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what was the first thing you said after the birth of your baby?

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babyonboard · 30/01/2006 13:59

Just wondering what the first thing all you ladies said (or yelled) after giving birth.
My dp has constantly made fun of me since our ds was born in november, as I literally hollered 'it's over!!!!!' ...loud enough for unoccupied midwives at the station to dash in and congratulate us.
Nothing like the teary..'oh my gosh he's beautiful' i expected.
Little did i know it was far from over as i then had retained placenta and had to go into theatre and get a spinal block to have it removed..but thats another story....

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fuzzywuzzy · 30/01/2006 19:38

Twiglettt...ummm you really wanted to see your placenta??? If you have anymore, you can put it in your birthplan, please do not dispose of placenta till I've inspected it....or summat

Twiglett · 30/01/2006 19:38

I just wanted to see it .. I didn't want to eat it .. its not really that weird is it?

fuzzywuzzy · 30/01/2006 19:47

Noooo of course it isn't, Rhubarb got to see hers.

Dp saw mine, but I am riiillllly squeamish, bleurgh is all I can think about looking at it.

fisil · 30/01/2006 19:47

DS1
Out loud (calmly) "Why don't you let dp have the first cuddle?"
In my head (screaming) "Go away go away go away. Especially you and that baby. Yes, you two that caused all this pain."

DS2
Out loud (screaming) "It's a baby! Look! A baby! It's my baby! We made that baby! Look it's a baby!"
In my head (calmly) "wow, must keep sucking on this tube of gas and air!"

Oh, and placentas. I saw both. Ds1 was like a text book illustration. Ds2's was like one of those "smoker's lung" photos, all black and whizened and in lots of little bits. Not including the bit that stayed inside and popped out one night when he was a week old.

teacups · 30/01/2006 19:47

"Do her ears stick out like yours?" - there had been some comments on a late scan about her ears and as DH resembles FA cup I was anxious to see if DD would need to grow her hair quickly....

Ears were fine BTW.

devilJARM · 30/01/2006 19:51

Jessica : "She's dead isnt she" (Not breathing, and rushed out of the room - didnt see her for 10 minutes)

Rebecca : "another girl!" followed by "I aint EVER doing that again!"

foundintranslation · 30/01/2006 19:52

to ds: 'hello'
to the doctor who congratulated me: 'thank you'
to everyone: '20 past 7 [pm]' as nobody else had bothered to look at the time...

flutterbee · 30/01/2006 20:13

"Is he OK"
"Are you sure he's OK"
"look what we did, we got our little boy"

Blub blub sob sob.

SwimmingUpHillThroughCustard · 30/01/2006 20:21

what is it!..erm..a dog!

no we had chosen our girls name and said apart from not having one good boys name, we would feel as though we'd lost Eve if it wasnt a girl!..daft eh!

funnygirl · 30/01/2006 20:41

"What do we have then?" to Dh and "I hope you're good at embroidery!" to the midwife who was stitching my tear. Dh wont let me forget that one!

Pruni · 30/01/2006 20:45

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Ellbell · 30/01/2006 20:47

I think it went something like 'Ohrafirlidlxinbchcicheicertylchswqeicheraarghaaaaaaaargh'.

Not sure exactly, but it was something like that.

Posey · 30/01/2006 20:49

Bloody hell, its a boy.

(We don't do boys in my family)

leggymamba · 30/01/2006 20:50

me: boy or girl?
dh: guess
me: I donn't think this is the time for party games!

FrannyandZooey · 30/01/2006 20:51

Snap, Edam!

"Oh it's you!"

paolosgirl · 30/01/2006 20:52

I said hello to both of them

motherinferior · 30/01/2006 20:59

Twiggy, my placenta was fascinating. Absolutely huge, the size of the baby, I was rivetted.

7777777 · 30/01/2006 21:01

has he got 666 on his head

UCM · 30/01/2006 21:02

He's got white hair

Tiggerish · 30/01/2006 21:03

ds "Happy Birthday"!!
dd "hello there! Why the awful rush?" - 45 minute labour and born in the doorway of the ladies loo.

CaptainDippy · 30/01/2006 21:04

This thread is halarious!!!! Erm, accessing memory banks.....

DD1

Me: "Hello Angel, Oh Angel, My Angel, Angel...."
DH: "It's got girl flaps, it's got girl flaps!" (we were convinced DD1 was going to be a boy, no particular reason!!)

DD2

Me: Absolutely no idea. I was as high as a kite and couldn't even hold her - probably mumbled something insane and completely irrelevent like "mmmm, badgers, oh yes, badgers, mmmmmm" I was whacked out completely.
DH: "Oh Deb, it's girl, another girl, a girl!" (I do remember that bit, we had really wanted another girl and were chuffed to pieces!!)

CaptainDippy · 30/01/2006 21:08

I inspected my placenta with DD1 - was HUGE and all mashed up in bits (a good proportion was still inside me it turned out - NICE!!)

Placenta with DD2 wasn't so closely inspected - a.) I didn't have an hour of stitching in which to peruse it! b.) I passed out - I do remember it was pretty tiny and puny compared to my 1st one - Convinced that is why she came early, poor wee mite.

Twiglett · 30/01/2006 22:09

pmsl at "mmmm, badgers, oh yes, badgers, mmmmmm"

linnywith2 · 30/01/2006 22:16

dd-- "never again"
ds--"never again and i mean it this time"

kama · 30/01/2006 22:18

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