Did you cry?

[grace7]

Did any of you cry at any stage of labour? Just curious to know. I remember getting a bit teary in the part before transition, think I was pretty delirious.

I think I credit when they were trying to place my epidural. I couldn’t stay still as the contractions were so painful and they had to turn off the drip. I was worried they weren’t going to let me have it as it would have been too dangerous with me squirming around. That was the bit my husband found the worst part of labour as well. He didn’t seem bothered by instrumental delivery but said afterwards he was really scared when they were trying to give me the epidural that something would go wrong because I just couldn’t stay still.

Cried not credit.

I did, I'd been a labour nearly 3 days and I'd just had enough and didn't want to do it anymore, then my waters broke and the midwife tried to get me to straddle a stool which obviously when your bit are already sore hurt like a bitch and I ended up crying saying I didn't want to do this anymore and the baby could stay in there 😂😂

I cried with my first once I realised I was actually in labour and not just needing a massive poo! Then I cried when she was born, but it was because I found the whole thing completely traumatic. I didn't cry when my second was born. Maybe I've got a heart of stone 😂

I cried on day 3 of waiting on the induction ward full of non-headphone-using twats. They’d just told me that delivery suite was again too busy and I’d have to go through a third night of no sleep before they could start the second stage of my “emergency” induction.

Can’t remember first time but second time I cried over the phone to triage when they told me to wait at home a bit longer.

I didn't cry, at any of it.

With both I cried straight afterwards, I think with a mixture of the trauma,?elation that it was over and emotion at being presented with the baby. There’s a photo of me with DD2 where I’m holding her and kind of laughing and crying at the same time. DH managed to capture EXACTLY how I felt at that moment.

No I didn't cry at all and I cry very easily. Midwife said I had completely retreated inside myself as didn't make a noise or speak to anyone.

I cried with both of mine as they were in my arms. I didn’t expect to and it caught off guard. No idea why as I tend to cry easily IRL

I cried with pain and then relief when they put my epidural in.

When dd was actually born there were no tears, I looked at her and thought "you look nothing like I imagined, god those bright lights must hurt your eyes"

And then cried at everything ever (mum giving me a biscuit, not being able to find a sock, peeing over my stitches) when my milk came in. That wasn't fun!

Only once when my LO was placed in my arms. I thought i would have cried more as pregnancy made me very teary

No I didn't cry, not even after DD had been born, I just think I was in absolute shock because she's shot out like a bullet!

I cried a little in the early stages of induction, it was only bad period pain type sore but it hurt. Dh had gone for something to eat and I think the cleaners thought we'd had a row and he'd gone, they said 'oh why are you crying?'. Because I'm in labour and it bloody hurts you berks.

Yes I’m early labour when I was singing along with possibly The Cure and DH burst into tears because of how much he loved me and how strong I was being and then I comepletely lost it and started weeping too 😂

Not during my labour no. I was "in the zone" and it wasn't the kind of pain to cause crying, it was overwhelming and primal, but not scary, it just felt kind of inevitable. It was quick though, I can imagine having cried from tiredness frustration of a long labour, definitely!

I cried when my baby was handed to me though, and many, many times from then on.

Not at all

Yeah. Shitloads.

I did with 1 and 3. With 1 it was because it was going on for ages and I was fed up. With 3 there was no reason other than I just felt emotional. I was then laughing minutes later because apparently the gas and air was making my feet tickle

Cried at the end of all of them, but nowhere near as much as DH. The bit that surprised me the most was the vomiting. No one had told me that was a possibility.

No crying - bit of swearing and quite a few owws. No tears when they were born (either time - not twins) - incredulity and exhaustion the first time and smiling the second time after a momentary surprise that she wasn’t a boy ( was convinced she was going to be)

No I didn't cry but I was shaking for a bit. Not sure if it was a sort of shock, I wasn't cold.

Oh and another thing, when my son was handed to me, I was mesmerised by him, I smelt his forehead like an animal it didn't smell of anything he was pure.

Yes! And I never cry - I couldn't stop myself and was blubbering "I don't know why I'm crying" to the midwife. It was a strange emotional onslaught that I had no control over

No crying with any of my 3.
I did announce loudly,with pure amazement when dd1 was placed in my arms "it's a...baby" 🙄
I blame the drugs.