Hello I'm 40 weeks plus 10 days over due. I'm booked into the hospital to be induced today. This is my 3rd child and with my second I was also induced. My son was very big and I had an epidural, I knew I was going to poo and kept asking the mws to let me go to the toilet but they said no, I told her how I felt and one of them said it was fine and just to do it if I needed to. Anyway the urge became too much and it happened, now bare in mind the room was full of about 10 people at this point as my son was stuck and a woman who I have no idea who she even was screamed at the top of her voice "oh my god she's doing a poo!" I was humiliated I've read story after story how discreet they are when this happens and how I may not even notice so can't understand why that happened and now feel very worried about it this time as I feel may need an epidural again! Is there any way to avoid pooing in labour?!
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No previous experience of this as its my first baby. But think.of it like this if you done a poo in front of them then how many other women have of course most of them.
I would have been very angry with that person who pointed it out and if fully aware I would have had her swiftly removed from the room and complained about her unprofessionalism.
Perhaps ask the hospital about an enema or few days before try have a clear out if at all possible
Tbh ive warned my partner it might happen and if he comments he will get a slap around the head. Dont stress about it your pushing in the same area its bound to happe. Everyone poos 
No previous experience of this as its my first baby. But think.of it like this if you done a poo in front of them then how many other women have of course most of them.
I would have been very angry with that person who pointed it out and if fully aware I would have had her swiftly removed from the room and complained about her unprofessionalism.
Perhaps ask the hospital about an enema or few days before try have a clear out if at all possible
Tbh ive warned my partner it might happen and if he comments he will get a slap around the head. Dont stress about it your pushing in the same area its bound to happe. Everyone poos
Kristal that's awful I can't believe that reaction! How rude! Anyway I have heard some controversy about this so do your own research before taking my advice but DD was 4 days over so not really late, and I took castor oil to get things going. Good thing is I went into labour that night, and since castor oil is a diarrhetic, I had emptied my bowels pre-birth so was a poo free birth 
she was also a bigun' at 4.7kg.
I'm a nurse but did train as a midwife years back and I can assure you most people poo. It's nothing the midwives haven't seen before and they are really quite used to it, shows you are pushing correctly so actually considered a good sign. No one usually even bats an eyelid at it so try not to worry. Think you were just unlucky to have a very rude and unrealistic woman present.
Oh that's horrible! You poor thing!
To be honest I can't remember if I pooed or not and I don't care lol. I'm sure I must have though. I asked dh the other day if I did and he genuinely couldn't remember either
I really wish you wouldn't give this another thought but I completely understand why you do after that cow!
I'm a 1st timer but of the age where everyone else is having their 1st or 2nd and universally every single female friend or relative has said "Oh and of course I pooed or did a massive s**t if they're relaying the story over a glass of wine lol everyone does!"
I was kind of expecting this to be the case. I'm a bt 
that someone who works in a labour ward wouldn't have seen it all before!
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