I don't know if a thread like this has been shared, but maybe there will be more as more of us have our babies -
Share funny or embarrassing stories that happened during labor!
For me, there were a bunch of nurses in the room, and I am pretty particular about people touching me and especially touching my butt. I don't like it. I was laying on my side and pushing, and I could feel a nurse kind of pushing/pulling on my butt area. I was minutes from giving birth and being kind of rude (sorry, nurses!), and I said, "What are you doing, and could you stop please?" and she said, "Well, you pooped, so I'm trying to hold the poop so it won't get on you." She said she also cleaned me up and pushed the hemorrhoids back in a little. Bless her!
Any funny moments from your L&D experience?
Re: Birth bloopers
This was my worst fear during labour but the midwife at birth class told me it happens to the majority of women during the pushing stage and that we won't know about it!
Dec '12 & Jan '15
We all had a good laugh.
Other than that, it was a pretty quick and not too painful labor, and baby and I are healthy, so there are definitely worse things.
Baby #2: My water broke as I swung my leg over the bed to sit up and get my epidural. The nurse didn't even notice at first, I had to warn her so she didn't slip in the puddle!
With my sister's first her husband video taped it so she could watch it. I went out to visit a week after she was born and my sister asked me to watch it with her. She had over 24 hours of labor so it stopped and started a lot and we fast forwarded to the end where baby was crowning... you could hear my BIL say something and I looked at my sister and said "did he just say 'adorable'?" Rewind... nope... in a shaky voice he definitely said "Horrible"
DH will not be witnessing that for our baby!
DSS: 15 DS: 7
DD born 1/3/15
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TTC 10+ | Stage 4 Endometriosis
3 Laparscopy's
BFP - 06.15.2014
EDD - 02.16.2015
My butt was a playdoh factory. I though that when people pooped during delivery it was once. Nope, I squeezed out a turd with every push.
Also, the doc broke my water and the fluid did not stop coming out. It surprised all of the staff. It was everywhere, puddled on the bed, on the doc, pooling all over the floor. It was a mess.
Such a dignified experience. I find it funny now but at the time - not so much!
It's weird to throw up when you don't have control of your body.