Posts Tagged ‘birth’
Birthing
Birthing is so messed up in this country. It is not a sickness (most cases–anyway) and everyone gets so hyped up about it. I was having the baby, and suddenly I stalled, wondering what to do without a doctor to tell me it was okay to have the baby! 
Oh well. That’s past. All went well, thank G-d, and we are going forward with getting the birth certificate. I am nervous about this whole process, since we have to have documentation about all the parts of the before and after status of pregnant vs. baby already born. It’s somewhat complicated, but not too bad. At least everyone’s been polite so far.
I’m being somewhat obscure since I don’t want to get too detailed till everything goes through fine; it is unnerving to have this status of not officially having a birth certificate. When I tried to make a newborn checkup appointment after a week, the receptionist could not figure out what to do, “What do you mean the baby has no name!” she stuttered. She didn’t seem to comprehend that the child is not born with a name imprinted on it somewhere, like a label on a toy. Most people have a name ready for the woman who makes rounds in the hospital collecting information–and that is why most must have a name all ready by then.
It is a serious decision (actually we decided on a name in time to make the Saturday morning Torah reading)! And I’m glad we waited the almost-week.
Thank you again for all the good wishes.
FJB
Healthy birth!!
Thank you all for the good wishes!
(The birth went naturally )
Now we are a family with a girl, boy, then girl, girl!
Four altogether… Wow!
Wow! I just realized…
…I just realized that I could feasibly have due date of Feb 17 or 19, and then there is always the possibility of being early.
No wonder I was freaking out that I don’t have my birth set up all ready to go…
This birth has been very confusing and complicated to plan. I may go into this topic later–but for now I will say, this country is not set up to give women the birthing options they need and want. Cesareans, cesareans for everyone. I won’t have one (G-d willing) unless it is an absolute emergency. I am so tired of hearing about how government insurance doesn’t pay enough, and that’s why none of the doctors will take my insurance. Everyone I know who is having a baby has been having difficulty finding a doctor/midwife.
What is up with this country’s medicine?
Thank G-d I have the insurance for birth that covers emergencies. That is my breath of relief. As it is I had been twisting myself in pretzels to make some sort of plan that didn’t involve people doing stuff that I don’t plan on doing.
Last time I almost ended up with a cesarean because the doctor’s panicked. I knew it was fine. So then they had to intervene a bit anyway.
If I can do a birth naturally I will, and Thank G-d I am blessed with a healthy body, and positive birth experience from the past.
Will update this post later to include more practical info.
Tags: birth, government policy, motherhood
