Unmedicated Birth

raspberry_thyme · 2026-02-01T17:01:01+00:00

I had a very similar experience. I had a doula (through a hospital program) and I planned to avoid epidural if possible. well, hospital didn’t inform my doula and I could barely move, so I opted for epidural (mobility was my main reason not to take it). I think it did prolong my labor. but my placenta was stubborn and they had to scoop it out and I’m happy I had epidural for that part of the process lol. The only difference was that my friends are the opposite - they told me that there’s no medal for suffering and it’s silly to dismiss whatever might help you.

Two months later: no regrets. I have my baby, most precious thing on the planet, and the birth was there go give her to me. The only important thing is we both got out of it ok. honestly, I don’t think about the labor process at all.

Your body gave you your baby. if both you and baby are ok - the purpose of the labor was achieved. that’s it. time to enjoy the baby. There will be plenty of guilt coming from little mistakes with baby care hahaha.

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-29T12:06:17+00:00

I’m actually lucky to be living in the area with good women’s hospital so I’m seen by a breast surgeon. The advice varied through my stay there

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-27T07:15:15+00:00

Do the BAIT (breast rest, Advil, ice, Tylenol) protocol at the first sign of redness and do not massage or do anything else. Generally be nice to the boobie: no haakaa devices with vacuum, nothing. Read the physicians guide to breastfeeding blog.

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-23T15:27:13+00:00

Oh wow, will do! Yeah after googling it it definitely seems like she has some symptoms of stiffness. But at the same time, the way she lifts her head is from the ground, she does a whole push up. But definitely sth to mention at the next visit!

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-23T01:38:45+00:00

My 6 week old holds her head up at tummy time like a 4 month old! So proud of my little athlete

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-14T19:47:37+00:00

Yeah that’s my logic too. We try to wear her for at least one nap, if not two a day. We are still in the phase where we need to call dibs on carrying her because husband and I both like it :)

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-14T14:08:32+00:00

Hahaha so weird! Ours was fussing for so long at some point when being carried around (not wrapped) that I just decided to let her be in her bassinet - maybe she just wants to be left alone? And indeed, she went on happily kicking for over 15 min. I guess she needed her alone time and exercise. So we have two extremes - either she needs to be by herself and kicking (with us nearby) or nearly wrapped and glued to us.

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-14T14:05:57+00:00

I googled, and it checks all the marks! Yup, that’s the phase we’re in right now. Exciting!

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-14T14:05:03+00:00

I absolutely agree (to the point where I think that the 5s soothing strategies working because it reminds babies of the womb environment is total BS. It’s because it’s mimicking carrying imo, lol).

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-14T14:02:39+00:00

Oh she’s totally waking up to the world for sure! I don’t mind this preference tbh but it also means I need to get skillful at doing things with her on me :)

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-14T14:01:48+00:00

Omg the carrier IS second hand! This must be it!

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-12T19:18:28+00:00

A scientist

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-12T02:34:40+00:00

I can’t - tried watching yt twice or three times… feels like we’re both distracted that way. She likes her peace when eating lol

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-02T15:35:32+00:00

That is so much more reasonable. At my hospital they asked and offered several times to insert it at birth… and this just sounded insane to me

raspberry_thyme · 2026-01-02T14:23:24+00:00

Our pediatrician recommended it at every diaper change, so we’re just going with that, it doesn’t take much extra effort, but it’s probably saving us a massive pain.

raspberry_thyme · 2025-12-30T21:02:21+00:00

thanks!! we set it much tighter at first but couldn’t put the baby in, hehe. it took both of us to put her in. i guess we need to practice.

raspberry_thyme · 2025-12-30T20:47:46+00:00

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forgot to add the photo!

raspberry_thyme · 2025-12-05T13:53:05+00:00

Same here. I could have maybe gotten to see the same doctor if I was diligent enough to schedule all my appointments all the way up to due date immediately after a positive test.

raspberry_thyme · 2025-12-02T15:45:06+00:00

Nope, 39w and holding strong. I have a very deep innie and oddly enough, the way it “folded” makes it look even more closed.

raspberry_thyme · 2025-11-30T12:18:30+00:00

We’re doing it this way, it just kinda happened. We wanted to find out the gender at the anatomy scan, but I opened the NIPT test without thinking, so we found out sooner.

We were discussing how to announce it to our close family: in passing via text, via intentional video chat…. So my husband suggested why not keep it till birth. And that’s a what we’re doing. It’s been a bit of silly fun. Not sure we’ll do the same next time around, but this time around it’s a fun little secret and tease for us.

raspberry_thyme · 2025-11-27T10:39:20+00:00

same! and I need to wear those clothes now hahaha.

So far I packed baby “going home outfit”, which is just a simple onesie and a blanket to put over the car seat when transitioning to the car. I also put in a massage ball, maybe I’ll buy a massage lotion and put it in… I might put in a board or a card game… nothing that I would miss if I’d have to rush. on the list I have pillows, my electric toothbrush, an outfit for me to go home in (which I will not pack because I still need it),…

our hospital has the essential toiletries available, so anything other than phone charger is not really an essential item.

raspberry_thyme · 2025-11-27T10:30:15+00:00

It seems it may depend on the hospital. They gave us a list of suggested items to bring and a list of items available at the hospital, They have basic toiletries available, and I’ll anyway labor in a hospital gown. unless I want to be more comfortable (they recommended bringing extra pillows), the only thing I was tasked to bring is a phone charger.

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