it depends on if you are planning on an epideral(sp?)
i had one and i didnt feel ANYTHING!! it was so awesome. my contractions were off the charts and the nurses were so surpirsed that i didnt feel any discomfort.
Birth hurts, but it's okay. I'm an L&D nurse and no one feels labor the same way, and even with an epidural or a section, no one ever says, "Boy, that never hurt at all!" It's okay. Women are strong and we can birth our babies even with pain. Epidural, no epidural -- everyone makes their own choice.
I can admit it was definately the worst pain I have gone through (ack, although this procedure I had done, where the froze the cells off my cervix was pretty close)... but I had no drugs when I went through birth and it didn't take as long as I thought it would.
Well I had a slightly different experience...They tried to stop my labor for a week , during that week I have no pain meds whatsoever I went all the way to being fully dialated and ready to push without anything..but...At the last minute they decided I needed an emergency c-section..So I can't really tell you the whole giving birth experience but The contractions were not thatbad..Yea they hurt alot especially towards the end but I can't say it was the worst pain ever..
The epidural they gave me for the c-section didn't hurt one bit..I don't know maybe it was because I was too distracted to even notice it (I was crying the whole time screaming I didn't want to have the baby now.)
The after pain of the whole c-section was what hurt the most...But I also wouldn't consider it the worst pain ever..
Birth hurts, but it's okay. I'm an L&D nurse and no one feels labor the same way, and even with an epidural or a section, no one ever says, "Boy, that never hurt at all!" It's okay. Women are strong and we can birth our babies even with pain. Epidural, no epidural -- everyone makes their own choice.
mine didnt hurt at all.
the only thing i felt was the stitches from my episiotomy which only felt like a light pinch. i didnt even know that my doctor had cut me.
Same with me. I was so pissed that he cut me though because I mean he didn't even give me a chance. He just snipped away and was acting all impatient because he'd been there all day :roll: I don't know what the fuck his problem was because I had been there since the night before. I felt him stitching me up when BD was like "uh, that epidural has like 2 drops left are you sure you don't need to get her some more?" and the doctor was like, "oh ..uh.." and he gave me a numbing shot right in the crotch which didn't feel too good. Whoa.. I've been talking forever. Anyways as far as the contractions, mine didn't hurt, I didn't know they were real, and once they did start to hurt, like the 12th hour into my labor I got an epidural. :D
I was scared of the pain of childbirth too, but I honestly didn't think it was that bad.. I mean yeah it hurts, but it really wasn't all that bad. I did not get an epidural (I had watched a friend get one put in and swore I'd NEVER have one.. the whole idea of getting a needle in the back seriously scared me more than birth) but I did get pain meds during labor through my IV and by shot.. I believe it was called Numorphan (sp?), which didn't take away the pain, but it definitely took the edge off. I was having contractions for aboput a day and half but they were tolerable.. it was when they broke my water that things picked up and the contractions got more intense.. he was born four hours later. I was able to change positions and move a little bit which definitely helped.. I labored on all fours for a while because I had back labor and helped a lot as far as the pain. Standing up and walking a bit helped in earlier labor, but I wasn't able to do much of that because I was hooked up to monitors the whole tme, but I dont think the monitors are routine.. my son was 5 weeks early and the placenta was abrupting so thats why I was on them. In retrospect, I don't think it was really that bad at all and I was surprised how good I actually felt right after he was born. I was a little sore from where I tore and the stitches, but other than that I felt better than I had in a long time.
id have to say its like cramps or having diarrhea. intense cramps. however i got an epidural before pushing. everyone says it slows it down but i pushed her out in twenty minutes on an epidural where as the average is at least 45 minutes to 2 hours. so i did not impair me. i wouldnt say it was that bad
Giving birth was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. But at the same time, I would do it again. I just needed to be reminded that it wasnt going to last forever. My midwife kept saying, its just one day out of your life, etc. The most amazing part was that after he was out, it was such a releif, ALL the pain was gone instantly! I still cannot even describe the releif. BD said that my eyes like rolled back and I breathed the hugest sigh of releif haha. So, yeah its really painful but it ends and its worth it. I felt so amazing after I gave birth, like yeah I did that! It was empowering or something. It's ok to be scared of it, but giving birth is not the end of the world, it is an amazing expereince!
For some reason, a thing that helped me for contractions was thinking
"It's not pain, it's just a feeling I'm not used to, like discomfort." Also imagining my uterus was a bag that was just twisting, king of like wringing out a towel helped. I had no meds. During pushing I just focused on not moving any parts of my body including my face and putting all my energy into pushing. Push the head out hurts like a sort of burning (although it must be said, my kids head was off the charts). Pushing the shoulders felt frickin cool. When the babies body tumbles out it's just a big whooosh. The placents actually felt nice, because it's soft and warm. The nicest thing bd's ever said was that my placenta was beautiful ;). Also, your body is designed to make you forget the pain, so you'll "continue the species". I loved that I had no meds. It makes you feel so strong. Also, being really tired made them handing me my baby so dreamy. I did take pain pills after the birth for about three days at one quarter to half the dose they offered. I got one stitch with a local shot that I didn't feel at all. Although, strangely, I get phantom pains still where the stitch was.
Research the idea of pain meds before you make a decision. I went right up until pushing (about 7 hours of contractions) without an epidural just fine. I got one at the end because I was running on two hours sleep, and when they told me to push, I was too exhausted to do anything but cry, so I let them give me one.
Big mistake, not only did I have to wait another 20-30 minutes to get the anasthesiologist in there, but the epidural needle hurt worse than any of the contractions. Not only that, but they put the epidural in the wrong spot of my spine and had to re-do it. Not only that, but in the last 2 years I've lost about 2" in height and have started getting a bit of a hump at the top of my back, from what doctors have told me might be compression fractures from - you got it, the epidural.
I got a "walking" epidural so I could still feel everything, and really - it was pointless.
The pain of birth isn't as bad as everyone makes it seem, especially if you learn natural ways to ease the pain, for me now the risks of pain meds during birth aren't worth doing it again, and I fully plan my next birth will be drug-free.
My first delivery was medicated like you wouldn't believe, but it was such a horrible experiance that I'm not even going to get into it. When I had Paige, I had no drugs. No epidural, no demoral (sp?), nothing. It was really not that bad. The worst of it was during transition (when you go from 7-10), when the contractions were on top of eachother. I even though that pushing was easier than transition, because you get a break between contractions. But that only lasted like 45 minutes. I think that 45 minutes out of a 13 hour labor being horrible is pretty good. I would actually rather give birth10 times than be pregnant for 9 months...lol. I'm loooking forward to giving birth naturally again actually. It's an awesome experiance like nothing you've ever felt. I can't even explain it.
I had an epidural, and wouldn't have had it any other way. But I did research it first, as should you.
In my city, you either give birth at home, or at the hospital. There is no birthing centres or anything. I chose hospital. I went to a hospital presentation prior to delivery. It was about 2 hours long, and a very large portion was the head anesthesiologist talking about epidurals. He explaned all the risks, and exactly what he does, and the different types of medication. It was very informative. According to this guy (this is a university hospital) they are very accredited all over Canada for their epidurals, and their statistical rate of complications was very very low. I don't remember the exact numbers. But these are some questions you might consider finding out at where ever you plan to have your baby if you're considering an epidural.
I was very happy to see that he was the same anesthesiologist to do my epidural. Now my labour was 25 hours long. I was in a lot of pain all day, and my contractions were 2 minutes apart, but when I got to the hospital, they were telling me it wasn't time, go home. Apperiently my contractions weren't strong enough yet. So I waited like 6 more hours of pain at home and then went back the hospital. At that point, I was at 6cm, and they finally admitted me (I got to 3 cm prior to being in labour). Although the pain was not excurtiating, it was often. I was tired. I hadn't gotten any sleep that night. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to handle the more intense pain that was surely to come. So I got an epidural so I could relax for a few hours I hoped. Not to meantion I could hear a woman screaming downt he hall, and it was scaring the shit out of me. I was terrified as it was.
I was really scared of the needle, but I found it was nothing compared to the contractions. They had just given me my second dose of it, when they realised, Oh, it's time to push. I had asked them to break my water to get things going. My baby was having heart decelerations because him ambilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and they have litterally just given me a second dose, so I couldn't feel anything, and I wasn't pushing effectively. They were worried about the baby, so they pulled him out with forcepts. Because of the epidural I couldn't even feel that, and I couldn't feel myself tearing, and I couldn't feel the stitches.
This eliminated my fear of long pushing, since he was pulled right out.
I don't regret getting the epidural. But I do think they shouldn't have given me that second dose, so I could have actually pushed him out on my own.
I'm almost certain I'd get an epidurlal again. I know this is long, sorry!
So sure, there is pain involved in giving birth. But unless you've seen real live births before, chances are every impression you have of them is wrong.
Birth doesn't hurt like getting a tooth pulled or breaking a leg. It's a normal physiological process, not a resul of something going wrong. As such, the concept of "pain" doesn't really relate that well to the experience of birth. Pain is usually something we experience when we hurt ourselves, when something is wrong.
Like firefly, I'd say it feels like cramping and diarrhea, and gas. Not pleasant feelings, but the whole process gets you so high, it's like nothing else. It's amazing.
well for me presonally i walked alot during my pregnany and they say that doing alot of walking makes your labour much easier. I'm not going to lie to you it hurts like hell but i managed to get throuhg it and none of it matters anymore. Just keep up the walking and your labour will go soo much faster and alot easier just try not to stress about it too much because at least for me it was not as bad as alot of people mke it seem!
You know...I was really scared, but I didn't realize it until I was admitted to the hospital and told I was going to be induced in the morning...
A few days before my daughter was born my mom told me her labor/delivery stories...the one thing that stuck with me was that she told me to remember that the pain will go away...
Everytime that I had a contraction I reminded myself that it had to stop eventually, and that there was a purpose to the pain. I know that seems like something you might not remember to think about, but I just tried to let the pain roll through and get it over with. I kind of felt like there was nothing else for me to do..I was suprised at how well I dealt with it.
The pregnancy has to end eventually, and some of the mamas might agree when I say that by the time that you are ready to have that kid...you want it OUT!
You will be great, try not to stress out about it....enjoy being pregnant, enjoy being in labor and enjoy your delivery!!!
I would have to honestly say that it was the worst pain that i have ever felt....but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. (Or maybe I have just forgotten,as usually happens after giving birth). I had a pointless epidural as someone previously mentioned as well. It barely worked at all,so i felt everything. That was a disappointment to me at the time,but looking back i see it as a blessing in disguise. I got to feel the "ring of fire" which is the burning sensation you feel when pushing your baby out. The shoulders were painful for me,i distinctly remember thinking "holy shit,theres her shoulders!" but then its over and its the best feeling in the world! I have never felt so relieved,and so PROUD of myself & my body. And then you get to hold your baby,and its totally worth every ounce of pain involved,and i promise im not just saying that. :wink:
Someone had told me that the placenta hurt when they pushed it out,but i have to say that i thought it was a great feeling. Absolutely no pain involved there,for me.
One thing that really,really helped w/ my contractions was learning breathing exercises,and having a partner there w/ you to breathe with you and encourage you along the way (and it definitely doesnt have to be your bd!) Have you taken lamaze classes or anything? theres also something called the bradley method,which i didnt hear about until after i had already had her. if you google it,you could probably get a lot of good info and maybe there are some classes in your area.
Labour didn't hurt much but it took alot of focus to have a relatively painfree labour (and alot of noise, roaring though, not screaming).
Actually giving birth did not hurt me at all and I had a drug free waterbirth at home.
Three things to remember-
Water is great to birth in.
Roar rather than scream, don't use your throat, let the noise come from the bottom of your body.
Don't push at all, your baby will come out either way, pushing hurts.
Making noise through each contraction while my daughter was coming out brought her out, I didn't push at all, my body did.
I gave birth (induced) with some Demorol but no epidural and I wouldn't get an epidural to save my life. I've heard enough horror stories. Anyway. It hurts, yes, but it's nothing your body wasn't built to handle and as soon as you see that baby, you just forget about it. Simple as that.
wow guys....I'm so afraid I'll be in pain and that I'll ask for medication and they'd be like "well, you should've thought about tat when you got in bed" *panic just thinking about it* or that if i did get it that it wouldn't work! not to scare anyone...but I think about this all.the.time. I can't tell you how much your posts are helping me with my own fears of birth. I swear, Im not afraid to tell the family, friends or going though pregnancy....but giving birth and raising the kidlets right scare the crap out of me. :cry:
I gave birth naturally to my daughter, and the labor was 30 hours. I spent the first 27 hours at home with the midwife, then gave birth in the hospital (left the same day). I really wish I had stayed at home. Of course it wasn't easy, but I didn't find the pain excruciating. I owe much thanks to my midwife, because I think that the added support is what made the birth a breeze.
well for me i havent been through labour as yet and i going to have a natural birth so am trying to prepared mentally and physically for it whenthe time comes
I voted "you're in for a huge surprise" because I really think it varies incredibly from woman to woman and birth to birth. It's likely that whatever your labor is like, it won't be what you expect beforehand. For me it was entirely painful, I felt it to the core of me, but it was also very beautiful. My whole body was working towards a single purpose, each tiny part of me was pushing it's limits to bring my son into this world. I felt the pain in each tiny part of me, but was in awe of my own body through the pain. Especially once I started pushing, and could focus my energy on something productive, having a sense that I was in control really helped with the pain. Don't be afraid of it, your experience will be what it is and the best thing that you can do is approach it with confidence and trust yourself. You can totally do it! Good luck.
So sure, there is pain involved in giving birth. But unless you've seen real live births before, chances are every impression you have of them is wrong.
Birth doesn't hurt like getting a tooth pulled or breaking a leg. It's a normal physiological process, not a resul of something going wrong. As such, the concept of "pain" doesn't really relate that well to the experience of birth. Pain is usually something we experience when we hurt ourselves, when something is wrong.
Like firefly, I'd say it feels like cramping and diarrhea, and gas. Not pleasant feelings, but the whole process gets you so high, it's like nothing else. It's amazing.
That is probably the best answer I have ever heard in response to the question about pain during l&d....I'm due with my first in July and this reply was very honest and comforting. I found it even more comforting than the "it didn't hurt at all" answers.
It hurt for me, but like emeraldfirefly said it wasn't the same as when I got my wisdom teeth out, or if you were to break a bone or something like that. Its impossible to describe it, the only way you can know is by actually experiencing it. I didn't plan on getting an epidural, but I ended up getting one because I was exhausted after one hour of sleep and 12 hours of labor. It did help me relax a little bit but for me it didn't take the pain away completely and when I started pushing it was completely gone. I had back labor, and that was probably the most painful thing about it. Labor hurt, but back labor absolutely KILLED. I wish I had done it naturally, because that was my original intent. I didn't have any bad side effects from getting an epidural but I just wish I could say that I did it naturally.
In addition, it is not incessant pain. You will get a break between contractions, and when you do get one, it slowly builds up to the climax. You are able to mentally prepare yourself for every contraction, because you know that it is coming. Um, much like an orgasm.
You body also does much of the pushing for you. It is amazing!
I felt more then pain. My labor started at about 6:30 pm my contractions was 6-8 minutes apart, My sister called my doctors, she got pissed with the nurse because she said that I was in so much pain which was semi- true, she told them my contractions was 3 minutes apart (not true). when she got off the phine with them it was about 7:50 pm. They told her to bring me in, I went and asked my grandmother to take me to the hospital to make a long story short I arrived at the hospital at 8:26 pm my daughter was born at 8:55 pm ( 29 minutes later) I had no meds. and I had a tear. It was painfully but worth it... I wouldn't change a thing :D
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ok so here's the deal...one of my #1 worries are giving borth...Rate the pain
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it depends on if you are planning on an epideral(sp?)
i had one and i didnt feel ANYTHING!! it was so awesome. my contractions were off the charts and the nurses were so surpirsed that i didnt feel any discomfort.
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Birth hurts, but it's okay. I'm an L&D nurse and no one feels labor the same way, and even with an epidural or a section, no one ever says, "Boy, that never hurt at all!" It's okay. Women are strong and we can birth our babies even with pain. Epidural, no epidural -- everyone makes their own choice.
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I can admit it was definately the worst pain I have gone through (ack, although this procedure I had done, where the froze the cells off my cervix was pretty close)... but I had no drugs when I went through birth and it didn't take as long as I thought it would.
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*moved this from brining up baby to pregnancy & birth*
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Well I had a slightly different experience...They tried to stop my labor for a week , during that week I have no pain meds whatsoever I went all the way to being fully dialated and ready to push without anything..but...At the last minute they decided I needed an emergency c-section..So I can't really tell you the whole giving birth experience but The contractions were not thatbad..Yea they hurt alot especially towards the end but I can't say it was the worst pain ever..
The epidural they gave me for the c-section didn't hurt one bit..I don't know maybe it was because I was too distracted to even notice it (I was crying the whole time screaming I didn't want to have the baby now.)
The after pain of the whole c-section was what hurt the most...But I also wouldn't consider it the worst pain ever..
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Same with me. I was so pissed that he cut me though because I mean he didn't even give me a chance. He just snipped away and was acting all impatient because he'd been there all day :roll: I don't know what the fuck his problem was because I had been there since the night before. I felt him stitching me up when BD was like "uh, that epidural has like 2 drops left are you sure you don't need to get her some more?" and the doctor was like, "oh ..uh.." and he gave me a numbing shot right in the crotch which didn't feel too good. Whoa.. I've been talking forever. Anyways as far as the contractions, mine didn't hurt, I didn't know they were real, and once they did start to hurt, like the 12th hour into my labor I got an epidural. :D
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I was scared of the pain of childbirth too, but I honestly didn't think it was that bad.. I mean yeah it hurts, but it really wasn't all that bad. I did not get an epidural (I had watched a friend get one put in and swore I'd NEVER have one.. the whole idea of getting a needle in the back seriously scared me more than birth) but I did get pain meds during labor through my IV and by shot.. I believe it was called Numorphan (sp?), which didn't take away the pain, but it definitely took the edge off. I was having contractions for aboput a day and half but they were tolerable.. it was when they broke my water that things picked up and the contractions got more intense.. he was born four hours later. I was able to change positions and move a little bit which definitely helped.. I labored on all fours for a while because I had back labor and helped a lot as far as the pain. Standing up and walking a bit helped in earlier labor, but I wasn't able to do much of that because I was hooked up to monitors the whole tme, but I dont think the monitors are routine.. my son was 5 weeks early and the placenta was abrupting so thats why I was on them. In retrospect, I don't think it was really that bad at all and I was surprised how good I actually felt right after he was born. I was a little sore from where I tore and the stitches, but other than that I felt better than I had in a long time.
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id have to say its like cramps or having diarrhea. intense cramps. however i got an epidural before pushing. everyone says it slows it down but i pushed her out in twenty minutes on an epidural where as the average is at least 45 minutes to 2 hours. so i did not impair me. i wouldnt say it was that bad
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Giving birth was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. But at the same time, I would do it again. I just needed to be reminded that it wasnt going to last forever. My midwife kept saying, its just one day out of your life, etc. The most amazing part was that after he was out, it was such a releif, ALL the pain was gone instantly! I still cannot even describe the releif. BD said that my eyes like rolled back and I breathed the hugest sigh of releif haha. So, yeah its really painful but it ends and its worth it. I felt so amazing after I gave birth, like yeah I did that! It was empowering or something. It's ok to be scared of it, but giving birth is not the end of the world, it is an amazing expereince!
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For some reason, a thing that helped me for contractions was thinking
"It's not pain, it's just a feeling I'm not used to, like discomfort." Also imagining my uterus was a bag that was just twisting, king of like wringing out a towel helped. I had no meds. During pushing I just focused on not moving any parts of my body including my face and putting all my energy into pushing. Push the head out hurts like a sort of burning (although it must be said, my kids head was off the charts). Pushing the shoulders felt frickin cool. When the babies body tumbles out it's just a big whooosh. The placents actually felt nice, because it's soft and warm. The nicest thing bd's ever said was that my placenta was beautiful ;). Also, your body is designed to make you forget the pain, so you'll "continue the species". I loved that I had no meds. It makes you feel so strong. Also, being really tired made them handing me my baby so dreamy. I did take pain pills after the birth for about three days at one quarter to half the dose they offered. I got one stitch with a local shot that I didn't feel at all. Although, strangely, I get phantom pains still where the stitch was.
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Research the idea of pain meds before you make a decision. I went right up until pushing (about 7 hours of contractions) without an epidural just fine. I got one at the end because I was running on two hours sleep, and when they told me to push, I was too exhausted to do anything but cry, so I let them give me one.
Big mistake, not only did I have to wait another 20-30 minutes to get the anasthesiologist in there, but the epidural needle hurt worse than any of the contractions. Not only that, but they put the epidural in the wrong spot of my spine and had to re-do it. Not only that, but in the last 2 years I've lost about 2" in height and have started getting a bit of a hump at the top of my back, from what doctors have told me might be compression fractures from - you got it, the epidural.
I got a "walking" epidural so I could still feel everything, and really - it was pointless.
The pain of birth isn't as bad as everyone makes it seem, especially if you learn natural ways to ease the pain, for me now the risks of pain meds during birth aren't worth doing it again, and I fully plan my next birth will be drug-free.
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My first delivery was medicated like you wouldn't believe, but it was such a horrible experiance that I'm not even going to get into it. When I had Paige, I had no drugs. No epidural, no demoral (sp?), nothing. It was really not that bad. The worst of it was during transition (when you go from 7-10), when the contractions were on top of eachother. I even though that pushing was easier than transition, because you get a break between contractions. But that only lasted like 45 minutes. I think that 45 minutes out of a 13 hour labor being horrible is pretty good. I would actually rather give birth10 times than be pregnant for 9 months...lol. I'm loooking forward to giving birth naturally again actually. It's an awesome experiance like nothing you've ever felt. I can't even explain it.
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I had an epidural, and wouldn't have had it any other way. But I did research it first, as should you.
In my city, you either give birth at home, or at the hospital. There is no birthing centres or anything. I chose hospital. I went to a hospital presentation prior to delivery. It was about 2 hours long, and a very large portion was the head anesthesiologist talking about epidurals. He explaned all the risks, and exactly what he does, and the different types of medication. It was very informative. According to this guy (this is a university hospital) they are very accredited all over Canada for their epidurals, and their statistical rate of complications was very very low. I don't remember the exact numbers. But these are some questions you might consider finding out at where ever you plan to have your baby if you're considering an epidural.
I was very happy to see that he was the same anesthesiologist to do my epidural. Now my labour was 25 hours long. I was in a lot of pain all day, and my contractions were 2 minutes apart, but when I got to the hospital, they were telling me it wasn't time, go home. Apperiently my contractions weren't strong enough yet. So I waited like 6 more hours of pain at home and then went back the hospital. At that point, I was at 6cm, and they finally admitted me (I got to 3 cm prior to being in labour). Although the pain was not excurtiating, it was often. I was tired. I hadn't gotten any sleep that night. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to handle the more intense pain that was surely to come. So I got an epidural so I could relax for a few hours I hoped. Not to meantion I could hear a woman screaming downt he hall, and it was scaring the shit out of me. I was terrified as it was.
I was really scared of the needle, but I found it was nothing compared to the contractions. They had just given me my second dose of it, when they realised, Oh, it's time to push. I had asked them to break my water to get things going. My baby was having heart decelerations because him ambilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and they have litterally just given me a second dose, so I couldn't feel anything, and I wasn't pushing effectively. They were worried about the baby, so they pulled him out with forcepts. Because of the epidural I couldn't even feel that, and I couldn't feel myself tearing, and I couldn't feel the stitches.
This eliminated my fear of long pushing, since he was pulled right out.
I don't regret getting the epidural. But I do think they shouldn't have given me that second dose, so I could have actually pushed him out on my own.
I'm almost certain I'd get an epidurlal again. I know this is long, sorry!
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So sure, there is pain involved in giving birth. But unless you've seen real live births before, chances are every impression you have of them is wrong.
Birth doesn't hurt like getting a tooth pulled or breaking a leg. It's a normal physiological process, not a resul of something going wrong. As such, the concept of "pain" doesn't really relate that well to the experience of birth. Pain is usually something we experience when we hurt ourselves, when something is wrong.
Like firefly, I'd say it feels like cramping and diarrhea, and gas. Not pleasant feelings, but the whole process gets you so high, it's like nothing else. It's amazing.
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well for me presonally i walked alot during my pregnany and they say that doing alot of walking makes your labour much easier. I'm not going to lie to you it hurts like hell but i managed to get throuhg it and none of it matters anymore. Just keep up the walking and your labour will go soo much faster and alot easier just try not to stress about it too much because at least for me it was not as bad as alot of people mke it seem!
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You know...I was really scared, but I didn't realize it until I was admitted to the hospital and told I was going to be induced in the morning...
A few days before my daughter was born my mom told me her labor/delivery stories...the one thing that stuck with me was that she told me to remember that the pain will go away...
Everytime that I had a contraction I reminded myself that it had to stop eventually, and that there was a purpose to the pain. I know that seems like something you might not remember to think about, but I just tried to let the pain roll through and get it over with. I kind of felt like there was nothing else for me to do..I was suprised at how well I dealt with it.
The pregnancy has to end eventually, and some of the mamas might agree when I say that by the time that you are ready to have that kid...you want it OUT!
You will be great, try not to stress out about it....enjoy being pregnant, enjoy being in labor and enjoy your delivery!!!
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I would have to honestly say that it was the worst pain that i have ever felt....but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. (Or maybe I have just forgotten,as usually happens after giving birth). I had a pointless epidural as someone previously mentioned as well. It barely worked at all,so i felt everything. That was a disappointment to me at the time,but looking back i see it as a blessing in disguise. I got to feel the "ring of fire" which is the burning sensation you feel when pushing your baby out. The shoulders were painful for me,i distinctly remember thinking "holy shit,theres her shoulders!" but then its over and its the best feeling in the world! I have never felt so relieved,and so PROUD of myself & my body. And then you get to hold your baby,and its totally worth every ounce of pain involved,and i promise im not just saying that. :wink:
Someone had told me that the placenta hurt when they pushed it out,but i have to say that i thought it was a great feeling. Absolutely no pain involved there,for me.
One thing that really,really helped w/ my contractions was learning breathing exercises,and having a partner there w/ you to breathe with you and encourage you along the way (and it definitely doesnt have to be your bd!) Have you taken lamaze classes or anything? theres also something called the bradley method,which i didnt hear about until after i had already had her. if you google it,you could probably get a lot of good info and maybe there are some classes in your area.
Rate the pain of giving birth
Rate the pain of giving birth
Labour didn't hurt much but it took alot of focus to have a relatively painfree labour (and alot of noise, roaring though, not screaming).
Actually giving birth did not hurt me at all and I had a drug free waterbirth at home.
Three things to remember-
Water is great to birth in.
Roar rather than scream, don't use your throat, let the noise come from the bottom of your body.
Don't push at all, your baby will come out either way, pushing hurts.
Making noise through each contraction while my daughter was coming out brought her out, I didn't push at all, my body did.
Rate the pain of giving birth
I had no pain relief for 2 of my births, and I could handle the pain. It does hurt, but very bearable.
It depends on how high your tolerance for pain is too I think.
Rate the pain of giving birth
It hurt like hell until i got an epi...then it was GREAT....but then when i had to push, and they turned the epi off...it was BRUTAL again.
But hey, I lived through it, and WOULD do it again, so it couldnt be that bad!
Rate the pain of giving birth
I gave birth (induced) with some Demorol but no epidural and I wouldn't get an epidural to save my life. I've heard enough horror stories. Anyway. It hurts, yes, but it's nothing your body wasn't built to handle and as soon as you see that baby, you just forget about it. Simple as that.
Rate the pain of giving birth
wow guys....I'm so afraid I'll be in pain and that I'll ask for medication and they'd be like "well, you should've thought about tat when you got in bed" *panic just thinking about it* or that if i did get it that it wouldn't work! not to scare anyone...but I think about this all.the.time. I can't tell you how much your posts are helping me with my own fears of birth. I swear, Im not afraid to tell the family, friends or going though pregnancy....but giving birth and raising the kidlets right scare the crap out of me. :cry:
Rate the pain of giving birth
I gave birth naturally to my daughter, and the labor was 30 hours. I spent the first 27 hours at home with the midwife, then gave birth in the hospital (left the same day). I really wish I had stayed at home. Of course it wasn't easy, but I didn't find the pain excruciating. I owe much thanks to my midwife, because I think that the added support is what made the birth a breeze.
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well for me i havent been through labour as yet and i going to have a natural birth so am trying to prepared mentally and physically for it whenthe time comes
Rate the pain of giving birth
I voted "you're in for a huge surprise" because I really think it varies incredibly from woman to woman and birth to birth. It's likely that whatever your labor is like, it won't be what you expect beforehand. For me it was entirely painful, I felt it to the core of me, but it was also very beautiful. My whole body was working towards a single purpose, each tiny part of me was pushing it's limits to bring my son into this world. I felt the pain in each tiny part of me, but was in awe of my own body through the pain. Especially once I started pushing, and could focus my energy on something productive, having a sense that I was in control really helped with the pain. Don't be afraid of it, your experience will be what it is and the best thing that you can do is approach it with confidence and trust yourself. You can totally do it! Good luck.
Rate the pain of giving birth
That is probably the best answer I have ever heard in response to the question about pain during l&d....I'm due with my first in July and this reply was very honest and comforting. I found it even more comforting than the "it didn't hurt at all" answers.
Rate the pain of giving birth
im still getting this icky feeling in my gut ....im freaked RIGHT OUT
Rate the pain of giving birth
It hurt for me, but like emeraldfirefly said it wasn't the same as when I got my wisdom teeth out, or if you were to break a bone or something like that. Its impossible to describe it, the only way you can know is by actually experiencing it. I didn't plan on getting an epidural, but I ended up getting one because I was exhausted after one hour of sleep and 12 hours of labor. It did help me relax a little bit but for me it didn't take the pain away completely and when I started pushing it was completely gone. I had back labor, and that was probably the most painful thing about it. Labor hurt, but back labor absolutely KILLED. I wish I had done it naturally, because that was my original intent. I didn't have any bad side effects from getting an epidural but I just wish I could say that I did it naturally.
Rate the pain of giving birth
In addition, it is not incessant pain. You will get a break between contractions, and when you do get one, it slowly builds up to the climax. You are able to mentally prepare yourself for every contraction, because you know that it is coming. Um, much like an orgasm.
You body also does much of the pushing for you. It is amazing!
Rate the pain of giving birth
I felt more then pain. My labor started at about 6:30 pm my contractions was 6-8 minutes apart, My sister called my doctors, she got pissed with the nurse because she said that I was in so much pain which was semi- true, she told them my contractions was 3 minutes apart (not true). when she got off the phine with them it was about 7:50 pm. They told her to bring me in, I went and asked my grandmother to take me to the hospital to make a long story short I arrived at the hospital at 8:26 pm my daughter was born at 8:55 pm ( 29 minutes later) I had no meds. and I had a tear. It was painfully but worth it... I wouldn't change a thing :D