OBEM?

[mynameis]

Ooh thought this had finished last week?

oh poor sam after all that, a c-section, she must be quite scared. not sure her partner is helping much, thank god for her mum!

everlong

oh no, how awful!

But I will re-judge in 8 weeks time when I've put my own pain threshold to the test!

Aaanyway - back to the programme...
I feel sorry for her if she doesn't want a c-section.

Totally agree with shiny and Toby.

I didn't realise that this was a 'i've had the most painful labour competition' thread

I once had a splinter that made me cry.

It isn't a competition. But it is important that people realise that sometimes, it has nothing to do with ability to cope, pain threshold or fear. SOmetimes it is just unbearable beyond having the will to live.

I have given birth twice. I had many drugs with the first to try to help me cope. I screamed and crawled and thought the bed and walls were eating me. I wished I was dead. I suffered PTSD from the experience.

I had no drugs with the second as despite being agony, it never ever reached the stage it had at just 2cm with my first.

everlong, I think I've just explained how the hell I know that!

I am due in 6 weeks time and am dreading it!!! Mind you so is my DH. I am sure I am going to be a nightmare....

This is filling me with confidence for my own baby's birth.

Yay look - Joy's got her dinner!

:o

Viagra - when are you due?

why didnt the useless dad go in?

There was clearly something not going the way it should with Kay's birth. I expect whatever it was was responsible for her intolerable pain.

Not until august! It's good to be prepared though right?

Starlight - your experience shows only that you had one labour more painful than the other to you. That doesn't mean that labour was more painful than another woman's because it's impossible to know or to measure this in any meaningful way.
So the women on OBEM may be judged by all of us to be doing better than we did or to be making a huge fuss. It will always only ever be a highly subjective opinion that has no universal application.

Aww what a lovely baby - first sign of affection seen between Ed and Sam too. I do love a happy ending.

aah, i feel guilty now.
my dh had that look on his face no doubt

Viagra try not to worry. It wouldn't make good TV if they didn't show the most dramatic/sensational parts.

Sam's got a beautiful baby girl

Or perhaps, Starlight, her hysteria and incredible tension stopped her body from performing as it should. Either way, she's got a healthy baby now, and that's what matters.

Well, that and that Joy has her dinner.