Most embarrassing moment of childbirth?

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As I'm now 7 weeks away from giving birth I can't stop thinking about the big day and laughing at what mortifying things are pretty likely to happen, I.e pooping in front of my fiancé, swearing in front of total strangers etc.

What's the most embarrassing thing you've done/said during labour?

I had enemas with all of mine. Why don't they do them anymore?

Oh also with my first ds I cried when the midwife took the gas and air away from me

Most embarrassing bit was now exh asleep in a chair and asking mw to shove a few stitches in anyway..
Twat.

While high on g&a with DD3 now 22, I told DH that the Corrie theme tune was playing through the g&a mask.
He later told me that I was actually humming it loudly into the mask

After my first dose of pethidine I turned to my DH, smiled and said 'I'm a happy mushroom' 🤣

None of it was embarrassing though!

After I’d had DD. She had to go to nicu. It was just me, DH and the midwife in the room sat in silence as I was resting. I think she was writing the notes.

Without warning I just let out a massive fart. DH starts laughing. I’m like ‘sorry not sure what happened there’.

I was also that wild screaming person that reacts to labour really badly. But don’t feel too embarrassed about that part as DD was back to back and those contractions were horrendous.

When I was being stitched up after my episiotomy, I turned to my husband and said ‘I’ve just farted on the nice doctor’s hand’.

I had.

I didn't poo with eith of mine . I did however with DC2 tell the midwife at fully dilated that I wouldn't be having the baby until DH had gone home to get our dog so he could ne there.

After my elective c section, pretty morphined-up ( that's my excuse) they said "recovery is full, we'll have to put you in the pool room"; i assumed it was where the midwives played pool, had a break etc. I was bleeding a lot, and the midwife said "we'll hold the pad there, I'll fetch some netting knickers". Except i thought she said knitting needles and I was in for some barbaric PPH procedure!

My most embarrassing thing was being concerned about my hemorrhoids, they had 'popped out' after pushing and delivering. I needed to push them back in because they were painful. Obviously I couldn't ask the midwife to do it, I did it myself but them my hands were all bloody from my tear.
It was horrible. I didn't want to draw attention to it. I don't know how to prevent it next time, if anyone has advice please share.

I didn't care about being naked at all! Was a bit embarrassed too about pushing my midwife away with my feet.

I shouted at the doctor trying to get the last flap of cervix over baby’s head (agony) that if she didn’t get off me I’d kick her in the head

I also repeatedly said to anyone that would listen that I was dying and nobody cares, for about 4hrs. This was several midwives, 2 doctors and my husband

Everyone's different.

Mine was deciding at 22 hours in I just wasn't doing it! I was knackered, sore, hungry and fed up! So I just tried to get off the bed and go home!

Cue then husband looking at me like I had 2 heads to be fair it was extremely daft!

I was arguing with medics and saying "I just want some tea and toast before I do the next bit"

And the best part of the story? Can't even blame any drugs as I wasn't on any at this point!

When I was at the height of labour with DS2 the midwife decided to see how far dilated I was and bent down to check - just as my waters went, all over the poor woman

Apparently I roared loudly at someone coming into the room to fuck off and leave me alone, but I don't remember that bit.

I told my midwife and her student that my skin tag on my arsehole (from first labour) had a name

I remember telling a friend quite happily after labour that I hadn’t pooed and DH was like - had no idea!

My Mum was"throughly ashamed" of my language and continually grabbing the consultant's coat and begging him to "get this creature out of me" To be fair I'd had lots of lovely gas and air 😂
"Creature" alias baby was finally born by emergency c.section.

Luna, are you sure it wasn't a pile! 😂
Surely they don't still do enemas do they? I didn't have one back in the 80's, but I remember my mum talking about it once, and thought major cringe!

I swore so much I can’t watch the birth video back without dying a little bit inside. Personal favourites were ‘my legs feel FUCKED.’ & ‘Just get me a fucking epidural.’ Then the midwife told me not to be rude

But I didn’t poo, so... every cloud.

With DS1 (now 21) I was 37 weeks and still working during the day. I woke up in the early hours of the morning in a puddle in the bed. I was convinced I had wet the bed and DH found me sobbing on the toilet about my 'accident'. It wasn't until we had changed the bed and I realised I was starting to get regular pains that it dawned on either of us that my labour had started and the puddle was my waters breaking. I hadn't packed a bag or anything so we rushed around getting everything together and he had to call my work that morning to say I wouldn't be in as I was having the baby. Needless to say we were much better prepared the second time around...!

I pooed in my second one. Worse thing was we had, had a curry the night before so it stank to high heaven! Midwife had to keep wiping as I pushed out my baby. You can't stop it so just avoid curry near then and 😂

I told the consultant he needed longer fingers with DD2. Short hands when breaking waters is baaaaaad.

I also pooped with DD1. Meh. Very discreet mopping. Pooping is good cos it means your pushing the "right" way. It should feel like your doing a poo.

I was off my tits on pethadine with DD2 and I called my best friend (and godmother to DD2) immediately after and told her how I much I loved her. That call was druggy nonsense. Much more embarrassing than poo

I said in active labour and fully dilated I was going home.... twice. I got some funny looks but in my mind I was going.

With my last baby another woman on the delivery suit was screaming like was being murdered. I was talking to a woman on post natal about it. She said it was her, her fourth and just how she did labour. She said a midwife had come in and told her to STFU as she was terrifying the the first time mums.

I swore. A lot. Just to myself really. I was swearing then apologising. With my last child in between her head coming out and waiting for another contraction I said to the four midwives in the room "that was easy, I could do this again" i got some more funny looks then too 😆

I loved giving birth. I would relive those days if I could

Lockdowneaster birth video?? If anyone had tried to video me giving birth I wouldn't have been responsible for my actions. Is that a thing now?

Not embarrassing but funny. When I was high on gas and air I was convinced I had seen an elf and was trying to convince my husband and midwife it was real.

Engaged - it was most definitely a pile 12 years ago, but now it's more like a skin tag - with a name 😂