What noises did you make in labour?

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I have been to the labour ward a few times lately, and have heard women screaming. Out of control, and in alot of pain, by the sound of it.

What noises did you make during labour?

I tend to moo once the baby is out for some reason!

I managed to get a third of the way though the last HP whilst in labour - took me about 6 weeks to get chance to finish the rest of it once DS was here though

waaghhh (in a low mooing type fashion)

Nothing with Dd, with DS, this uncontrollable, visceral moo-ing, growling type noise.

The mw kept asking if I was pushing.

Not much until that last crowning moment when I think it was sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

none - the midwife kept saying "you are allowed to make a noise you know" in a worried tone.

I did bark terse instructions to DP occasionally but didn't find "vocalising" helpful in managing the pain - just seemed like a waste of breath!

puuuuke puke puke puke

then

snore.... once the epidural was in I had a kip!

I dont recall shouting (dh doesnt remember me shouting either) but I was very verbally abusive...just generally. I believe I told the Midwife and the attending doctor to get 'this fucking thing out of me!'

the first time i was screaming like a banshee, didnt quite realise that the baby was coming NOW, thought i still had another 8 hours of pain to go.

second time i kept telling the midwife the baby was coming out and she kept telling me to calm down and get my clothes and they would give me a check in a minute, they got a shock when they checked, i wouldnt have made a sound if she had listened to me in the first place!

Unearthly braying like a demented donkey according to DH. I remember hearing weird noises and not realising they were coming from me. And when the baby's head was crowning, I just screamed 'Oh fuuuuuuuuck it huuuuuuuuurts'

a grinding noise.

It was very weird, lots of breathing and then this grrrrrrrrrrreeeerrrrr.

Then I started to sing- the M thought that was brilliant. It was the kind of singing you do after you've been on the helium balloons.

ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I wanted to bear down but was being pushed to theatre. I did feel sorry for all the women who were in early stages of labour and had to witness me going past roaring my head off

very little with ds1 (epidural)

screaming and obsessive repeating of words and phrases with ds2 (nasty, brutish and short transition-to-birth phase, no pain relief)
I remember pausing for a split-second before screaming, thinking 'I can actually get through without this scream', and then 'oh, fk it - AAAAAAARGH'. It helped. I suppose it must sound horrid to someone outside the situation, though.

normally quiet ish
moo a bit

this time had syntocin drip and epidural wore off at transition

i did a bit of angry shouting at mw ' it BLOODY HURTS' and long low moaning

Butterfky - A friend told me syntocin drip makes the contractions hurt more is this true?
I had a drip as well but have no idea as it was my first so have nothing to compare it to

I moo'd - apparently!

well they told me if i had syntocin they advised epidural ( and this is what i did) they did not say that it hurt more but that there was no slow build up just straight into pain

That must be what my friend meant. Thanks buterfly

No, I screamed. I really did. It bloody hurt. It was very fast though.
Screaming didn't just 'happen' though, I was just, well it was like I had to do something, and it seemed the only thing really.

I have never, ever known how to scream but I did it just to try and help with the pain. It didn't do much tbh.

I cant remember what noise I made with DS1 AND ds2. But remember going into labour room with Ds3 and, although I was just in throws of agony to come, I could hear woman MOOing in next room and, I remember saying to Mum (who was BP) Oh God, she is Mooing, that will be me soon. My mum laughed and thought I was just being hysterical untill 2 hours later, clutching a G and A pipe, I was moooooing like a cow having sextruplets! I was never aware of that deep, animal sounding moan you make when you are pushing baby down, until DS3. I think if they recorded it, it would put a lot of teenagers off having babies early. It isnt a sound I would want to hear nor a sound I would want to make again but I bet the Midwives have a good giggle later on.

ohh, this thrread has so put me off having more babies. I grooooaned into the gas and air pipe. I remember pleading with the doctor attaching the ventouse to ds 'please don't, you're hurting me, please no....'

Screamed so loudly when DS1 was pulled out with forceps that I hurt my throat, with DD screamed solidly for over 2 hours as I was stuck at 9cm and not allowed to push, delivered in theatre by ventouse as last attempt before Caesarean. She was 10lbs 11oz . I made so much noise with DD that the midwife from the next room asked mine to give me more pethidine as it was distressing her patient ,

these are cracking me up...lol seriously

I did caveman grunts and wails... to my surprise I only went 'ow that hurts' when DS2 was crowning (DS1 epidural etc so very different!) Next time I watched Finding Nemo and the tank fish did the initiation of Nemo with the ring of fire (ahem!) the chanting and wailing reminded me of my labour!