Did anyone else not have the urge to push during labour?

[Lemonfizzypop]

I could manage the contractions whilst dilating but HATED pushing, I felt no urge and didn't even really feel the contractions, I kept having to ask them to confirm I was having one! Dd was sideways and took 2 hours to push out . Luckily she was never in distress so I didn't have any intervention (apart from episiotomy)

I'm a bit traumatised from the pushing part (okay it was only 5 weeks ago but still), anyone had the same experience? Did you have the urge during subsequent labours? Oh I was induced if that makes a difference!

DC1 I had no urge to push. Just pushed when I felt something resembling a contraction. Took over 2 hours.

DC2 massive urge to push, couldn't have stopped it if I tried. Out in a few pushes.

I don't know anyone who this has happened to in real life though.

I felt a very urgent need to push. But it definitely wasnt how people often describe it as the same as the urge to poo, it was quite literally the feeling of needing to push a baby out of my vagina! Like a crampy force that made my stomach stuck in spasm

And yes to feeling traumatised. ..i genuinely thought i had post traumatic stress for weeks after. I remember the midwife coming into bay an hour or so after birth and asked how i was and i told her i felt weird and like i was having horrible flash backs of the pain and she just looked at me confused and said "but you feel ok yeah?good" and walked off...yeah cheers. I definitely thought i was going to die through sheer pain!