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Comfortable Childbirth without Medication PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sara Mendez   
Having a baby should be a beautiful and happy time that is free of worry. Most new mothers describe the birthing process as exciting but difficult. After many months of waiting, they finally get to see the their child. Overshadowing much of the experience is the concern and worry over the baby's health. Additionally, if the potential trouble could have been avoided, the parent's guilt can last a lifetime.
by SaraMendez


Having a baby should be a beautiful and happy time that is free of worry. Most new mothers describe the birthing process as exciting but difficult. After many months of waiting, they finally get to see the their child. Overshadowing much of the experience is the concern and worry over the baby's health. Additionally, if the potential trouble could have been avoided, the parent's guilt can last a lifetime.

Women who do natural child birth will tell you, their labor was far from painless. However they have one thing women who use epidurals do not, assurance. While not every birth is normal, without the use of medications, women can feel confident they are minimizing the side effects on the baby. Many new moms shy away from natural child birth because they do not know what to expect and are afraid it is going to hurt. New mothers sometimes do not stop to consider the following, every year newborns suffer side effects from epidurals during birth. While not every child will have these problems, there is no guarantee yours will or won't have them.

"Epidural fever" is an infection that 30% of newborns whose mothers use epidurals will suffer. The illness is much like an infection and doctors treat it by immediately isolating the baby and administering IV antibiotics. Other fetuses will be at risk for a lower heart rate, decreased oxygen levels and emergency c-sections all due to the mother's body reaction to the anesthesia. If the mother has problems with the epidural, most likely the baby will as well. If the baby continues being exposed to a stressed mother, often the doctor will order a c-section which will only include using more drugs therefore increasing the odds that your child will be exposed to side effects.

Low APGAR test scores can also be attributed to non-natural child birth. This test is administered one minute after birth and again at five minutes after. The APGAR evaluates the baby's breathing, coloring, activity, pulse and grimace. Epidurals can create false positive results in newborns mainly in the breathing category. Because of low or increased heart rates in the womb, the newborn is prone to abnormal respirations and pulse readings which can cause the doctors to worry. Under natural birthing conditions these abnormal readings would be cause for concern, however if the mother is using an epidural there is no way of knowing if there is truly something wrong or if it is a false alarm.

Many mothers who use epidurals who hear the low readings from the APGAR test, become anxious and panic causing even more stress to their bodies. Many women reported to birthingnatually.net, that they experience tremendous anxiety when hearing the low test scores until they hear the second higher reading. Mothers also reported that they felt more like a spectator when giving birth with epidurals instead of actually being in labor and birthing a baby.

Every woman has the right to choose which birthing method works best for them. However no method is completely safe. Even with natural child birth there are risks and problems. Everyday you are faced with risks, once you are a mother, the risks will only continue to come, few times will you have a choice, and it seems senseless to expose a fetus to medication side effects when the side effects of natural child birth are generally pain and discomfort.

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