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Pink Kit Stories About Hospital Assessments
Everyone wants to know how you used your Pink Kit skills when
midwives and doctors did all the medical assessments, monitoring and
procedures in hospital.
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'I hated the vaginal exams. My midwife was so rough. That was an intervention to me!'
J.K... USA mother
'I really found the vaginal exams helpful. Knowing what changes were occurring kept me focused'.
Liana ... Canada mum
'My midwife didn’t believe in vaginal exams and I ended up pushing for 6 hours only to be told that I had an anterior lip. Besides being exhausted, I was angry'.
Tania R ... NZ
'My midwife didn’t believe in vaginal exams, she just trusted me to know what to do. I’m so grateful'.
Hope S-T ... Australia
'Every time the midwife wanted to do a VE, she made me lie down. I hated it and couldn't cope with labour'.
Janine ... USA mother
'They insisted on continually monitoring the baby and I had to stay in bed.' Keri ... Australia
'There's no doubt when my daughter rages about the interventions in childbirth, I'm a little bewildered. We had lots of them, but what we were fighting for back then was to have her dad at her birth. We believed that interventions in the 1960s were things like bottle feeding our babies when we wanted to breast feed, our baby kept in the nursery for 24 hours, our vaginas shaved or the need to stay in hospital for 7 days.'
Sally ... Bewildered grandmother USA
'Frankly, I was terrified to speak to my friends about our birth. I could just hear their thoughts: 'YOU had your water bag broken, I went into labour spontaneously.' It seems that people are angry about everything and competing for an ideal birth. I actually felt terrible that I decided to be induced when I was 2 1/2 weeks past my due date. I felt that natural birth group we belonged to would look down on me. I knew I was accepting an intervention. After the birth I could hardly look some of the women in the eye. Although my partner and I really handled our labour beautifully thanks to The Pink Kit, we were more embarrassed by the fact we chose to be induced'.
Jo ... Embarrassed in Canada
'My best friend gave birth at home with a midwife. After the birth, she said that she hated every single second of it. She was glad she stayed at home although it was very tempting to head to the hospital but she didn't feel good about how she had handled herself. She felt her midwife was so hands-off that when my friend asked her for help, her midwife told her that 'this is the time for you to figure it out yourself.' Her partner didn't have a clue how to help her either and she was disappointed, angry and let down. Her image of a home birth with just herself, her partner and midwife was totally crushed. The Pink Kit wasn't around then, but after using it and knowing how impactful it was on our not so perfect birth (I had toxemia and ended up in hospital weeks before and an induction) I've always wondered what my friend's story would have been had she and her partner had the skills we had. We loved our birth although we didn't like what we had to do, but those things didn't weigh so heavily on us. I don't know'.
P.G ... NZ
'I really, really understood The Pink Kit when my son got sick. Of course, our family was going to use antibiotics, although I've been made to feel embarrassed by that choice; however, I realised that even though I give antibiotics to my children that there are many other things I do as well. I comfort them, give them honey and lemon drinks, have even used some homeopathic cell salts and some herbal combinations from our local health store. That's what The Pink Kit skills are. They are the things we can do whatever our choices are! Got it big time'.
Grace ... Grateful mother of 6 USA
'Frankly, I'm sick of all the arguements. I've had with patients who come in demanding this or that...'I don't want', but in labour they often ask for those things. Frankly, I don't care what people do to prepare for birth. I'm not certain that there is anything anyone can do. Choice certainly doesn't get women the birth they want. I've had a few couples use this thing called The Pink Kit and I've been impressed but it isn't scientifically proven so I won't recommend it. It could also be that they just had easy births'.
Dr. I. S ... NZ
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