Miranda Kerr didn't want a 'drugged-up' baby‎

[laurenshelton2]

Oh, Jesus H Christ. Between her and Gisele, I don't know who is the more pretentious, sanctimonious dolt. It's very hard to determine.

[SHELLEE]

If the newborn is a bit sluggish temporarily, big effin deal. You'll wish for sluggish a few times in the next several months. They wake up plenty.

This cracked me up because it rings so true.

[Lobelia]

IKR??? And besides, wtf are you wanting to do with it the first few hours anyway? Teach it the damn alphabet???

[rollo]

^ Get it ready for the first photoshoot of course!

[deenz]

I hate this "mompetition" bullshit. I had my child naturally as well but it wasn't for lack of begging for the epidural. (Premature labor that my OBGYN believed he could stop and then I ended up laboring to 10 cm before anyone freakin' realized.) I just wanted to have a healthy baby. Didn't care if she had to be cut out of me or if I had to push her out. Alive and breathing is all I wanted.

And for the record I highly doubt epidurals drug up your child.

[venue_26]

I think when she makes a statement about not wanting a "drugged up" baby, she goes too far. As I said before, I'm not an expert, but I believe the countless doctors and my own doctor and delivery team that there is no effect on the baby. In fact, if the epi is administered correctly it can be a better birth experience for the baby as well as the mother. There are a lot of women out there struggling with decisions about her birth and there shouldn't be someone telling her that she's drugging her baby.

It's great if your birth plan is for a natural childbirth with no medication and limited intervention. I'm all for that. But, as I learned in my own delivery, the best birth plans in the world are like throwing a party for someone that super unreliable. The baby and the body is going to do what it needs to do. Birth plans need to have room for the unexpected.

Troof!
Both of my birthplans went a little like this: I would prefer not to be induced. I would prefer my water to break naturally and go into labor naturally. I would prefer to not have a C-Section. I want a healthy baby, Doc, you're the professional, and I'll be ok if we have to alter my preferences in order for that to happen.

I was induced with both of my kiddos (nurse broke my water both times...that kinda bums me out, I wanted to experience that on my own), epi with both, went from 0 to baby in my hands in 4 hours each time. No complaints here :-)

I hate these pretentious twats that feel like they are a better caliber of mom because of how they birthed, how they diaper, sleep, or whatever else the fuck. Everything is a competition and there's nothing else fulfilling in their life so they choose to make a fucking game out of parenting. Ugh.

[holly]

I chose not to have epidurals with either of my pregnancies and my doctor was extremely pleased about it since apparently that is not the norm. However, he told me that there is no solid proof that epidurals are dangerous for the baby. They don't enter into the bloodstream. It's the IV meds that cause babies to be sluggish. I wanted a natural birth because I wanted to feel everything. One of my friends had an epidural and said she couldn't even feel whether she was actually pushing. I wanted to avoid that.

Thank you so much for posting this! That is my understanding as well.
I wish these celebrities would quit talking out of their asses so much. Just pose & look pretty for us, hon. And save your pearls of "wisdom" for lunch with your girlfriends.

[BoogsBun]

I was induced both times, even had that horrible P-Gel, with the first kid. I was on the maximum dosage of pitocin, and my labors were still 24h with the first, and almost 13h with the second. Fuck yeah I had an epidural both times. I felt more that I wanted to (that "ring of fire" is no joke), and pushed with no problems.

I loved my epidurals.

[czb]

Then a couple hours later she allows the baby to receive the Hep B vaccine and probably has no clue it contains aluminum and formaldehyde as if that's healthy for a newborn baby........

why do you assume that she gave her kid the hep B vaccine? i am pro-vaccine and didn't give the first of the series since my husband and i are at NO risk for hep B. just sayin.

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It's great if your birth plan is for a natural childbirth with no medication and limited intervention. I'm all for that. But, as I learned in my own delivery, the best birth plans in the world are like throwing a party for someone that super unreliable. The baby and the body is going to do what it needs to do. Birth plans need to have room for the unexpected.

agree.

when my ob asked me for a birth plan, i said i had none. i told her i would prefer a vaginal birth, but if need be, put me out, get it out.

she gave me a high five.