Medicine vs. Natural Methods?
Is the use of drugs and medicine to get pregnant not as "strong" as using only natural methods?
Labels: clomid, fertility, fertility treatments, infertility
posted by Vegemiteontoast 4U @ 9:02 AM
mother2b
The highs and lows of trying to get pregnant in your late thirties armed only with a willing husband, a trusted camera and waning biological resources.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Is the use of drugs and medicine to get pregnant not as "strong" as using only natural methods?
mother2b
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Oh Mia . . . I was on this boat. I called it the "I don't want to take drugs" boat. My doctor giggled at me.
Which is stupid because in my late teens I enjoyed way too many party drugs . . . oh the irony.
So I am on the drug boat. I am on clomid (and later Progestrone vag. inserts if this doesn't work). I am taking the Chinese herbs and going to an acupuncturist.
I, like you, am taking action. I won't sit by any longer and watch as another year approachs (in April) and I have failed again.
I won't.
~ Jenny
My comment is more about drugs and giving birth itself, but it just as well applies I think to the issue of using certain drugs to help getting pregnant (or to feel less depressed, etc.) in the first place.
When I was pregnant, I felt under tremendous pressure to have a natural childbirth. Well, after 10 hours of excruciating pain, no sleep and going from 2 to three 3 centimeters by morning, I, at my doctor's solicitous suggestion, agreed to have an epidural. I am so glad I did. I still had 10 more hours of labor to go but my contractions continued normally, I proceeded to dilate because my body could relax a bit, I was able to doze and rest a little for the big push AND - and I think this is something so many people overlook - I was able to actually *enjoy* the birth experience. I couldn't quite believe that I could have the baby that way instead of in mortal agony. In the end I got a healthy baby and isn't that what really matters?
I think that it is great that people stay informed about what their options and rights are when going into the birth-giving experience, unpredictable at the absolute best, but that they should not be pressured against or talked out of taking some very, very helpful pain mitigation if they want it.
Different things work for different people, and I don't know who's telling you that it's "weak" to use medicine when you need it, but who is anyone to tell you what to do or what not to do? I think that speaks to some need or insecurity of their own. My two cents!
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