I love reading blogs from other doulas and mothers. well one such blog talks about things ob's say. one day they stated that one such ob stated to "lie on your back because it opens the tailbone" It got me questioning does the tailbone really move. I decided to ask my anatomy instructor to find out more. #1 I know lying on the back in childbirth is horrible. it does no justice in labor because it does not allow gravity to assist in the birth and makes it harder for the baby to turn and such. #2 I am training to be a midwife so I wanted to know more about the tailbone. Well my instructor did correct me and told me that yes the tailbone does move but it is not substantial enough in childbirth to assist. its more the hip bone moving away from the sacrum and the pubis opens up.
Today I got to talk to a couple of people on childbirth. talked to them about the difference between hospital birth (which I have experienced) and home or birth center birth (which I hope to experience one day) We talked about how hospitals have liability and only allow for laboring so long with the water broken and how if you are not progressing the use of pitocin we talked about how epidurals can slow down labor when used to soon, we talked about how at home or in the birth center you can labor a lot longer with water broken and how you could even deliver the baby in its sack of water. All these things I am still learning about I do not claim to be an expert, but hopefully I will know a lot more when I become a midwife.
I write this as my healthy happy kids run around the house destroying my house. My oldest hanging on the fridge. I just have to think back on both my boys births and I am happy with both. They were both born in a hospital with midwives and doulas, both breastfeed wonderfully ( had to struggle at the beginning, but did finally succeed) and both were a healthy 6 ibs 11 oz and 21 in long.
Life is good. Live it large.
