and canon balled her way out. Seriously, three pushes and she FLEW out. Code pink. No doctors in the room! Crazy!

Anyway, my ideal birthing experience would be to have a water birth. Unfortunately, the docs say for me that will most probably be a no-no for our next pregnancy too.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:22:05 +0000

I loved The Mother of All Pregnancy book! It was one of my favourite reads and one of three books that I couldn’t part with when I was giving away the rest of my pregnancy things.
The other book I highly recommend and will probably never part with was The Holistic Guide to Pregnancy, Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives by Deepak Chopra.

and, another note about one of the very few positives of delivering in the hospital that I did was that although none of the nurses really advocated for natural childbirth and clearly didn’t think I could do it, they did eventually respect my wishes.
That’s probably the one thing I would look for in future delivery options (now that I’m living somewhere that HAS options, albeit limited ones from the sound of it.)