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Humour me mummies.... 3 words that best describe your labour and birth

77 replies

Sabire · 12/04/2008 12:08

...boring....long....exhilerating....painful....exciting....excruciating....terrifying....confusing. ...primitive....sickmaking....empowering.....thrilling....quick.....exhausting....shocking...

sub stitute your own words if you like....

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JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 12/04/2008 12:10

dreaded
traumatic
life-altering

Sabire · 12/04/2008 12:10

Should add, mine would be

First time around: long, boring, exciting (go figure)
Second time: painful, confusing, shocking
Third time: excrucitating, primitive empowering

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TotalChaos · 12/04/2008 12:10

long, painful, messy.

BBBee · 12/04/2008 12:11

empowering
alive
instincitve

magnolia74 · 12/04/2008 12:12

1st birth: Quick, Scary, Amazing.

2nd Birth (twins): Exciting, Hard, Weird.

3rd Birth (preemie by c section): Really Bloody Terrifying.

4th Birth (c section placenta previa) : agical, Calm, Fantastic!

burstingbug · 12/04/2008 12:12

DS1
Long
Exhausting
Exciting

DS2
Quick
Empowering
Exhilerating

magnolia74 · 12/04/2008 12:12

agilcal = magical

ib · 12/04/2008 12:14

long
calm
wonderful

nell12 · 12/04/2008 12:19

exhausting
messy
wonderful

suwoo · 12/04/2008 12:22

1st one, near death experience
2nd one, positive elective section.

MerlinsBeard · 12/04/2008 12:26

DS1...terrifying, quick, painful
DS2..amazing, rocket speed, exhilerating (i know thats 4 but couldn't condense!)
DS3..quiet, quick, calm

popsycal · 12/04/2008 12:29

ds1: surreal, calm, straightforward
ds2: quick, frantic, and er, quick

Nbg · 12/04/2008 12:30

dd - exciting, worrying, amazing
ds1 - a challenge, wonderful, relief
ds2 - very quick, shocking, nice

Bumperlicious · 12/04/2008 12:35

quick exhausting uncomfortable

Lizzylou · 12/04/2008 12:38

DS1 - Long, surreal, wonderful
DS2 - Funny, painful, undignified

katyt1 · 12/04/2008 12:42

ds1 - long, tiring, wonderful
ds2 - breech, undiganosed, c-s

Stais86 · 12/04/2008 12:58

I had toget an Emergency C-section after 12 hours of birth because DS's cord was round his neck twice and strangling him so his heart was just about stopping everytime I had a contraction. The three thing I would say are, 1.Terrifying 2.Upsetting 3.Worth It!
I know that's 4 but hey.

mom2latinoboys · 12/04/2008 12:58

ds1-- surprising, empowering, wonderful
ds2--short, intense, thrilling

Stais86 · 12/04/2008 12:59

sory that was meant to be 12 hours of labour not birth LMAO.

Nyeh · 12/04/2008 13:17

1st - Fuzzy, Frustrating, Lovely

2nd - Long, frustrating, fabulous

(Midwives tend to ignore how my body works, hence the frustrating)

jingleyjen · 12/04/2008 13:20

DS1 = long tiring amazing
DS2 = fast painful exhilerating

WallOfSilence · 12/04/2008 13:20

dd long sore tough

ds fast painful nice

both: Bloody Hard Work

Womba1 · 12/04/2008 13:21

DS1 - (James was born asleep)
sad
agonising
life-changing

DS2 - (emergency section after 28 hours of labour)
long
terrifying
mindblowing

DD - (elective section)
nerve-wracking
uncomfortable
incredible

MrsTittleMouse · 12/04/2008 13:24

Long, exhausting, traumatic
or to put it into a 3 word sentence
Still suffering now

wiredtothemoon · 12/04/2008 13:26

intense
primal
wonderful