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

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Sabire · 12/04/2008 12:08

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

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tori32 · 12/04/2008 23:14

traumatic/ badly handled.

serant · 12/04/2008 23:19

scary

exciting

magical

Dalrymps · 12/04/2008 23:21

tiring
intense
amazing

mitfordsisters · 13/04/2008 17:57

too many cooks

christmaspixie · 13/04/2008 18:15

DD - terrifying, traumatic, magical
new baby due this week - scared witless, excited

TeenyTinyTorya · 13/04/2008 18:17

Long, painful, scary

to sum up - Not in control

snowleopard · 13/04/2008 18:19

long
painful
druggeduphaze

mum2oneloudbaby · 13/04/2008 18:32

long, amazing, wonderful

TinkerbellesMum · 13/04/2008 19:18

Both were very scary, first was 20 weeks and second 31. Although scary neither really hurt that much, I think the fact I was in denial helped because it meant my body didn't respond to the pain. I was quite annoyed with my second that although I was in natural labour and not in much pain I had to have a GA section because she was coming too fast and feet first.

A lot of the pain in labour is because of how you respond to it, obviously at full term you're not going to be in denial, but you can get the right mental attitude to the pain. It's never going to be painfree, but it can hurt less.

yousaidit · 13/04/2008 19:22

surreal, painful, relief!!! (all those gooey eyed photos of mums holding their babies are not really that big amazing bond but the mum in bleary eyed relief that the pain has stopped: the relief is the biggest feeling of sheer joy i have ever had!)

Kitsilano · 13/04/2008 19:27

DD1: (EMC)Exhausting,worrying,relief

DD2 (Home VBAC)Shocking, unescapable, elation

MrsTittleMouse · 13/04/2008 19:28

Actually, DH only needed one word -
brutal

MadameCh0let · 13/04/2008 19:29

Barbaric
Intense
exhausting

And then afterwards I felt

empowered
exhilarated
surreal

ScoobyDoo · 13/04/2008 19:36

Ds - Slow, relaxed & exhausting.

Dd - Intense, Pain & Relief.

harmonycremona · 13/04/2008 19:51

DS1 - bloody, traumatic, nightmare
(he's worth it!)
DS2 - calm, dignified, positive
so much better second time

shelleylou · 13/04/2008 19:58

quick hilarious and amazing

maxbear · 13/04/2008 19:58

dd exhausting, exciting, elating

ds quick, exciting, amazing

happynappies · 13/04/2008 20:18

exhausting, brutal, life-changing

Izzywhizzy · 13/04/2008 20:19

beyond my control

jammi · 13/04/2008 21:21

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VictorianSqualor · 13/04/2008 21:28

not flipping coming

jalopy · 13/04/2008 21:28

life-threatening
ageing
irreversible

Novacane · 13/04/2008 21:33

Hor...ren...dous

(but worth it)

Thomcat · 13/04/2008 21:36

a little frightening
a lot exciting
overall - amazing

snice · 13/04/2008 21:36

DD Utterly utterly dreadful
DS Much much better