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Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

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Did anyone else enjoy giving birth?

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kittylette · 03/01/2007 23:06

i did with DS1- tho had a bad tear, but i was looking forward to giving birth all through my 2nd pregnancy and really enjoyed it (homebirth in pool)

both times i had no drugs at all,

i know its only because i had quick (both 5.5 hours from start to finish) and complication free births,

my mum loved giving birth and so did my MIL - so i know im not the only one

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AitchTwoOhOhSeven · 04/01/2007 00:13

i had an induction, mrsjc, i didn't find it so bad, tbh. but then dd wasn't a big baby and all the other things that happened to you didn't happen to me. obviously i do hope that you manage to avoid it but even if you don't it won't mean things go badly for you... mine was intense, but fine. (but i don't have anythign to compare it to i guess).

themildmanneredjanitor · 04/01/2007 00:14

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expatinscotland · 04/01/2007 00:14

I'll never forget the consultant's lovely voice when she was delivering DD1 and remarked, 'Oh, your handy shouldn't be up there, wee one!'

Twinklemegan · 04/01/2007 00:15

Would LOVE to do it again???

expatinscotland · 04/01/2007 00:16

Consider surrogating.

AitchTwoOhOhSeven · 04/01/2007 00:17

pmsl at 'your handy, wee one'. can just imagine that in bonnie scotland...

hunkermunker · 04/01/2007 00:18

I have actually wondered about being a surrogate, but then I got diabetes last pg and felt really rough and I don't know if I'm quite that altruistic!

I'd do the giving birth bit again though, in a flash.

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expatinscotland · 04/01/2007 00:19

All I could think of is, 'So that's why she didn't want to come out!'

She was face up, too.

She made up for it, though, a more contented, mellow baby there was not.

merlotmama · 04/01/2007 00:19

I'd love to do it again, but now too antique. Like Norks, I suspect people think I'm mad or lying or have forgotten the horrible bits with time, but not so...pleased to see others feel the same.

merlotmama · 04/01/2007 00:21

Also loved being preg.

Twinklemegan · 04/01/2007 00:24

OMG, you're so blooming lucky! Can't imagine ever experiencing that level of pain again and coming out of it alive! Can only describe it as like being scrunched up into a ball by some huge giant and thrown forcefully against various hard objects.

AitchTwoOhOhSeven · 04/01/2007 00:25

also loved being pregnant. never felt or looked better.

AitchTwoOhOhSeven · 04/01/2007 00:26

but twinkle, maybe you won't go through that experience again, hopefully it'll be lovely next time.

merlotmama · 04/01/2007 00:27

Also conceived instantly both times, aged 35 and 39...obviously missed my vocation....should have been a breeding sow.

Mind you, having speedy births at advanced age means pelvic floor now scraping along the ground!

Twinklemegan · 04/01/2007 00:28

Oh Aitch I hope you're right!

Twinklemegan · 04/01/2007 00:30

And as I said, it was actually quite lovely in the end because my last midwife was absolutely brill and I did it all by myself! (I've come a long way since I posted my birth trauma thread a few months back )

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AitchTwoOhOhSeven · 04/01/2007 00:31

really pleased to hear that, twinkle.

merlotmama · 04/01/2007 00:32

Twinkle, fil (medical person) reckons broad rule of thumb is birth no 2 takes about half the time of birth no 1.

Now lots of mners are going to tell me he is so wrong.

Fingers crossed it works for you!

Quootiepie · 04/01/2007 00:35

I loved it! Well... I do remember waddling round the corridors with my TENS machine on saying I'd never do this again... and throwing up everywhere when you have an epidural so you can't move isn't fun... but I did love it. As soon as he was out, id though" I can't wait to do this again. Loved it loved it. Loved being pregnant - getting out of bed was hard, but, loved it. Probably hindsight just remembering the good bits!

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hunkermunker · 04/01/2007 00:39

I've never felt or looked healthier than when I was pg with DS1, but with DS2 it was a different story. Great births with both though.

I'd had appalling endometriosis and had worse period pain than labour though, so I knew what to expect - I think that helped. Plus I had breaks between contraction pain - my period pain was constant, at its worst like labour pains for most of every day for a month. And no baby at the end of it, just abdominal surgery.

Twinklemegan · 04/01/2007 00:39

You know what, someone said to me that having the stitches was worse than the labour!!! To think I was worried about an episiotomy because of that. Didn't feel the episiotomy and as for the stitches - nothing to it, especially as I finally learned how to use the g&a lol! Anyway, I'm sorry I'm such a chatterbox tonight - going to bed now so Kittylette can have her thread back

Twinklemegan · 04/01/2007 00:40

Hunker - sorry to hear about your endometriosis.

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