If You've Ever Given Birth...

VaKidPN · May 5, 2004

Well, for me, it was like having severe menstrual cramps on top of someone punching me in the back. Then towards the end, it was as though I was the girl from the exorcist. People always say oh youll forget the pain...lies all lies lol... but honestly. Ive had three kids now.. And all well worth the pain.

Kris

ARmickie · May 6, 2004

Just wanted to make a comment here about C sections. While I'm no expert on the subject, I have had four! My recovery from C sections really hasn't been too much different than what alot of lady partsl delivering mom's have had. Of course my stomach was alot sorer, but I didn't have an episotomy, either. I think I had a pretty rough time with my first C section. It was an emergency, and the OB on call decided to do a vertical cut down my abdomen from my navel to my pubic bone. According to the surgical report I got later, the incision on my uterus was horizontal. I was on morphene for three days, and went home two days after that. Three weeks after I had my baby, I was playing touch football with my husband! Each time after that, I was allowed to go home three days post op. I was always up and moving around a bit the evening I delivered.

No real point here, really, other than C Sections aren't all that bad in my opinion. I didn't feel that much pain in the beginning, I was awake for delivery, and my pain was normally controlled with simple tylenol once I left the hospital. So, for any soon to be moms reading.. while C sections may not be the preferred method of getting a baby delivered into the world, it's not the most horrible or painful way, either.

And, no, I don't mean to imply that anyone has said anything to the contrary, just that C/S usually get a bad rep on the recovery. Ohhh.. and one more thing about that first C/S and the morphene... No one told me until my second pregnancy when my new OB had the surgical report that the first OB had sliced into my bladder in his rush. Probably one of the reasons for all the morphene.. JMO

TinyNurse, RN · May 6, 2004

Birth is an awesome thing!!!

I had my only son at home.

My mom was in attendance....... She is RT and an o2 tank and all neccities were avail.

I felt like i had to "pee" every two seconds.......... my mom arrived and saw that my contractions were 1min 20 sec apart........

i played kickball took many showers had fun listened to pink floyd and then i gave birth while comfortably numb was playing.........

The pain I felt was "i have to pee" no I reallllllllllllly havee to peeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

pushing was completely different than labor though.....

xoxo Jen

Medic2RN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · May 7, 2004

I had to post about this subject since I had a baby 9 months ago. I was extremely anxious about going through childbirth, especially when people like to tell you horrific birth stories when they see that you're pregnant.

My labor pains felt like the worst type of menstrual cramps imaginable x 100. I was induced with Pitocin and had a few problems throughout the day. I was in labor for 18 hours and pushed for 2 hours and 9 minutes and delivered an 8lb, 2oz baby.

I did get an epidural around the 9-10 hour mark - I was exhausted from the pain. I had to get an episiotomy, broke blood vessels in my eyes, and all the other nice things that go along with pushing so strenuously - sat on a "doughnut" for a week! The pain that most sticks out in my mind is the day after delivery.

All in all - it wasn't as bad as I thought, even with all my complications.

I think the pain of a gallbladder attack is much worse - which I had to have removed a few weeks later. I'll take labor over that type of pain anyday!! :uhoh3: