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Purplereign said:
:lol: . . . actually, it wasn't that I was worried about . . . but I do recall being terrified of having to 'go to the bathroom' for the first time after I had popped out my daughter . . . oh the fear :lol:



Honestly, after 28 hours of labour with my daughter I could not have cared if the St George Army Band had come parading through my room . . . I just wanted that little munchkin O.U.T :laugh:

I had two really different experiences . . . had my girl naturally, with no pain relief as I too 'missed the window of opportunity' for the epidural. I remember feeling terrified with the first few contractions, but then the inevitabilty of it all took over and to be honest, I was so exhausted at the end of it all that the pain really seemed secondary . . . and the big fat rush of love and adrenalin when they finally laid this beautiful, wriggling, pink cheeked, long eyelashed treasure of a girl on my chest . . . wow :heart: . . . I think my hublet actually found it harder than I did :) just the whole 'not being able to do anything useful' thing :D

With my boys I had to have a c-section . . . and honestly, if I had known how horrendously helpless I would feel I don't think I'd do that again in a real big hurry . . . but as there were two of them, with one still floating around up the top there, and one breech the docs decided it would be the safest thing for everybody. . . but I hated every minute of it :reject:

I do remember the room was chockablock with specialists and nurses and all manner of curious onlookers as well . . . I recall the doctor holding up bublet 1 and he was all scrunchy and wrinkly and gorgeous and smooshy, and then bublet 2 was all smooth and shiny and wide eyed and curious and then wooooooosh . . .the doctors took them away to examine them . . . my poor hublet . . . all I could think of was that they were taking my babies away and since I couldn't follow them and make sure they were okay he had too . . . . I was screeching like a harpy 'don't let them out of your sight don't let them out of your sight' . . . and then when I came to there were these two delicious, teeny tiny bundles of scrawly, scratchy boyness laying in the crib next to me . . . another big fat rush of blood to the head and the heart :heart:

. . . and as for the pain, psssssh . . . 11 years on I think I've finally recovered !

:shifty: you all still awake! Great idea for a thread . . . hopefully some more mumma's will come along and share their stories too :)
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I'm still awake :wave:

These stories are great. So many people gloss over childbirth stories unless you've had kids so it's nice to get a bit of insight, although I'm sure we're not getting all the details :yikes:
 
there is a part of me that wants to experience pregnancy and childbirth and there is another part of me that wants nothing to do with it. Mainly because I am scare how I would handle a migraine attack while I am pregnant.

With that being said, my older brother and sister-in-law wanted me to stay in the delivery room with them when one of my nieces was born. It was the most beautiful moment I have ever experienced. I never knew so much emotion could come over me. To see a child born, to watch her take her first breath and hear her first cry was something I will never forget and it gets me teary eyed every time I think about it, including now. She is now a 6th grader and out of all my nieces and nephews I feel closer to her. I can only imagine if I were to give birth, I would be a complete emotional mess. :)
 
juliaguliaxo94 said:
:lol: Well, I have thought of adoption, but having biological children sounds much more fulfilling. Maybe I'll do both? :hmm:
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I'm adopted :love:

I was having contractions too fast to be effective (5 minutes then 2 minutes then 1 min, then 5 min again) - leave it to me to be "doin it wrong" - so they told me to just "walk around" the hospital until I'd dilated enough - didn't work . Gave me pitosin (sp?) (a drug) to speed contractions up. I had a bad reaction and started shaking uncontrollably (for the next however many hours, through the birth)

Anesthesiologist came in to give me the epidural but I had to pee. They said "nope, it's now or never, the Anesthesiologist is a busy man" I said "okay, whatever". So he gave me the 6" needle in my spine and I promptly peed all over the bed :lol: :reject:

Put in a catheter - painful as fuck even with the epi. nurse doesn't believe me that it hurts. Finally her shift is over 4 hours later, new nurse believes me, pulls it out, re-cath's me and all is well...

Blood pressure got high, gave me drugs to calm that, and oxygen mask, still convulsing and shivvering and turning grey.

Finally time to push. I push for an hour. They tell me the baby's trying to come out wrong. Doc reaches in to try to push him around (I kid you not) and then tells me to push again for another 30 min. No luck.

Prep for a C-section, on the way out the door. Get bumped for an "emergency". Still convulsing, still grey.

Finally on the way down the hall to the operating room. I make a joke to the doc doing the C-section. They cut me open, I hear a cry from the baby and "oh my god" from Mr.Z, then pretty much pass out. I remember being wheeled down the hall on a gurney with the baby next to me, nothing else.

Hours later I wake up and see Mr.Z at the window of our hospital room, holding baby Z. smile and pass out. Hours later wake up and see Mr.Z snuggling with baby Z. Smile and pass out.
 
:yikes:

Isn't it pretty much like pushing a watermelon through a straw? :D

People say you forget but do you REALLY? On second thought don't answer that one..

I truly admire all the women who do it, and who do all the work of being a Mom.
 
I forget the intensity, but not totally!

Being a mom is the best, and one day of pain is worth the lifetime of happiness your kids give you!:cute:
 
Did anyone experience vomiting while going through contractions? That was awful! I loved being pregnant though but the C/S was the worst. I was in the hospital for a week. I'm not looking forward to another C/S come February. :(

(This was 2007) I had contractions Saturday night, Sunday it got worst. I went to the hospital but they wanted me to go home because I wasn't dilated enough. Then they told me I had to stay because of high blood pressure. She didn't come until Monday night. They had to break my water. :| The epidural was lovely though. :heart: :lol:

Umm.. TMI? Sorry...
 
I have heard that when you have a scheduled C section, it is not nearly as bad as a emergency one where you have gone through labour first!
 
ryancoke71 said:
I have heard that when you have a scheduled C section, it is not nearly as bad as a emergency one where you have gone through labour first!
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My sister's kids were scheduled, at least the second one was. She was developing toxemia (sp?) at her last appointment and said you are coming in tomorrow to deliver.
 
I ate almost nothing but saltines and drank apple juice for about 5 weeks early on and could never eat ice cream or have milkshakes without getting really sick. But never actually puked.
 
Oh it is definitely a very good motivation NOT to forget about birth control. I have the deepest respect for all of you who went through this horror! :yikes:
 
MrsSpringsteen said:
:yikes:

Isn't it pretty much like pushing a watermelon through a straw? :D
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no its like shitting out a pineapple!

i had 2 natural births with my boys, somewhat long and painful ( but not that bad really compared to some horrific birth stories i hear) and am about to drop number 3 at any time from now, planning a natural waterbirth . pain doesn't worry me particulalry , more worried about interfering hospital staff and the threat of an epidural or c section. DO NOT WANT ! :yikes:

have done a lot of preparation during this pregnancy to help the natural processes along, still doing yoga, walking and some belly dance and lots of meditation and visualisation. as long as i can get it kickstarted naturally and not go too long overdue i will be happy.
 
mysterious_jen said:
no its like shitting out a pineapple!

i had 2 natural births with my boys, somewhat long and painful ( but not that bad really compared to some horrific birth stories i hear) and am about to drop number 3 at any time from now, planning a natural waterbirth . pain doesn't worry me particulalry , more worried about interfering hospital staff and the threat of an epidural or c section. DO NOT WANT ! :yikes:

have done a lot of preparation during this pregnancy to help the natural processes along, still doing yoga, walking and some belly dance and lots of meditation and visualisation. as long as i can get it kickstarted naturally and not go too long overdue i will be happy.
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Congrats! Let us know how you do. :)
 
mysterious_jen said:
no its like shitting out a pineapple!

i had 2 natural births with my boys, somewhat long and painful ( but not that bad really compared to some horrific birth stories i hear) and am about to drop number 3 at any time from now, planning a natural waterbirth . pain doesn't worry me particulalry , more worried about interfering hospital staff and the threat of an epidural or c section. DO NOT WANT ! :yikes:

have done a lot of preparation during this pregnancy to help the natural processes along, still doing yoga, walking and some belly dance and lots of meditation and visualisation. as long as i can get it kickstarted naturally and not go too long overdue i will be happy.
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good luck! i've done some reading up on water births, it sounds pretty nifty. not that i'll be pregnant any time soon!
 
mysterious_jen said:
no its like shitting out a pineapple!

i had 2 natural births with my boys, somewhat long and painful ( but not that bad really compared to some horrific birth stories i hear) and am about to drop number 3 at any time from now, planning a natural waterbirth . pain doesn't worry me particulalry , more worried about interfering hospital staff and the threat of an epidural or c section. DO NOT WANT ! :yikes:

have done a lot of preparation during this pregnancy to help the natural processes along, still doing yoga, walking and some belly dance and lots of meditation and visualisation. as long as i can get it kickstarted naturally and not go too long overdue i will be happy.
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I'd better get those knitting needles clacking!! :ohmy:

good luck with the birth :hug::hug::hug:


don't forget to share aaall the details
 
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