http://maltamum.com/healing-journey-empowerment-birth-traumatic-birth/ Elisavet Arkolaki 's expat blog. Thoughts on parenting, writing, travelling, books and raising citizens of the world. Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:05:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://maltamum.com/healing-journey-empowerment-birth-traumatic-birth/#comment-18059 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:22:59 +0000 http://maltamum.com/?p=1620#comment-18059 'Joanna decided to ask the tough questions: What were the limitations? What were the time frames? What about monitoring, drips, pitocin? Would he be on hand during the delivery? Are all his house doctors of the same mind frame? The answers were not pleasant. […] She stood up, thanked the doctor for explaining to her that she would be “humoured” with a trial of labour, but she understands that this was just a nice way of telling her the final outcome will be another cesarean. The stunned look on the doctor’s face as she left the room was little consolation.' – Although I didn't go through a c-section, I still wish I had been better prepared and had asked such questions. Lesson learned for next time.

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