Boysenberry
09-19-2006, 09:06 AM
Hi all!
I had our seventh baby this weekend. I was very high raw for the pregnancy, meaning, I had a meal every now and again that was cooked. The pregnancy was the best I ever had. I was very active right up until the night before I delivered. Because of a prior c-section, I had to deliver in a hospital.
I had six hours of labor and think it could have been cut in half if I had a midwife to help me turn the baby face down. I was dilated to a 5 when I went in, the first time ever that I went into labor by myself. By the time I was at a 10 I was really tired. They gave me some Demerol in my IV. The difference between this delivery and my SAD ones is that I had to have Demerol 6 times during delivery in the past, this time only once to relax me enough to keep pushing. It took 45 minutes of pushing. UGH.
SAD: long labors (13-48 hours), 4-6 doses of narcotics for pain, problems like breech and turning, lower apgar scores, poor latching after delivery, jaundice, my weight gain between 25-60 pounds, colicky babies (not all), had to be induced with pitocin to keep contractions going and make them strong enough.
RAW: 6 hours (still think it would have been three with a midwife), 1 dose of painkiller, apgar score was a 9-9, baby latched right on the breast after delivery like she had a manual, no jaundice after 3 days, my weight gain was only 21 pounds, happy baby, no pitocin, contractions did what "normal" women's do, got progressively stronger and closer together.
All in all I would definately reccommend raw pregnancy to everyone. My husband said that he has never seen me so calm during a delivery. He is still SAD but attributes this to my being raw. I can't wait to report how much better and faster my recovery goes!
Take care... STAY RAW! Love to all, Sami
I had our seventh baby this weekend. I was very high raw for the pregnancy, meaning, I had a meal every now and again that was cooked. The pregnancy was the best I ever had. I was very active right up until the night before I delivered. Because of a prior c-section, I had to deliver in a hospital.
I had six hours of labor and think it could have been cut in half if I had a midwife to help me turn the baby face down. I was dilated to a 5 when I went in, the first time ever that I went into labor by myself. By the time I was at a 10 I was really tired. They gave me some Demerol in my IV. The difference between this delivery and my SAD ones is that I had to have Demerol 6 times during delivery in the past, this time only once to relax me enough to keep pushing. It took 45 minutes of pushing. UGH.
SAD: long labors (13-48 hours), 4-6 doses of narcotics for pain, problems like breech and turning, lower apgar scores, poor latching after delivery, jaundice, my weight gain between 25-60 pounds, colicky babies (not all), had to be induced with pitocin to keep contractions going and make them strong enough.
RAW: 6 hours (still think it would have been three with a midwife), 1 dose of painkiller, apgar score was a 9-9, baby latched right on the breast after delivery like she had a manual, no jaundice after 3 days, my weight gain was only 21 pounds, happy baby, no pitocin, contractions did what "normal" women's do, got progressively stronger and closer together.
All in all I would definately reccommend raw pregnancy to everyone. My husband said that he has never seen me so calm during a delivery. He is still SAD but attributes this to my being raw. I can't wait to report how much better and faster my recovery goes!
Take care... STAY RAW! Love to all, Sami