Not to be gross, but I'm sure most of us would prefer not to have the #2 thing happen as part of L&D.
I'm sure in the moment you don't care, but I'm hoping there is some kind of way or tactic to avoid it. But not sure there's anything to control whether this happens or not.
Re: Can you avoid this during delivery...
Our hospital gives you an enema when you arrive to give birth, that way everything is out before you get to that position.
You can refuse it if you want but we've been told that it's easier for you to give birth if it's empty back there.
I wasn't nervous about this until after our childbirth class when DH learned it could happen. Now he keeps joking about it (just to me). If it happens (fine) and he tells ANYONE... I will hurt him.
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I don't think there's any way to avoid it, and honestly if you have an epi you might not even know it happens until afterward! When you're pushing, they tell you to bear down like you're taking a poop, so if there's something in there it's understandable why it might come out.
I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure the doctors and nurses have seen it all, and your DH/SO might be more grossed out by the other aspects of delivery than that anyway.
It's not the #2 I'd be worried about, it's the passing gas! That is way more embarassing, IMO- and way more awkward! I didn't do it during delivery but I did it when the doctor was re-positioning my legs. (I had an epi and had no control of my legs.) I was sooooo embarassed, everyone pretended they didn't hear anything...LOL. FWIW- I didn't go #2 during delivery!
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Honestly, I know it's gross and embarrassing but just remember you wouldn't be the 1st person to poop on the table. And apparently they scoop it up so quick that you wouldn't even know you did it.
For me, I poop when I'm in a lot of pain, so I must have went #2 at least 3 times before getting my epi. I cleaned myself out pretty good before pushing.
I'm not sure if it'll prevent anything or if I'm just increasing the risk, but I've been trying to eat more fiber this past week so I can maybe "clear out" my system a bit before the big day.
It'll probably happen anyway, but at least I won't have to be embarrassed by a bunch of backed up rabbit poops.... I guess.
THIS!! You do NOT want to be pushing out a poop right after having a baby. It is freaking awful. Don't worry about pooping on the table. It's really a non-issue. I pooped, and knew I was pooping b/c I didn't have an epi, and did. not. care.
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We went to a childbirth class yesterday and the L&D nurse teaching the class has been a L&D nurse for over 25 years and she said that she would estimate that maybe 1 in 20 women actually poop on the table.
THIS. Who cares? There is way more gross stuff going on that a small piece of poop. I mean, it's def. not the time to be modest. Enema's scare me.
This literally made me LOL.
I was worried about this a little earlier on during the pregnancy but now I'm kinda like "if it happens, it happens". I'm just so anxious about the laboring/birthing experience overall I can't focus on one overwhelming aspect at a time. lol. I have a very "nervous" stomach so I'm hoping that I clean out my system during the early stages of labor so I'll be on empty when it's time to push.
This. I've seen about 10 vaginal deliveries, and I think it happened in almost all of them. It was always just a small amount of stool, and a nurse would wipe it off and change the pad under the laboring mom really quick.
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this. I was certain I pooped on the table, I didn't but to be quite honest, at that point I couldn't have cared less.
I've pretty much just told myself that it's going to happen- that way, if it doesn't, I'll be proud of myself :P
DH is staying away from the lower half of me during labor, anyway. And doctors and nurses have seen EVERYTHING, so who cares? That's my take on the situation.
Ditto this. I would say make sure you take a good poop before getting that epidural. I never pushed out a full term baby, but I know my mom said that pooping during the earlier parts of labor cleaned her out and she didn't poop on the table. I also poo'd in early labor with my first, and I have to say it made life a lot more comfortable for the unique delivery.