Comments on: Thought for Thursday: Giving Birth

By: Heath

Heath — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:39:26 +0000

No worries Kritti! I weighed 105lbs when I got pregnant and gave birth to a 9lb 2oz baby girl with NO meds, not even an aspirin, and the whole thing was over in 1 hour and 10 minutes. I think everyone is different. Mckenzie Violet popped out with no issues and believe it or not, I would do it again. Oh lord, did I just say that?

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By: Rolana

Rolana — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:00:14 +0000

Yes, I agree totally! The whole thing scares me to death. Ever since I was in nursing school and got to see it firsthand, it has put fear in me. But I really do want kids someday, it’s one of my dreams.

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By: zoe

zoe — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:02:40 +0000

i have given birth to 4 children and have to say that it is not as horrible as everyone makes it sound. i was induced with 3 and never had pain meds with any of them. i have to say i am lucky because my labors tend to be quick. the longest was 6 hours.

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By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:04:25 +0000

oh boy – child birth.
i am pretty sure i was more scared about it before i got pregnant. once i was prego, i knew there was no turning back! the classes at the hospital made me cringe a little bit – i’ll be in labor for how long? – is what i was thinking.
i had tucker @ 33 weeks. i was FREAKING. i had had contractions all day, that night i was spotting and called the birthing center. they told me to come in right away. on the way down my contractions were 3 minutes apart (i live an hour from the hospital). fun stuff i tell ya. we got there, i got in a room at 9, at 930 my water broke and that’s when i think i went into shock. i couldn’t believe i was having a baby who wasn’t due for seven more weeks. i had tucker at 1103 that night. i had no drugs as it all happened way to fast. it really was not painful at all, but then again, i was pretty much in shock from the whole experience.
i would do it over again in a heartbeat.

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By: sarah S.

sarah S. — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:57:52 +0000

I was more scared of child birth before I got pregnant. Then once I was, I knew it had to come out somehow. I had some issues with my labor which required me to have an emergency c-section and because of how the hospital did things, I was tilted slightly to keep baby off my major artery and all the epidural ran to one side so I felt the surgery on the right. Having experienced what I did, I’m a little tempted to try vaginally next time but don’t want to end up in the same position again…the only way to try preventing that is to hand pick the surgical team and make sure I don’t have the same anesthesiologist again because I DID NOT like him. Recovery after a c-section isn’t too much fun either, have to be careful with how you move, how often you move, breastfeeding can make you sore from baby’s weight on your incision…etc.

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By: April (Mrs. Velvet Cak)

April (Mrs. Velvet Cak) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:56:30 +0000

Kristi,I can relate to you on this topic. Just the stories alone have scared me off from ever having a kid. I don’t even like the smell of hospitals. I only visit people in them if I know they are going to die. I guess some people aren’t made for baby manufacturing and I happen to be one of them!lol

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By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:04:34 +0000

I was scared beyond belief. I was prepared for the worst, and when they told me I was having contrations and couldn’t feel them I was like hey this is ok, but before things could go south, they found out the girl was breech and had to do a c-sect. Which I will admit was ok. I did have pain afterwards, and still have some weird numbness around the scar now and then.

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By: amy

amy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:35:40 +0000

of course i was scared. with each child, as my due date approached, i would ask my husband, “i have a few more weeks left, right?” i even did this on my actual due date. i wanted one more week. well the baby will come when he/she is ready!
labor was scary but i would do it again. the body/mind works miracles. somehow i think the mind heals too, in preparation for one to do go through it again.
having said all this, it is the most amazing experience i will ever have. i would absolutely do it again. don’t let anyone scare you! if it’s what you want, it’s so worth it. though your life will never be the same, having children is like waking up on christmas. it’s just awesome!

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By: Nicole Barczak

Nicole Barczak — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:50:26 +0000

I remember when I got pregnant with Porter thinking “HOLY HELL there is NO turning back! I have to GO THROUGH WITH THIS!” and I was freaked as hell. I am a big wuss when it comes to pain, and the thought of squeezing…. THAT through THAT was enough to make me want to hurl. That or curl up in a hole and die.
Well, I honestly don’t remember thinking much about it during my pregnancy. I remember worrying about it a lot pre-pregnancy, but by the time I was pregnant I was just so excited to meet him. And, by the end, I was so uncomfortable and miserable that I just wanted it over with. I don’t remember thinking too much into the act of giving birth, though… I just figured I’d do it. LOL!
The night I went into labor I couldn’t sleep at all… I just thought I was having mild cramping/contractions and they weren’t painful, but I still couldn’t sleep. I was so frustrated and DONE with being pregnant that when I went in the next morning to my doctor’s appt. and they said I was 4cm dilated and I was having a baby that day I never though twice… I just thought Jesus Crimony let’s get this OVER WITH!
Labor was painful until I got my epidural. I LOVED the epidural. You can still move, and still feel things but not the pain. (at least that’s how it was for me). The pushing was a bitch, as Porter came out “sunny side up” (ie… face up, not face down) and it took 2 hours of pushing to get him out. THAT was terrible and painful, but even through that all it was so surreal and just… kind of an out of body experience.
MY worst time was the after delivery… healing. Ick. That was the worst. But, like everyone else says, I’d do it again (as you can very well see….). And, I’d probably do it a third time as well. :)
Now, this time around, there are nights I drift off to sleep and I’m kind of excited to go through childbirth again… then I wake up and I’m like “what the hell kind of drugs were you on thinking that stuff?” HAHA!

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By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:45:15 +0000

Ugh! I had a natural childbirth with an epidural that didn’t take. It was painful but you get through it. The part that I was not prepared for was the aftermath. I had a 3rd degree tear and it took a lot longer than 6 weeks for the pain from that to go away. And then even after that, it took months for me to feel normal again. The thoughts of going through it again to this day make me cringe but I would do it over and over if it meant getting more just like the little guy I have :)

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