What does it actually FEEL like?

[Sammystar]

iu know when somebody is really constipated and they kind of grunt (well they do on tv lol) well i suppose thats kind of part of why you make the noise to help push

OMG i remember making that noise too, its totally uncontrollable its like a huge grunt . i rememebr a few minute after having Evie a woman a few doors down was SCREAMING her head off, and the midwife just look at me and said " its ok you were'nt as noisey as that!", poor woman .

I kind of roared, I just couldn't stop myself! I was so embarrassed but it just came up out of me and I couldn't control it. I've never made a sound like that before or since!

I can't lie though, it's bloody awful pain, but you just have to keep saying to youself that with each one, you get closer to meeting your LO, that makes it easier.

 

[x-kirsty-x]

why did i read this

Sorry to go completely off topic but is the picture of a baby in your sig meant to have red eyes and stuff.

It looks scary

Lol yer it is anyone who knows me in person believes it will have horns and a fork tail .. my mates think its appropriate for me and check my scan pics for evidence lol.

Oh ok, I understand now

 

[Eveadel]

Ah this poor girl, I really didnt think labour was as bad as what I envisaged and that is the truth

 

[smurf]

why did i read this

I was thinking this too

 

[mrs_tommo22]

For me personally it started off as period pains and just got worse! All my contractions were in my back due to babys position and i was in agony, i think its less painful if the contractions are inh your bump.

 

[claire81]

I find that i can't explain the pain, just a pain thats worse than any big poo , period pain, upset tummy, or infact any other pain ive ever felt, and i've had my foot run over!!

 

[Vicki & Nathan]

ok im beginning to wish i hadnt started reading this now

 

[budge]

This might sound like a stupid question but I wonder what labour actually feels like. Someone once told me it was like having period pains, but 10 times worse. Someone else said it was like being punched on your stomach, really hard. Or is it just like an upset tummy?

i could tell you what its like from my experience. but thats no good. you might have a completely different experience. wait and see for yourself. its your own unique experience.

 

[jemz24]

my experience was horrible. to me it feels like constpation period pain x 100 i asked my mum to kill me coz it was unbearble. i had to go thru it naturally coz gas and air was making me throw up. the midwives didnt believe me when the baby was commin out they went out next thing the head was commin thru and they legged it back in lol. the head when its emerging its like a burnin sting sensation. but once its all over the relief is just amazing.

try not to worry my baby is well worth it, i wouldnt change her for the world. u will feel the same way too

 

[Redshoes]

I had contractions up to being 7cm dilated and I didn't think they hurt at all, it was like a tight pressure with hot and cold sensations, and my OH rubbing my thighs helped for some reason hehe but I had backpain which did hurt (baby was back to back) I was later induced with an oxytocin drip, that made me want to die, the pain was unbelievable, it was far from natural or anything my body could cope with. I believe if you go into it thinking it will hurt, it will, try to see it as a natural process, like a period, you will feel it but to what degree can be lessened if you think positive and stay calm

 

[Babylicious]

I had contractions up to being 7cm dilated and I didn't think they hurt at all, it was like a tight pressure with hot and cold sensations, and my OH rubbing my thighs helped for some reason hehe but I had backpain which did hurt (baby was back to back) I was later induced with an oxytocin drip, that made me want to die, the pain was unbelievable, it was far from natural or anything my body could cope with. I believe if you go into it thinking it will hurt, it will, try to see it as a natural process, like a period, you will feel it but to what degree can be lessened if you think positive and stay calm

Mine was very similar to red shoes, although I was in labour for 28 hours and was cut too or I would have tore badly - Hurts like hell and I wanted to die too

 

[Misslarue]

This might sound like a stupid question but I wonder what labour actually feels like. Someone once told me it was like having period pains, but 10 times worse. Someone else said it was like being punched on your stomach, really hard. Or is it just like an upset tummy?

At first it wasn't that bad at all. In fact I remember sitting there happily sucking on gas and air, feeling quite high and thinking, Oh I could do this just on gas and air.


What an idiot!!
Because Dan was 4 weeks early and my waters had broke the day before I was put on an IV drip. Once that kicked in, well Redshoes, I agree with you the pain was unbearable and I remember shouting that I couldn't do this any longer........I needed putting out of my misery!
I did have pethidene, which I really regret. It made me so drowsy, I was drifting in and out of consciousness and I think that I may have coped better if I was more focused.
All labours are different and so are people. I for one am a wimp and can't handle pain at all! In fact my OH knew it was going to be bad as I once cried when I had constipation!
Its true though hun, once you are holding your lil one, you won't care. It will all be worth it

 

[Mice_Elf]

Ooh...labour...yes..... LOL.

Mine was long and protracted. Waters broke at 9am Saturday morning. By 6pm Saturday night the contractions were strong enough to stop me in my tracks.
By 2am Sunday morning they were agonising. I couldn't sit with the contractions - it was like someone shoving a blunt, ice-cold / red-hot knife into the base of my spine, so the only position I found "comfy" was standing, leaning over the bed.
At 4am Sunday morning I asked for something to help as I was nearly in tears with the pain and I was exhausted, having not slept much the previous two nights either.
4 minutes later I threw up the painkillers that they gave me.
At 6am Sunday morning I was taken down to Labour Ward, where I was told that there was no one to assist, so best thing I could do was have a bath. (!!!!)
An hour and 10 minutes later, after constantly topping up the just-about-warm water, the Day Shift arrived to set me up on Gas & Air.
At 2pm Sunday afternoon, I'd had enough and was falling asleep between contractions (for those precious few seconds) and occasionally didn't have enough energy to lift the gas & air mouthpiece up. We discussed options and I decided that I would have an epidural, if only to give me a break as my contractions were "coming like doozies" according to the midwives.
At 3pm Sunday afternoon, I threw up on Gas & Air. Queue having to get changed while shattered, having contractions with barely 6 seconds in between each one and bizarrely, needing the toilet!
At 5:45pm the anaesthetist finally arrived (having been in theatre) to administer the epidural.
At 9pm I still hadn't moved from 9cm (which I got to at around midday) so more options were discussed and it was deemed necessary for me to have a C-Section as it was now 36 hours since my waters had broken.
At 10:40 Sunday night Erin was finally born via C-Section!

Agonising, yes. Painful, oh yes. Exhausting, definitely. Would I do it again? Yes. In a heartbeat. Throughout it all though, I didn't make a sound - just grimaced and breathed through each contraction. No screaming or grunting, or pooing!




This is, however, just my experience. My colleague's wife was also pregnant with her first and was barely in labour for 2 hours. She sailed through labour and birth. Each labour, each birth, each person is completely different.

 

[laetitia85]

OMG why does it last so long? why can't it just last an hour?? i'm scared now...

 

[little*red]

OMG why does it last so long? why can't it just last an hour?? i'm scared now...

Thats what i thought wehn i was pregnant, i had this dreaded fear of being in agonising pain for hours on end. However it isnt actually as bad as the pain goes away in between contactions so you get a minute or two to recover before it starts again.

 

[foxymum]

This might sound like a stupid question but I wonder what labour actually feels like. Someone once told me it was like having period pains, but 10 times worse. Someone else said it was like being punched on your stomach, really hard. Or is it just like an upset tummy?

i could tell you what its like from my experience. but thats no good. you might have a completely different experience. wait and see for yourself. its your own unique experience.

agree completely with Budge, i have had 3 & every labour has been different & every baby different.
please don't listen to any scary stories ( not on here, but you get told a lot from family/friends) because every woman has a different pain thresh hold too, so what one woman will cope with another won't etc.
just go with the flow & what will be will be!!
i hope you have an easy time, i did with my 1st was 19 yrs old, wasn't sure if i was in labour as all the pains were in my back.

by the time i decided to get down the the hospital, my waters broke tin the car & Georgia was born 21 mins after i reached the hospital
i arrived fully dilated & the midwifes couldn't believe it!! 2 pushes & she was born

Josh & Louie were another story though hun

good luck babe & please try not to worry, look at what you get at the end

 

[JSS]

I coped fine on the gas and air for quite a while, but they kept turning up the IV drip. Eventually my contractions were coming one on top of the other with no break at all and I screamed at the midwife to bloody turn the drip down and get me an epidural. As soon as the epidural was in it was a breeze. It was such relief. I was fine until i had to start pushing. This was so hard! Especially coz i couldnt feel my contractions and had no sensation to push. I just felt a pressure on my bum that hurt a lot. Dont get me wrong... i was nearly crying...saying i couldnt do it...but eventually managed. My advice would be to go in with an open mind... if you are in pain get an epidural...its one of your choices..and it made the actual labour (up to the pushing stage) so much better. I'd do it again...maybe not right now...my boy is only 3 weeks old

 

[jools221181]

This might sound like a stupid question but I wonder what labour actually feels like. Someone once told me it was like having period pains, but 10 times worse. Someone else said it was like being punched on your stomach, really hard. Or is it just like an upset tummy?

i could tell you what its like from my experience. but thats no good. you might have a completely different experience. wait and see for yourself. its your own unique experience.

Exactly-every person and every labour is different!

I thought the urge to push felt like how it feels to be sick but the opposite end! Does that make sense? Like when you are being sick you can't stop it?!

 

[hipukritus]

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