tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post114506986133745460..comments2023-10-24T22:49:10.673+10:30Comments on Pandamoanium: The Harvesting of a Spud Part TwoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02380190236086336023noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-90905967070783699192011-07-24T02:45:34.786+09:302011-07-24T02:45:34.786+09:30reminiscent of Ella's for me, in parts. You so...reminiscent of Ella's for me, in parts. You sound like you did terrifically (? can I spell that?) and you three sound like a perfect little family :)<br><br>from what i've read over the last couple of days i think 2007 should be put aside for some rest and relaxation!nutty mummynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-89121917221125158832011-07-24T02:45:34.551+09:302011-07-24T02:45:34.551+09:30as a labor and delivery nurse, it's frustratin...as a labor and delivery nurse, it's frustrating to listen to your birth story. you cannot plan birth, no matter what. there are no guarantees and to think you are entitled to have the birth you envision is kinda silly. we ultimately have very litte control over the birth process. im sorry you felt the incredible loss of control that is birth, any way you slice it. its very scary and that is why we try to control it, make it ours, etc. the 'spectators' in your delivery room were not spectators at all. they all had a job and are the 'back up' we use if expecting any possible difficulty in delivery. a forceps delivery such as yours would necessitate extra caution. there is a point that you have to choose a birth in a hospital in case something goes wrong (it did). or a birth at home with very minimal medical management. let go of your expectations. stop mourning the fantasy. enjoy your baby and be glad he and yourself are alive.tillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06892780406554899835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-22772696968761236252007-09-05T18:59:00.000+09:302007-09-05T18:59:00.000+09:30as a labor and delivery nurse, it's frustrating to...as a labor and delivery nurse, it's frustrating to listen to your birth story. you cannot plan birth, no matter what. there are no guarantees and to think you are entitled to have the birth you envision is kinda silly. we ultimately have very litte control over the birth process. im sorry you felt the incredible loss of control that is birth, any way you slice it. its very scary and that is why we try to control it, make it ours, etc. the 'spectators' in your delivery room were not spectators at all. they all had a job and are the 'back up' we use if expecting any possible difficulty in delivery. a forceps delivery such as yours would necessitate extra caution. there is a point that you have to choose a birth in a hospital in case something goes wrong (it did). or a birth at home with very minimal medical management. let go of your expectations. stop mourning the fantasy. enjoy your baby and be glad he and yourself are alive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892780406554899835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-29553036132647841132007-01-29T02:51:00.000+10:302007-01-29T02:51:00.000+10:30reminiscent of Ella's for me, in parts. You sound ...reminiscent of Ella's for me, in parts. You sound like you did terrifically (? can I spell that?) and you three sound like a perfect little family :)<br /><br />from what i've read over the last couple of days i think 2007 should be put aside for some rest and relaxation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145401059667114322006-04-19T08:27:00.000+09:302006-04-19T08:27:00.000+09:30You all did an amazing job. Damn the doctors, damn...You all did an amazing job. Damn the doctors, damn the rest... you three were amazing. <BR/><BR/>May the blessing just keep on coming. Hope you are all enjoying your first days, week and then some with each other. <BR/><BR/>*big gushy mushy hugs*cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499558026064730483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145372289937977792006-04-19T00:28:00.000+09:302006-04-19T00:28:00.000+09:30Awww Panda. I'm all choked up over here.What a sto...Awww Panda. I'm all choked up over here.<BR/><BR/>What a story. What an outcome! Spudly is absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad he's here and he's well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145371037941645722006-04-19T00:07:00.000+09:302006-04-19T00:07:00.000+09:30Thank the goddess for a healthy baby at the end of...Thank the goddess for a healthy baby at the end of that nightmare! It sounds like the anaesthetist was ridiculously heavy-handed with the epidural. They're meant to do it so you have your pain managed, not so you're totally numb and not able to walk. The best kind of epidural (apparently) is pethidine only cause then the pain is relieved but you still have full motor control. Fucking doctors. Can't stand em myself.Mermaidgrrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236621711615287305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145360293798136222006-04-18T21:08:00.000+09:302006-04-18T21:08:00.000+09:30He is abbbbsolutely gorgeous Panda. Well done Pand...He is abbbbsolutely gorgeous Panda. <BR/>Well done Panda, and well done Monkey Boy.<BR/>I must say, the 36-hour photo of Spudly has a face just like you Panda. So incredibly sweet.<BR/>I will give my left ovary just to experience the same as you did...oops - already gave THAT away so must give something else. :oPDrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233765960065598372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145289816951427842006-04-18T01:33:00.000+09:302006-04-18T01:33:00.000+09:30Gorgeous...so would you recommend pethadine?Gorgeous...so would you recommend pethadine?Eggs Akimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729283040825906242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145173376688025332006-04-16T17:12:00.000+09:302006-04-16T17:12:00.000+09:30Oh Panda, what a full on experience! I am sorry th...Oh Panda, what a full on experience! I am sorry the granola got swapped for ...er the opposite to granola...but you did an amazing job fighting through all of that. I don't think anyone would have been able to do any differently. Congrats to Monkey Boy too. It made me furious to think of him trying to help you and get rid of all the hangers on at the same time but again it sounds like he did magnificently. And now Spudly is here, perfect and gorgeous.OvaGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150362175853549015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145158454461837562006-04-16T13:04:00.000+09:302006-04-16T13:04:00.000+09:30my dear you tell it well. I'm sorry for both of us...my dear you tell it well. I'm sorry for both of us that your birth plan went out the window. (you see folks, I didn't write one, I just cribbed Panda's and made a small change in venue). I'm so glad you're back in the land of the living.<BR/>luv to allLalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00195154192151123307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145124591654804182006-04-16T03:39:00.000+09:302006-04-16T03:39:00.000+09:30That was hair-raising and marvelous and terrifying...That was hair-raising and marvelous and terrifying and painful and wondrous all at the same time. I'm so happy you finally got that good outcome. :-)))lorem ipsumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034551632421077938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145124471266849222006-04-16T03:37:00.000+09:302006-04-16T03:37:00.000+09:30Crying, Panda... just... crying.So many emotions.....Crying, Panda... just... crying.<BR/><BR/>So many emotions... joy at the beauty of your new family... anger at the establishment for the way you were treated... desparate hope that it will someday be me sharing my own story...<BR/><BR/>Panda, I can't tell you how much I adore you... and I wish more than anything that I weren't so bloody far away... so that I could see with my own eyes... your beautiful beautiful new family... as you hold wee Spud and Monkey Boy preens over you both with well-merited pride. <BR/><BR/>And... regardless that it has now all turned out in the end... I think you are entirely justified in being so upset about the birth process! <BR/><BR/>Anyway... I could go on... but I'll probably just call shortly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145113624545115402006-04-16T00:37:00.000+09:302006-04-16T00:37:00.000+09:30Ah yes, when I read earlier about your granola pla...Ah yes, when I read earlier about your granola plans, I was cast back to my own experience back in August, with my own granola birth plan. Suffice to say, I was in labour 33 hours and delivered Dude via c-section [!!].<BR/><BR/>I am convinced that it was the Cervidil induction in my case to that led to this outcome, putting my body into labour [a half hearted labour at that that needed even more intervention to continue] before Dude was ready to be born. Plenty of people told me to say no to induction but I was sick of being pregnant [I too was over a week past edd] and didn't listen. I know I will tell others not to get induced and they will too ignore my advice. ;-)<BR/><BR/>In the end, although there are some things I would have liked to have been different, as time has progressed I have started to forget them, and instead concentrate on the wonderful, healthy baby I have now crawling around my home.<BR/><BR/>Births are so unpredictable and uncontrollable. Ultimately for me there were two goals from my hospital birth: 1. have a healthy baby and 2. walk home from the hospital with him. I achieved both, walking home 2.5 days after my c-section. :-) <BR/><BR/>You did fine. :-) Congrats, Panda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145081517366963222006-04-15T15:41:00.000+09:302006-04-15T15:41:00.000+09:30Oh God, Panda, how awful and frustrating and even ...Oh God, Panda, how awful and frustrating and even disrespectful! And beautiful, at the same time, when I think of the pics I've just seen. He's here, he's healthy, I hope that this slowly becomes the thing you remember the most.Lionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066691544599972381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503726.post-1145072356028987322006-04-15T13:09:00.000+09:302006-04-15T13:09:00.000+09:30Oh wow, your story brings tears to my eyes (but I ...Oh wow, your story brings tears to my eyes (but I am pg and very prone to these things right now). I have been a lurker here for a little over a year and so I am sooo very very happy for you and monkey boy and little spudly.<BR/><BR/>My crunchy birth plan also got chucked out the window when things started to go very wrong. It's hard but after a while all that seems to matter is that you have that sweet baby in your arms.<BR/><BR/>You are a saint though. I think I would have killed someone after that many days of failed labor. <BR/><BR/>Congratulations on the new baby!Lothlórienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457685250378908549noreply@blogger.com