Easy baby stories please… feeling terrified

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Just that! I’ve heard all the terrible ones, any good ones?

About having a baby (birth)?

or about an actually easy baby?(easy to look after?)

i had an easy/lucky birth ; 2hrs between first contraction and birth and also easy in terms of baby drinking milk well and sleeping through from about 5 months (let’s not talk about the toddler stage though 😂)

DS1 was an adorable baby, easy birth, very contented, just wonderful. One of the reasons I was pregnant by his first birthday.

DS2 was a totally different story it has to be said and the reason baby number 3 was out of the question 😂

Good luck OP, don’t worry, every baby is different, it’s a short period of time and whatever it brings, you will get through.

DS 2 was born with zero pain relief except a local injection for an episiotomy. I'm not super tough, it was a blessedly short Labour.

I love my babies and thinking about them as babies (now 12 and 9) makes me feel squishy. I want to go back and hold them and kiss them, and at the time it feels like it goes on forever, but it’s gone so fast and can’t be held on to.

But to answer your questions both my babies slept well, fed well and were healthy.

I had wonderful births, went into a trance, loved gas and air. Lasted a couple of hours and baby was born in 2 small pushes. The second and third births were even easier. Never had any tears etc. They breastfed without any issues.

Even now as teenagers they are lovely (but eat loads).

I won't deny its tiring and often exasperating. However, the positives outweigh the negatives hugely.

The pain is finite. And you get a lovely baby at the end of it.
From my position as a post menopausal woman I'd go back and do it all again

I had a very straight forward ELCS. No complications and little pain afterwards. DS had reflux but as soon as we had that under control for him he was a very easy baby. Slept 8 hours a night from 6 weeks. Contact napped during the day (so I got plenty of cuddles) slept in his cot at night. If it hadn't been for my own struggles with pregnancy and PND I would have happily had a second.

People don't share the good stories so often, they reach out for support at their lowest moments. I know I did. The good stories aren't shared as much but they do exist.

One 3 year old and 3 month corrected twins here. All three have slept through the night from around 8 weeks. Happy to be put down, love their carrier, love their pram, happy to be cuddled and fed by anyone.

My youngest is an easy baby. Keep telling the health visitor this one’s broken, she takes her milk, she sleeps good, she rarely cries and he’s actually happy most of the time

'Easyish' vaginal births in the grand scheme of things, final one very short and 'easy' labour. Not much tearing the first time, none thereafter I did do the prenatal massage thing of that area though, think that helped. No problems afterwards with regard to sexual or other function, after the stiches healed which didn't take long in that case. A few minor issues with my hips, backache, feeling heavy, and morning sickness wasn't great but everything resolved okay. Breastfeeding no mastitis, one of the babies had to be weaned onto bottles and then food due to feeding problems - medics were involved - which was annoying (for me) but necessary in that case. Enjoyed breastfeeding. Also enjoyed the convenience of not having to do bottles. Babies good sleepers and not overly fusspots during the day, although one of them had to get over the colic first before the good sleeping kicked in and that took a few months. Only one was a really picky eater after weaning onto food. No particularly bad stories to tell at all really.😃

I won't deny its tiring and often exasperating. However, the positives outweigh the negatives hugely.

Yup same here.

Both of mine have been very easy newborns. Happy, great sleepers, could take them anywhere, DD1 is 3.5 now and still a very easy child, and DD2 is coming up for four months and a very cheery little soul.

My pregnancy was difficult, birth was a c sec. However my baby girl is the easiest most enjoyable little squishy thing. She sleeps through the night until 8am. Only cries if overdue a bottle. Always happy and smiling. Happy to be held by anyone and is just a complete joy. Even now she’s teething she just giggles and smiles.

I love her so much and enjoy her south. Me and her dad are so besotted.

we’ll definitely be having another as soon as we financially are able to. Although the next we may not be so lucky!

DS1. Easy baby. Breastfed from day 1, eats a wide diet now at 2. Sweet natured, funny, super smart (I might be biased). Was a Velcro baby and first few weeks were nuts at night but we co slept and that fixed things. He goes to bed like a champion in his own cot and own room now.

I'm due DC2 soon and I'm scared. No one is this lucky twice. I'm preparing for a monster.

DD2 was the easiest delivery ever, had a paracetamol and that was it. Two and a half hours from first contraction to delivery; oh, and she was a great sleeper!

DC 1 was delivered just shy of 2 hrs after my waters broke. No pain relief.DC 2 was similar,again no pain relief

I was in active labour for DS (only child) for 1 hour 48 mins, pushing was 19 mins. Birthed in the midwife led unit, no tearing, no pain relief or other intervention and no complications. Contractions were of course painful, but I followed the midwives instructions and followed my body's signals - the best way to describe it was I breathed him out (really deep heavy breaths out when pushing. It went as well as a labour could go.

Thank you for this thread! I'm pregnant with my first and am very happy to hear all these reassuring and positive stories!!

First baby, born at home, lovely birth in a birth pool in our living room!

Very contented baby, fed almost immediately after birth and has been brilliant at it ever since. Took to solids really well too.

Not encountered any issues. His sleep hasn’t been amazing but he is a baby after all!

I went back to work after 6 months, he settled into nursery really well and now runs in very happy to see the staff in the morning.

He’a all smiles, funny, smart, loves helping me in the kitchen and is a very enjoyable toddler to be around. I am of course quite bias but it’s been a really smooth journey for us.

Of course life and priorities change immeasurably but we’ve certainly enjoyed the ride.

All four of my babies were easy.

My 3rd slept through the first night we brought him home and continued to sleep for six hours at a time immediately and after 6 weeks was going right through 7-7 with a dream feed at 10.
He was 12 weeks when I found out I was pregnant again

Four easy births (although 2 inductions and 3 back to back labours) 3rd baby (the happy one) was 10lb 8 and no tears or stitches, in fact never had any stitches.

I walked up to postnatal pushing dd4 in his little cot thing after having a shower doing my hair and putting some makeup on.

I felt unwell with niggling back pain at 37 weeks 5 days. Called maternity outpatients who said to pop up as I had a chest infection that week so under the weather.

Arrived 10.30pm and was on monitoring but no contractions just excruciating back ache. Stood up to go to loo and waters broke about 11.30pm. Checked by on call doctor and was 5cm dilated.

Suddenly thrown into a wheel chair to delivery suite at 11.55pm and DC born at 12.44am with gas and air for pain relief only...couldn't even get a painkiller as it all happened too fast. Stitches for grazes but all fine. DC was 6lbs 8oz and DH was just in shock at the speed of it all.

That was the easy part... DC was a bad feeder so had to be woken every 3 hrs to feed and didn't sleep through the night consistently til 2 years old.

I had five,and all of them were very easy babies.
Births as well,easy,quick,last two without pushing came out in 40 seconds in water.
Never had stiches,tears.
I breasfed all of them for years,they were sleeping well,eating well happy babies and kids now.My youngest is 8 weeks,he is the happiest baby who i ever seen!Dont worry,you will be fine.Just be positive!:)

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1st labour lasted 7 hrs and was really fine with only a very tiny tear. Baby was 7lbs 6. 2nd labour 2.5 hours and was very straightforward too. Baby 5lbs 15. I'm only 4ft 11 too! OP, I can't recommend raspberry leaf extract enough. It helps contractions and everyone I know who's taken it had good labours.

Oh yes I had 2 great labours after raspberry leaf tea too!
Gas &air with both, waterbirth with the first, pretty quick and not actually that painful. Both babies slept well, pretty hungry (although my tits failed to cooperate with breastfeeding so they were bottle fed) and generally utterly delightful babies! I was very lucky

Two ‘easy’ vaginal births - I am a tiny size 6 but both were under 4 hours. Both good sizes (8/9lb). No stitches needed. Painful yes but manageable and up and about straight away.

Babies and children are hard work so we often moan about the bad stuff. Keep your expectations low - little ones aren’t designed to sleep though until 3-5 years old so anything before is a bonus. You will be tired and grumpy. But it’s a magical time too. Try and enjoy the mundane moments. The days are long but the years are short. I wish I could go back in time to those years again now they are over.