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AIBU?

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to feel a bit pissed off when people (men) compare their illnesses to giving birth?

53 replies

SuperBunny · 28/09/2008 18:23

I probably am...

A male friend was telling me this week about how he had a kidney stone. He said, 'you gave birth to your DS through a hole too small, now imagine doing that with something sharp and pointy'

I don't doubt a kidney stone is very painful but I don't see how it can be anything like labour, where you use almost every muscle to get the baby out (I remember my arms and leg hurting for days after having DS, not to mention the bits you would expect to hurt) and there are chemical changes in your body and the whole thing is very stressful and emotional as well as physical.

I'm not saying some things are not worse than labour. I just think it is stupid to compare. Especially when every labour is different.

I don't usually do AIBU threads but I wanted to rant. I should probably have put this in chat.

OP posts:
Kewclotter · 29/09/2008 15:02

I had unreletning gall stone pain for 10 hours once before going to A&E [stupid moticon] and was told it was close to labour pains.

Difference was all I got to take home after the operation with me was a gallstone

madlentileater · 29/09/2008 17:48

have experienced 3 labours, heart attack and nasty complicated fracture whilst on fells....but worse than all these....dental extraction (I was only little, and, IMO pain relief was not working)...falcon, really, don't worry, I think that just as some people 'boast' about not using pr in labour, others don't mention it for fear of upsetting people, while others are only to keen to talk about how awful the pain was....so you can end up with an unbalanced view, IYSWIM?.....really, just get prepared and don't worry!

Flamesparrow · 29/09/2008 17:49

Had a kidney stone and done childbirth twice.

Kidney stone - I took the drugs!

F*ckin hurts and no baby at the end

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