Is labour really as bad, painful, bloody, terrifying as its made out to be and can any possible human be prepared for it?
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Miss Cookie Monster
ANSWERS: 14
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It's not any of the three, unless YOU make it that way. Childbirth is the most wonderful miraculous thing there is..ever. If you feel that way, DON'T get pregnant.
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It's not that bad, it can be bad if you fight it. I've done it twice now, and if I can give one piece of advice it would be this: Stay calm, and breathe slowly with each contraction, and do not fight it. Your body knows what it is doing and panicking or fighting it will only cause you stress and pain. Do whatever you need to do to be comfortable and listen to your body. If your body says walk, then you walk. If you need to sit, or do jumping jacks, or scream, do it. Screw the nurse if he or she wants to object. It's you who needs to do it, not them, and you do whatever it takes. If you don't want someone in the room, you don't have to have them there. Your comfort and desires are paramount. Period.
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For a second I thought you ment the Labour party, fits the description :-)
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Labor is different for everybody. I have 3 kids, and before I had my first I was scared spitless to know anything about labor & delivery. I just didn't want to know!! But it turned out to be good. I didn't feel any contractions until I was 10 cm dilated, he was born an hour & a half later.(When I got there I was already 8 cm) With my 2nd, I felt nothing but knew I was in labor - had the baby an hour after arriving at the hospital, and when I got there they wouldn't believe me that I was in labor. But they checked me out & found I was 9 cm dilated and contractions were 1 minute apart, that I couldn't feel...lol My last was a c-section. All were beautiful experiences, the best I've ever had.
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My mom said when I was born that it felt really good and I was born at hme on the dining table with just mom grandmother and my aunt present. She didn't think it was so bad and this was in the 50s in Europe. I have attended quite a few births, most at home with midwives. They have been wonderful. THe one in a hospital took awhile and she had quite a bit of pain, but needed no meds or anything other than a back rub by her hubby and mine. I think the more we treat it as a disease and something that only doctors and hospitals can take care of, the worse they are. It's true that doctors have made some deliveries safer but most of the time, they rush too much and just don't let things take place at a natural pace.
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I've never gone through it, but I am terrified! Some of the answers here really helped though. Thanks for the question.
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My labor was all that an more but mine was not normal.
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No it's not, the worst thing about is that you end up with crescent shaped cuts on the back of your hand where your wife squeezed too hard and dug her fingernails into you. More seriously (and from a male perspective) it seems to be so quickly forgotten that having a second child isn't a problem.
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It depends on the mother's tolerance for pain and the size of her baby. My FIRST baby was 10# and it was really painful. The good news is, once you hold that sweet new little life in your arms, you don't forget the pain so much as it just doesn't really matter.
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hiya please help me with my history hmk the question is why is labour wrong ???????????
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Yes it is. And no you can't really be prepared for it im my experience, although as soon as you have the baby almost all of the pain goes away immediately.I read somewhere that women tend to "forget" the pain they went through during the labor process, otherwise no one would have more than one baby. +3
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Child birth is extremely painful and can really impact the mother's emotional well-being, but once the baby is born, you generally forget about the pain. As for preparing for it, research about it. Talk with mothers, read about pregnancy, labour, birth, and raising the baby. There are several resources that you can use to help prepare yourself, but every woman's experience is different, so there is only so much books can do. Know your body.
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my mom went through this five times and she says she never go use to it. she said that if felt like someone was stabbing her repeatedly. i doubt anyone can get ready for that.
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No its not bad. If you are super scared.... Then you need to take some action. 1. Make sure you know your doc and your doc knows you real well. 2. Make sure you have everything you need there with you and prepared when you go in. (anything comforting) 3. Have the people you need on stand-by. 4. Make sure you get an epadural (that will make you not feel a damn thing) its like giving birth but not even really....giving birth just being there with everybody else. 5. Train your mind to not be scared.... its not that bad, it really isnt. Infact I dont think its bad at all. ...the only crappy thing about birth is AFTERWARDS. Your alittle sore...nothing dramatic cuz they do pretty good jobs anymore...but sometimes you might tear, or they gotta cut...and that leaves the bottom alittle sore.
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