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Is it normal practise to remove G&A during the pushing stage?

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Mirabelle77 · 15/02/2011 17:13

I ask because last night on O.B.E.M she was still using it while pushing.

I had to give mine up while pushing, although I think the G&A would have been a distraction at that bit to be honest but I was surprised and a bit jealous.

I remember midwife saying no more now you need to push him out, felt very lost without the lovely stuff for a bit!

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Mirabelle77 · 15/02/2011 17:15

practice even

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SecondMrsS · 15/02/2011 17:20

I had mine taken away (bitches!) I don't think I would have been able to push if I had hav been high...

Jojay · 15/02/2011 17:23

I don't remember having it taken away, but I didn't use it at that stage either. I don't think I could have concentrated on pushing if I had.

I think the transition bit was worse than the pushing bit anyway, so i don't remember missing it by that time.

I had it afterwards to be stitched up though.

rasta · 15/02/2011 17:27

The midwife told me to put it down but I refused

I held it in my mouth with my teeth and just bit down on the plastic piece for each push. DD1 pushing time was around 6 minutes before she was born, and with DD2 it was >1 minute so it really wasn't an issue.

Acanthus · 15/02/2011 17:29

I seem to remember it being taken away, yes

PukeyMummy · 15/02/2011 17:41

I would have liked to have seen them try!

tomhardyismydh · 15/02/2011 17:42

mine was not taken away but I do not that if you are too high it will afect your ability to push.

memphis83 · 15/02/2011 17:45

they tried to take mine away several times, even after i had him i was clutching it, i remember between contraction the midwife tried to get my mum to prise it from my clutches i growled at her and she backed off!!!

kirrinIsland · 15/02/2011 17:46

mine was taken away - the midwife had to prise it out of my hand!

tomhardyismydh · 15/02/2011 17:47

i even kept mine for the time between stitching and being stitched up. I just asked if I coukd have it a bit longer and they said yeah sure.

HoodedCrow · 15/02/2011 17:48

They didn't daaaaaaareeeeee......

MrsvWoolf · 15/02/2011 17:51

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sunndydays · 15/02/2011 18:37

I kept mine but didn't use it, I think midwife knew I had no chance of getting dd out on my own anyway so wasn't too bothered!

LadyOfTheFlowers · 15/02/2011 18:44

They took it the first time once I got to pushing, I abandoned it 2nd 3rd and 4th as for me it acts as a distraction rather than a relief and I needed to concentrate. :)

nightshade · 15/02/2011 18:51

took it off me with first dd because i was off my head and not actively pushing, encouraged me to use it with dd2 as i hadn't used anything up until pushing stage and began to panic.

i think it all depends on how focussed you are at the time.

TheNutmegofconsolation · 15/02/2011 19:05

The midwife took if away from me and I am ashamed to say that I literally BEGGED for her to give it back to me!

She didn't! I thought it was barbaric and cruel and I just felt powerless. Not nice.

CointreauVersial · 15/02/2011 19:08

I can't remember having it by the time the pushing started, but no memory of it being "removed" either.

But I don't find the pushing stage painful. The hard work distracts me completely from any pain.

planetalice · 15/02/2011 20:31

I remember it being taken away oh do I remember!!

ClenchedBottom · 15/02/2011 20:36

Yes they took it away from me - I said I wanted to keep it, so they really helpfully (yeah right) disconnected the tube so that I still had the mouthpiece to bite on but no lovely g and a coming through it. I wasn't terribly impressed, it wasn't as if I was off my head on it, it was a welcome, if minor, distraction from the agony.......

RustyBear · 15/02/2011 20:36

I didn't have it taken away with DS, but I think it probably should have been, because I was pushing for about 2 hours, obviously very ineffectually. With DD I didn't have it at all, and I remember thinking, 'OMG, I can't do this for 2 hours', but she came out in about 3 pushes, because I was doing it properly that time.

Maybe taking it away is a new thing -DS was born 23 years ago....

Bobby99 · 16/02/2011 10:35

I remember having it taken away at the sart of pushing because I was high as a kite and the mw needed me to ba able to concentrate on the task in hand. Don't remember if i got it back again.

Bicnod · 16/02/2011 10:39

I pushed it away when I got to transition - was too weirded out to use it at that point. Then didn't need it for the pushing stage as it didn't hurt, it was just hard work. Had more G&A for the stitches than for labour.

IntergalacticHussy · 16/02/2011 10:56

i needed mine to bite on mainly

notso · 16/02/2011 11:00

I had it taken away with DD and DS1, pushing stages with both lasted ages, I kept it for DS2 and he was out in about 10 mins, I found it helped me focus on breathing and pushing not just making a noise.

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