Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/pretermlabor.html hold up before you torch this guys office.... and read this stuff... This is part of the page...and it's also called the midwive archives... I have only run into this one time. Most on the list know the story. A woman with a confirmed rupture at 22 weeks. Initially we referred her out. The neonatologist wanted to "evacuate her uterus". Maybe she doesn't really want a REAL health care professional.... Our official back up was willing to let her go home and wait for "the inevitable". She went home despite the horror stories of the neonatologist. We agreed to a "house arrest" for the duration of the pregnancy. I agreed to see her at her home once a week and she agreed to monitor her own vitals. She worked very hard on her diet and nutrition issues. She did extra C and a variety of herbs to strengthen and tone. There were no vag exams. She had a bout of rhythmic contractions at 28 weeks. She drank a dose of Jagermeister and took a valerian/skullcap/hops combo tincture and meditated ..eventually the contractions stopped. Jagermeister is an alcoholic beverage that's guaranteed to knock you on your butt! (hiccup) I know personally! So my thought is that alcohol would be a relaxant...this could work here. It was an uphill battle from that point with a body pretty determined to end the pregnancy and a mother determined not to. She continued to leak clear fluid daily which she checked with nitrazine at home and got repeatedly positive results. She had 3 more bouts of strong contractions stopped the same way. At 34 weeks she was confirmed to be dilating with her contractions (used Dr. Greg White's antiseptic vag exam technique).. so she doubled the doses and tried really hard to keep them at bay. She carried to 35 weeks and 6 days...with no s/s of infection. She gave birth to a 5 lb 8oz boy at that time who is fine and healthy today. The choice to stay home was hers. It was very outside the norm for us. I believe the herbs helped her. I also think staying home and avoiding exams increased her odds. But the most powerful thing to me was her own sheer determination and belief that she could do it. . This is not a choice for just anyone. But I would do it again for someone similarly motivated and dedicated to it. I also know that when you go into labor and want a water birth, it's best to wait until labor is really intense and progressing along nicely before you get into the water because the water has been known to STOP labor... All incoming and outgoing scanned with NAV (and now AVG) for both our protection. - Shelby Blakely herbal remedies Wednesday, October 15, 2003 1:41 PM RE: [herbal remedies] (no subject) Holy Hell, this guy is licensed? how far along is she & is it too late to change to a real health care professional? -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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