http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/uk-midwife-says-epidurals-bad-for-bonding/ Healthy Living at Home Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:07:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/uk-midwife-says-epidurals-bad-for-bonding/comment-page-1/#comment-21717 Kristie Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:11:04 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=780#comment-21717 I totally agree. There's is always so much that moms second guess and worry about. We try to do most things as naturally as possible, but sometimes it doesn't work out quite the way I plan. With our 1st, no one believed that I was even in labor. With our 3rd I couldn't even stand up straight for long enough to walk to the car . . . The one in between doesn't count. She was an emergency c-section 9 weeks early. Lot's of extra guilt over that one! ;) I totally agree. There’s is always so much that moms second guess and worry about. We try to do most things as naturally as possible, but sometimes it doesn’t work out quite the way I plan. With our 1st, no one believed that I was even in labor. With our 3rd I couldn’t even stand up straight for long enough to walk to the car . . . The one in between doesn’t count. She was an emergency c-section 9 weeks early. Lot’s of extra guilt over that one!

]]> http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/uk-midwife-says-epidurals-bad-for-bonding/comment-page-1/#comment-21716 Cindy C. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:38:42 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=780#comment-21716 I think he needs to be VERY careful what he says. I'd love to see the empirical evidence behind this. I have 4 children and four very different experiences. The pain was not as bad as most women describe with any of them...but I still asked for an epidural with the last one. She was my best nurser and we bonded fine. So we beat the odds, I guess. I think as natural as possible is good, but as soon as we conceive we have guilt...why add to it? Trust me, the kids will take care of that on their own as soon as they realize they can. ;) I think he needs to be VERY careful what he says. I’d love to see the empirical evidence behind this. I have 4 children and four very different experiences. The pain was not as bad as most women describe with any of them…but I still asked for an epidural with the last one. She was my best nurser and we bonded fine. So we beat the odds, I guess. I think as natural as possible is good, but as soon as we conceive we have guilt…why add to it? Trust me, the kids will take care of that on their own as soon as they realize they can.

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