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[Deleted User] · October 2009

I have always heard that there is something in a woman's brain that makes them kind of forget how awful childbirth is because if we truly remembered, it might prevent us from doing it again. I have to say that I don't think mine was bad at all. Maybe that's why.

Kati0105 · October 2009

I have always heard that there is something in a woman's brain that makes them kind of forget how awful childbirth is because if we truly remembered, it might prevent us from doing it again.My mom says this is the case with both childbirth and moving.

[Deleted User] · October 2009

Kati - what happend? Did you bust all of the ghosts?

Night_Sprite · October 2009

AC, have you gotten past the potential miscarriage window?

Kati0105 · October 2009

Kati - what happend? Did you bust all of the ghosts?No, I just wisely realized that in order to totally blow all of your minds in a few weeks with the awesomeness of my Halloween costume this year, I should probably remove the anticlimactic photo from last year.

ac_in_dc · October 2009

Yes! I had my first ultrasound yesterday and there was a heartbeat and a head and 4 limb buds. Since I haven't had any spotting, my m/c risk is about 3% now. Yay!

Night_Sprite · October 2009

Yay honeymoon baby. Congratulations.

crfische · October 2009

My sister in law was SO AGAINST an epidural. Like SO SO against it. Said it all the time to everyone. EVERYONE. That didn't last long. She got one reallllll quick like.

lpstl · October 2009

I think I want bec to be my birth coach, I doubt Pete would really mind.J&K, not brave, just delusional (My dr actually said if I can handle burst ovarian cysts I should be able to handle contractions and delivery ... but she could just be giving me a false sense of hope, who knows).Yes, that was my BIL. I was trying to wait until some progress was made on the case to post an update, but the legal stuff is taking forever. Anyways, he's made a miraculous recovery. There's very little brain damage, he's in a head injury rehab program now to address some memory loss and relearn some things (5th grade math, that type of stuff). He's still going to have to have a few more surgeries and a ton of dental work, so he looks pretty beat up, but other than that he's basically back to normal. He even came over last weekend and helped work on the house

. He's incredibly lucky, and ironically the whole ordeal has brought him and pete much closer together.

J&K10910 · October 2009

That's really, really good to hear lpstl! I hope he continues to recover so well, and I wish them good luck with the case.

mandapanda78 · October 2009

My hippie friend had the perfect natural birth plan- midwives, birthing centers, no epidurals. The funny thing about mother nature is she doesn't tend to get your plan outlines. Friend was in labor for 72 hours, in a hospital and very much ended up with an epidural.

BecW2be · October 2009

I took all those happy little "drug free labor! Squee!" classes and felt like I should do it, and then 11 hours after labor started I gave in and begged for one because it was so long and hard and the worst part wouldn't ease up like they kept saying it should. I felt like a big fat failure, then I got REALLY P!ssed off. No one should ever make anyone feel one way or the other before labor regarding drugs. You take care of yourself while pregnant, prepare yourself for a plethora of situations that can arise, and handle each one in the manner that's best for YOU when/if it happens. Those dipshits who scream drug free labor (!!1111!!!!bob!!!!) are the ones who had my first labor. It was pain-free, I pushed twice and it was over. They didn't experience the excruciating, gut-wrenching pain of 16.5 hours of hard labor, Transition labor for five hours like my 2nd one. So I say you pregnant ladies keep all your options open, don't fret about labor because the all end the same (with a pretty little baby!), and offer a big "fuckyoubuddy!" to anyone who tells you you HAVE to do it one way, or you SHOULD do it another. Decide when you need to.

mandapanda78 · October 2009

Bec rules.

J&K10910 · October 2009

What's transition labor?

BecW2be · October 2009

Thanks Manda!

Transition is where your cervix goes from 7cm to 10cm. It's the hardest part of the contractions, but it's also usually the quickest (less than an hour usually), followed by the urge to push. I hit 8cm and STOPPED. The contractions kept getting closer and harder, but my cervix wasn't dilating any more. I suffered for 3 hours with the cute little nurses telling me "Oh this is the short part! Only one more hour and the baby will be here! Too late for an epidural, sweetie!" Once the nurse said that for the third time, I told her to STFU and get me an epidural before someone was physically hurt. I think the demonic voice did the trick. I got the epi, actually napped for about 20 minutes during the god-awful contractions, and woke up ready to push. I think I may have had them too terrified to push me on the catheter, now that I think about it.

lpstl · October 2009

I think that's awesome advice Bec (and well, you've done this before, so you know).I'm going to try and to do everything without an epi (not because I want a medal or anything, but because women in my family haven't reacted well to them), but I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen. If I go into labor and change my mind, that's my business and anyone who doesn't like it can fuuck off

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J&K10910 · October 2009

Ah. I feel like I'd be the scariest pregnant lady ever. Despite my small stature, I tend to scare doctors. I'm thinking no one would be telling me no to anything.

lpstl · October 2009

Oh, and thank you J&K! It means a lot that he's been in your thoughts

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BecW2be · October 2009

You keep that in your head at all times, lpstl. You'll do just fine! I'd happily be your labor coach! As long as I don't have to catch the baby. I draw the line there.

lpstl · October 2009

That fine by me, as far as I'm concerned unless you have on scrubs and a medical degree there's no reason to go south of the border. I threaten Pete's life on a weekly basis about this.

BecW2be · October 2009

Oh thank God! Body fluids freak me the hell out! My midwife was all about handing me the baby immediately after I shot it out. I told her, "I just spent XX amount of hours birthing that thing. You'd better clean it up, put a cute little pink bonnet on it, THEN hand it to me. I don't need to see it before then." She kept laughing and said I'd change my mind when it finally popped out, and I had to actually stare her down and direct her to the cleaning table when I was done. No way did I need to hold the gooey, slimey baby. Not one second of bonding was missed by her taking it, cleaning it and wrapping it up for me before I held her.

lpstl · October 2009

ha!My thoughts exactly, the dr makes how much money from catching a damn baby? She can at least clean it off for me first.

thesuninherhead · October 2009

I confess that I find the whole idea of trolling ridiculous. There are enough dumb people in the world without smart people pretending to be dumb. I also confess that I don't really want to give birth if I can't get into the local birthing centre... but it's not as though you can secure a place in the birthing centre when you're not pregnant, so I'm afraid that I'll have to take whatever I get when I am pregnant.

tlv204 · October 2009

I don't know if I want to have kids anymore

FutureMrsTR · October 2009

Bec, I'm looking at your sig pic and I don't believe you that you're old enough to have 2 kids.

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