Remember When They Did This
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This is to all the ladies who had children younger in life and are now having them in their "advanced material age". It is amazing how things have changed over the years in the pregnancies and hospital stays. I had my first ds at 19 and second ds at 23, I then took an 11 year hiatus and had my dd at 34, another ds at 35, another ds at 37 and my last ds due September 6th, 2007, at the good old age of 39. Back in the year 1987 I remember having to have a full bladder in order to have an ultrasound (totally uncomfortable) and running for the bathroom as soon as it was over, my husband having to have full scrub attire including surgical cap and shoe covers to be in the delivery room. I had to be put from the initial room then to the delivery room then to the recovery room and finally to a regular room after the baby was born. The baby was also only with me when they had to be fed other wise they would put them back in the nursery. And back then they actually gave a pill in order to dry up the milk in your br___ts if you weren't going to br___t feed. Does anyone else have an interesting memories of the "good old days"? Believe me I couldn't believe the difference when I had my dd back in 2002 it was like I was having a baby on a different planet.
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Only have one child and she born last fall...but someone recently commented on how nifty the "ice pack" pads are and how they didn't have those back in the day! I'm glad I had one. :-)
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I am just now 40 and expecting my son this October. My only other child is my dd born in 1986 when I was 19. My birth experience was horrible. Like you, I went to multiple rooms during the process...they would only allow one person with me during labor.... My labor was ALL back labor and they forced me to deliver her lying on my back on a cold metal table!!!!!! I had no pain killers either. They gave me both an enema and an episiotomy. Never had a single ultrasound. The staff at that hospital totally disregarded me as a person and treated me more like some sort of loser-welfare mother up and coming. The whole experience was traumatizing....and because of it...I am quite scared of childbirth. Is it no wonder I only had one child for the longest time??? Today...I have NO clue what to expect. Anything has gotta be better than what happened before though.
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I am 37, and expecting baby #6. We are thrilled. I understand how things change. 12 years ago I had my first and babies were supposed to sleep on their tummies, my next one, born in 1999, was supposed to be put to sleep on her back, in 2001 it was on his side. I can't keep up! My kids are all healthy, and seemingly well-adjusted. It is fun to see how things have changed and then make your own way. I will always believe that mother knows best. I think every five years or so they will go back to what they said five years prior. Kinda funny!
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It's is really funny how things have changed. With my first son who was born in 1992 I nursed him for 20 minutes on one b___st and if he was still hungry I moved him onto the next b___st. Now it's 10 minutes each side. The crib now has just a cover sheet for the mattress, before we had bumper bads and blankets. The hospital stay is much shorter, I was in 5 days for my first, now you can leave 24 hours later. One thing has not changed, a nurse still grabs your b___st to a__sist with nursing. My other two boys were born in 2006 and 2007.
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I didn't have any pain killers either with my second one in 1991 because the hospital didn't do that then either docbytch and I completely forgot about the laying on the stomach for the baby back then luvmy5kids. I also remember with my first in 1987 that diapers came in pink for girls and blue for boys but constantly leaked at night anyway and when you took the tabs off the sides it would rip the whole diaper
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My first one was born when I was 20, 1984 (!!) and back then the hospital had these horribly long cold hallways with the ugliest floors and no decorations to speak of. My next to 1986, 1989 the new fancy Birthing rooms came into play and they were beautiful compared to earlier days, the scary labor and birthing rooms. I remember being so glad I didn't have to move out of my room !! My last child born, my dd, 1993 was the same. Now, 14 years later I'm kind of excited to see what new fangled things I'll be getting and using with this baby. You are all soooo right about how difficult it is trying to keep up with the docs recommendations though. Baby sleeping positions? Give them supplemental water or not while nursing? Co-sleeping? NO bumper pads???? I've already been doing all of my research/reading preparing for the arrival of our baby but gosh maybe not enough yet. Back to the books and the good 'ol internet.
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