Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Just curious (esp. for those who went natural)
Did you scream during labor? Random, I know. The nurses looked at me like I was insane lol. I definitely panicked and screamed during transition. Was I the only one?
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Re: Just curious (esp. for those who went natural)
Yep. I screamed...loud!!
It was to the point that my OB told me that my screaming was wasting energy,
I didn't care. I had no plans to go med free, I wanted the epi, but progressed too fast. I got to the hospital at a 4 and was a 10 in an hour and had her 25 minutes later.
Hell yes I screamed.
I screamed, grunted, and made horrible faces, And these were not the Hollywood movie type labor screams- I know I sounded and looked like a freakshow. My active labor basically went right into transition and those contax were PAINFUL (no epi), So I didn't even care- anything to get her out!
DH recorded the delivery with the video cam, and it will be a LONG time before I am ready to watch!
This!! I dialated to 6cm before my epi gave me complete relief and during that time I wanted silence in the room and did not want anyone talking to me. I was silent, other than my breathing techniques.
Holy crap. I was 4cm when I got to the hospital at 9am and didn't give birth until 4:21pm. I cannot imagine doing it without the epi.
That was basically my experience too. Maybe we screamed because we wanted the epi so bad and they said no? lol
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I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. ~ Alice
Oh man. I screamed at anyone who walked in the door to give me drugs! I screamed at everyone in the vicinity of me. I feel bad looking back on it. I yelled at my mom. She is the one that took me to the hospital ( she was in town to help he prepare for baby and i happened to go into labor while she was there). DH told me that mom took a picture of my OB because all he wore was cargo shorts, a tshirt and boot covers. She thought it was funny. I thought she was taking a picture of my lady parts and I told her, "You better put that shiiit away!." That is so not me. I was in so much pain that I didn't care if I hurt someone's feelings.
This! I almost think that my MWs would've been more comfortable if I'd been screaming, though: everyone was whispering around me and I could tell that they were just staring at me...I don't think quiet was the norm where I delivered! I just didn't have the energy to make noise AND stay on top of the contractions.
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I screamed during pushing and I had an epidural!
As I explained to my DH - I wasn't so much in pain (thanks epidural) but the pressure was amazingly crazy - and letting out some noise actually helped me focus my pushing much better than holding my breath (which was what the nurse had me doing).
I didn't scream but I sure as hell yelled. I remember hearing another woman yell down the hall at one point and I yelled back, "I feel ya sister!"
ETA: I went natural for 18 hours and was going through transition at 6cm. I could not stop myself from pushing so that with the pain of a sunny side up baby def. caused some yelling. I ended up getting the epi after I was told pitocin or c/s.
Moe told me that I was scaring the other patients toward the end. He said that the other patients were begging for epidurals. I was screaming like nothing I had done before.
By the way, David's picture is adorable! He looks so cute and is getting so big! I hate how fast they grow up