It's been awhile since I've written anything and, even now, I'm not sure I want to continue writing. I'm not exactly sure what the reason is but my creativity seems to be tied to my crazy and since my crazy is under control I have a hard time creating anything. Even my art is screwed right now.
In lieu of just sitting back and letting my brain wither, however, I have decided to give writing another go. And since you need to write what you're familiar with I'll most-likely be writing about this pregnancy. For instance the importance of having a birth plan.. Which, I think, is where I'm going to go with it tonight.
I haven't written a concrete birth plan yet. I learned last time that your thoughts and feelings will definitely change. For instance, I didn't want to have an epidural at all when I gave birth to Jack but then I had to be induced and Pitocin is the fraking devil. I have never been in so much pain in my life. So I had the epidural.
The best way to let your doctors, nurses and midwives know what you want when all you can do is grit your teeth and try to keep breathing is to have it written down. Doctors are pushy bastards and WILL try to make you deliver the way they want you to and you may not have someone familiar with giving birth with you to advocate for you so do your research and write.it.down.
That being said you will have to enter the delivery room knowing that things may not be all peachy during labor and delivery and you may end up having an episiotomy or, dog forbid, an emergency c-section. You kind of have to roll with the punches and see how it goes.
Confused? Welcome to the club. There is no exact science to being a mom and that includes delivering the baby so suck it up and test the water a bit... It's really not so bad not knowing what the hell is going on.
You are so right about writing it down. They will do whatever it takes to get a baby delivered as quick and painless (for the doctor!) as they can.
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