Green Options » low heart rate http://greenoptions.com/tag/low-heart-rate Posts tagged 'low heart rate' Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Labor of Love: Pitocin and the Umbilical Cord http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/06/24/labor-of-love-picotin-and-the-umbilical-cord/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/06/24/labor-of-love-picotin-and-the-umbilical-cord/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:54:27 +0000 Susan Vallee http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/06/24/labor-of-love-picotin-and-the-umbilical-cord/ I decided early on in my pregnancy that I would have an epidural if need be. I fully support anyone who has a natural birth, but for me that was a level of pain that I did not wish to experience.

Funny how best laid plans always go awry isn’t it?

So we were two weeks from our due date and family had just arrived “just in case” I delivered early. My husband went with me for the weekly check-in with the doctor. After listening for the baby’s heartbeat she pulled me up from the exam table, told me to throw my clothes on and get to the hospital right away - she’d have a team ready to meet me (the hospital was next door to her office). Words blurred, but I managed to remain calm and understood only that the heart rate was not what it should be.

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