Everyone claims childbirth is EXTREMELY painful?
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I had a c-section with both of mine and that hurt enough. But, after I held my baby boy, I forgot about the pain. My sister-in-law, on the other hand, had my nephew naturally. SHe hurt and swears up and down that she is not having another baby. My mother-in-law had 3 boys naturally, 2 without painkillers. It all depends on your pain tolerance and wether you really want a baby bad enough to go through all the pain. Every woman is different. And of course it hurts...you are pushing a human being out of your body.
If you have an epidural...you will be pain free. If you go all natural, well that is extremely painful.
I had a c-section which was very painful and wose afterwards, it is all worth it but Im not quite sure how labor feels. My c-section was scheduled.
Ask for a light epidural.
They give enough to take the edge off the pain, but you can still experience what it is like
It felt like menstrual cramps over and over. My most painful part was getting the epidural, and I didn't want one but my baby was face up instead of face down so the doctor had to use forceps and it was better for me to have the epidural, and even with it I still felt it all. It just dulled the pain I guess. But no, it was not that bad, it hurt worse when my tooth cracked.
Everyone's threshold for pain is different, and there's lots of different ways to manage the pain of childbirth. Just remember your body is made to birth babies! I had all natural childbirth and it hurt, it hurt a whole lot (imagine shitting a watermelon), but once you hold that little miracle in your arms you won't even care anymore. :-)
The pain is different for each women because we all have different pain tolerance. For myself I know I was really uncomfortable, but I don’t remember the pain so much. Once I had my son in my arms and saw how beautiful he was it all just left me. I did natural childbirth and delivered a 10 lbs 11 oz …24 in long baby boy.
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It's painful. I went to 7 cm before getting drugs b 4 a c-section. I know so many people who swore they wanted natural but when the pain was unbearable they were begging for drugs. But once you hold that baby, you will forget it all! Well, until you have to push out the afterbirth. Again, from what I've heard. And why go through the pain when there is modern medicine to make it better.
Every pregnancy and birth is different. Birth is very painful, and depending on how in shape the woman is, it can be shorter or longer. Having an epidural gets rid of most of the pain, but it tends to make labour longer and might cause complications. If you go into it relaxed, chances are the birth will be a bit easier to handle.
Its different for everyone. I didn't have any pain till transition and it only lasted a few minutes for me, 10 at the most, till my son was in my arms. I went all natural. My pain tolerance is normal. I just adjusted my view of childbirthing pain and called them rushes. I breathed through them. Went to childbirth classes and learned.
I have 2 wonderful girls and there births were totally different. But yes it does hurt to have babies but you forget about the pain. Because you will fall madly in love with each one. and love each one differently.
The best advice I was given was during the pregnancy imagine the worst pain you could ever imagine. So you are preparing yourself, and you will find it is not as bad as you imagine. I have had two pregnancies and used the same imagery, works every time. My second labour was drug free, if that helps.
Instead of talking to people, who scared me, I read books on natural childbirth, and I found these to be best because it explains what your body and mind go through in these situations.
Yes- Labor is the worst pain that I have EVER had! I had an epidural and it failed- I felt every last pain. I could have even got up and walked!! I ended up with an emergency c-section and was put to sleep because the epi failed.
People say that when you see your baby that you 'forget' the pain. No- you don't. I think it's a figure of speech and shouldn't be taken literally.
But in the big scheme of things the pain is short lived and you end up with a baby that will be a blessing to you for the rest of your life.
Lol im not going to say it didnt hurt...cause it did..but it wasnt that bad...i didnt have an epidural in fact i didnt have anything...it was a little harder then what it looks like on the birthing channel...other then that...it wasnt that bad...once you get the head out its pretty much smooth sailing..i guess i was lucky my labor only last 5 hours and i only pushed 20 minutes she was 7 pounds 12 ounces and 19 half inches long...people make it sound horrible...but really the stories are worse then the actually labor...this one girl when i was pregnant kept telling me i was going to die during labor and id never ever wanna have sex again...you just gotta laugh those stories off...if labor was so hard...no one would wanna have kids..
its probably good 2 think the worst ,than ull think at the end that wasnt that bad. its hard 2 say everyone is so different i kno someone who had hardly any pain at all than theres me who couldnt stand the pain it drove me crazy but it is true that once its over u do think that it was worth it. dont let the pain scare u thou, i said never again and now im preg with my 2nd. and i cant wait. just make sure u have a great support person with u when its time and ull b fine. good luck when the time comes
For me, the pain was like very severe cramps. However, an epidural will make the birth pain-free. Whether you have pain medication or not, the memory of pain fades rapidly, and it is well worth it to have a child.
Hold a softball down there and check it out for size. Now, a softball is smaller than a baby's head. Do you think that it would hurt to push a softball out? Now just think of how a baby, ALL of it, will feel. Head, shoulders, butt and all.
But yes, after it is over, you forget it and will gladly do it again. At least most women say that. My wife had 3 of them. Each one was larger than the last. The last was almost 10 lbs. He now over 6ft tall and 160lbs.
Would she do it again? Not on your life! (Of course, she is 50 yrs. old now.)
Good luck with your baby. God bless you.
Well, imagine having the most severe menstural cramps over and over. I think the epidurals that I received were actually more painful...but that was just me, I have a slight curvature of the spine so it was hard for them to hit the epidural space. Don't completely count on the epidurals to do the greatest job in the world either...with my 1st child it was great....with my 2nd, well now that's a different story, It worked for a while but about 30 minutes before time to push, it completely dissapeared. So I felt every last pain with my 10lb 5 oz 23 in long child!! With my last child, I had the epidural & it started to do the same as the last time. But they gave me a booster before time to push and everything was smooth sailing from there on out. It's all a matter of personal choice for the woman. Hope that this helps.
I have 3, all naturally, and have had different expereinces. My first was very painful, he was posterior and my water broke early, which keeps the cushion so it is more painful. But the next 2 were great, hardly any pain, and it was very short. Every woman is different and there is no judge or prediction. As far as being in shape it has nothing to do with the pain.many women in excellent shape have horrrific labor, and many woman who never work out have quick easy and almost pain free. Please don't listen to that! Alhtough it can help your endurance, as well as getting back in shape and recovery after the baby comes.
It did feel like cramps, on my first, 100 times mulitiplied. I hope you have a great experience, but if not you really will forget! Why else do we do it over and over again.
i was 17 when i had my first child and i went all natural. to tell you the truth the tattoo on my lower back hurt worse then my labor and delivery did. but of course everybody is different. i have a decent tolerance for pain so it didn't hurt me so much. the labor pains were uncomfortable, but i did have my daughter in five hours from the time i went into labor. now i'm 20 and pregnant again and i'm really ready for it b/c i've already been through it once. it doesn't seem as scary as it does when you're 17.
its different for everyone...i on the other hand i didn't know i was in labor i had to call someone to find out what a contraction felt like. once i knew i was contracting, i rushed to the hospital when i got there i was fully dialated. there wasnt time for any medicine, i did it NATURAL and in 3 hrs. now i can admit what did hurt was the crowning of the head...other than that its like having a bowel movement. once your baby is born you forget about all of that, of course your tired..but you have a little bundle now.
That it will go away. You can bare it or the doctors will offer you help. Be prepared with child birthing classes. Now the pain of watching them grow up and leave the nest starts.
I had 2 natural births. It's hard to describe the pain. It feels like menstrual cramps, same spots, but way way worse than a menstual cramp. It's like a sharp pain. The pain is all you can think about and during it you feel like you want to panic and give up because you just can't take it. When you are ready to push, that's the worst pain because of the pressure BUT pushing helps lessen the pain, if that makes sence. As soon as the baby's out, no more pain.
It's 100 times worse then your worst cramps but there are meds that ease or stop the pain. If it were unbearable, women would have stopped having babies years ago.
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