Pitocin clip-Business of Being Born

Business of Being Born-doctors and nurses talk about the effects of Pitocin during labor.

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[briarrose29]

With my first child, my water broke and I didn't dialate for almost and entire day. The dr. told me that this was dangerous for the baby because she might swallow too much fluid. I had to be induced.

[serendipitydoula]

I know of a woman who went more than 72 hours after her water broke without dilating. The trick with broken waters is that 1. the cord should not be in the vagina 2. the infection myth-if you stay in your own home with your own surroundings and no one sticks their fingers in you every hour, you won't be risking infection, thus safe to stay home until contractions start. A doula can help you with these types of questions and maybe even save you from unnecessary interventions.

[varickwt]

All this stuff is crap, women have been having babies for thousands and thousands of years without all this...

[sherritaberry]

This is so true! With my first son I went natural for 15 hours and then they started the pittocin and 3 hours later they trippled the dosage for the the pit, next thing I knew I had to have a Csection. I feel like I was robbed of my experience. Why can I get this movie?

[Aditi000]

@varickwt I agree with you!!! When I see women in hospitals with people telling them how to hold their legs---BS!!!! It's MY baby & MY labor & I'll do it how I see fit!!! You can't be afraid of nature.

[brosue4]

My mother was in labor with me for 96 hours after her water broke. In a hospital too, but regulations have changed since the 80s :) When I have children, they will be born at home, provided of course there are no red flags beforehand. A woman's body can give birth perfectly most of the time, but when you are in that 5% group with a serious problem, thank Gd for the hospitals and interventions. Its just not something I would chose without serious medical need.

[PEDROCLASSIC]

wow. i still miss the riki lake show in the 90s. i had this big crush on her. just lovely

[SandraFowler]

@varickwt , And until fairly recently, large numbers of them were dying while doing it...

[crpsaiyan]

@varickwt Exactly. Muscles stretch... maybe a couple bones will break. No, I was just kidding with that last part. All joking aside, my supervisor's wife was in labor for almost three days, and yet, she was able to deliver her child vaginally. Maybe it just depends on the person, or how well the baby is inside the womb. After all, every labor and birth story is completely different; it's NEVER the same.

[TheLoud]

This makes me so glad I avoided all this and had a wonderful homebirth with a midwife. 36 mostly relaxed hours after my water broke, my baby was safely born. Her cord was wrapped tightly around her neck twice, but the midwife freed her and revived her with oxygen, no problem.

[DrSandmann]

At about 1:53, the woman speaking is discussing as commonplace a progression that doesn't occur commonly. Her comments are VERY misleading, and I know this to be the case.

Hell, my own child was induced, and my wife's labor took about 9 hours. No fetal distress, no nothing. A perfectly normal delivery. My daughter came out, cried herand breast-fed like a champ.

[BBGenelie]

pinch your nipples. that stimulates your body's natural oxytocin(artificial name: pitocin) to be released. i learned this from my teacher. she has been a midwife for over 20 years in unprepared home settings.

[misteeq64]

That bloody pitocin gave me contaction for a month after the birth . I infiltrated the intravenous myself to get ride of it . i was in so much pain i felt i was in labor for a month . HOMEBIRTH ALL THE WAY