Is your labor a blur to you?

Stephanie2167 · March 2011

When I watch "One Born every minute" the women always seem so alert and aware of what is going on. I swear I barely remember much from my labor. I thought I laid on my side the whole time and DH says that I didn't and that I moved around. I have no recollection of that. There is a lot of stuff that I feel like I'm forgetting. I sort of feel like I was out of it the whole time. Maybe it was the pain.

I ended up with a c-section and a lot of that is a blur.

Anyone else feel this way?

bakedlaurabean · March 2011

Not here. I think I remember it quite clearly, even when I was in pain. Maybe I should check my version with DH's, though. It could be different.

doremi29 · March 2011

Strangely enough I remember everything up until the actual birth. I just asked DH the other day- did I cry? what did I say?

He said I didn't cry and that I just kept asking if I tore- not "how's my baby doing?" which is horrible seeing that they took him away right after delivery because his heartrate had been all over the place. I'm guessing it was my way of coping or something (he was fine btw).

RedCardinal · March 2011

First labor was a blur, I had to have a C-section because I didn't dilate past a 5cm. When they gave me the epidural I still felt the pricks on my abdomen, so they gave me more meds through my IV. When my first baby was born, I couldn't even see his little face. The room was spinning. Our families saw our baby before me and it sucks. Two hours later I saw my beautiful baby 9 pounds 8 oz! Love at first sight, but labor sucked.

Chelle112 · March 2011

doremi29:

Strangely enough I remember everything up until the actual birth. I just asked DH the other day- did I cry? what did I say?

He said I didn't cry and that I just kept asking if I tore- not "how's my baby doing?" which is horrible seeing that they took him away right after delivery because his heartrate had been all over the place. I'm guessing it was my way of coping or something (he was fine btw).

Same here. Everything right after I pushed him out is a complete blur. The first real memory I have is DH asking if it was okay for our parents to come in. It makes me kind of sad.

yankeebaby2 · March 2011

I remember every single back breaking contraction for all 3 of my labors

yourfaceyourface · March 2011

no, i remember it all. and that is why i have no desire for another for a long time, if at all.

dantemedema · March 2011

I remember it very vividly. The entire experience was clear in my mind.

mrsjengle · March 2011

I had a wonderful epideral and I got to enjoy every part of delivering my daughter. It was the best decision I made about the whole pregnancy.

JoBieger05 · March 2011

I wish I could forget. It was not a good experience and I hate thinking about everything that G had to go through to come into the world. I remember the pain, the rather large doctor reaching inside me, the tearing (4th degree), the tugging, my beautiful baby coming out blue, and not hearing that first cry for what seemed like an eternity.

I also remember the doctor asking if it came to it would it be me or my daughter that my husband wanted them to save. I remember them pushing DH up against the wall. When DD came out my BP spiked to 295/190. After that things started to blur.

I do remember asking to see the placenta. That was the only comical moment of the whole ordeal.

Roxpup · March 2011

I remember everything. Every contraction, the emotions of the labor not going as planned, the people who wouldn't get the fvck out (there were like 9-12 people in my room while I was laboring cause they had all recently got out of work, I was so irritated with them talking and going about their business, laughing, and during contractions I feel like I couldn't HEAR them). I remember how I felt when they told me I'd need a c-section, how devastated and afraid I was. I remember every second of the c-section, it felt like forever, I remember staring at DS from across the room and he wouldn't effing cry, I was screaming while strapped to a table practically cut in half, why the fvck isn't my baby crying. No one would answer me. I got to touch his foot and kiss his forehead as they took him away from me and brought him to the level 2 nursery. I couldn't stop crying. They drugged me, heavily, because I was panicky, furious, and hysterical, saying I should sleep... I didn't friggen sleep. I laid their, numb and unable to move or do anything, while I didn't know what the helll was wrong with my baby or if he was okay. There is nothing blurry about it. I hold a grudge. *glares at DS*

ashnoelle · March 2011

I remember a lot of it, but not the pain. I got an epi about half way through and although I was planning on med free, it was a great decision.

I remember being pissed at SO because he was sleeping while I was in bed with all the freaking monitors strapped to me and having contractions (with pitocin and before epi).

I remember talking to my MW during labor and delivery almost like normal. MW started to get concerned about how long LO was in the birth canal and her HR was dropping...She decided to do an episiotomy instead of let me tear, and so on.

I remember So was placed on top of me and instantly meconium-pooped all over me.

amykins1283 · March 2011

I don't remember much about laboring, really. My water broke but I never started contracting so I was induced. I had a relatively easy labor up until around 6 cm or so when my contractions started coming on one on top of the other. That's when I got my epidural.

I vividly remember the 3 1/2 hours of intense pushing. Them using the vacuum and it popping off of his head and splattering blood everywhere. And I definitely remember the moment I pushed him out FINALLY because I was so relieved that he was out.

I vividly remember every excruciating moment of delivering my placenta, though. My epi had started to wear off and she was attempting to gently guide the placenta out when it broke away from the cord. She had to reach up inside me and pull out pieces then root around some more to make sure it was all out. I think delivering the placenta took over 30 minutes and she was apologizing to me the entire time. THAT was painful.

Jessys_Girl · March 2011

mrsjengle:
I had a wonderful epideral and I got to enjoy every part of delivering my daughter. It was the best decision I made about the whole pregnancy.

This exactly. I had originally told myself (and anyone that would listen) that I wanted a med free birth and to do it totally naturally. Well, after my water broke the contractions came on so strong and back to back it was completely unbearable and I caved and got the epi. I am SOO glad i did because it gave me the opportunity to enjoy my child's birth and to focus on that special moment.

WildcatPrincess · March 2011

I remember a lot of it, but the in between parts are pretty hazy. I hadn't slept the night before and refused to get out of bed once they admitted me, I remember that lol. For awhile I was dozing between contractions while MH and the MW watched the Discovery Channel or something like that. I remember I was shocked when they said I could push because I thought it would hurt more closer to the end....the worst for me was going from 4-7 centimeters because they kept making me walk and I was mad.

Jennicap · March 2011

No i remember it very clearly and just read my birth story today actually and got to relive the whole experience again! I had an amazing birth I don't think I'll ever forget it!

MWoodside · March 2011

No I remember it completely. I went drug free though until pretty much the last 45 min before pushing though so maybe that's why, lol.

stella_blu · March 2011

Some parts I remember clearly and others are a complete blur. It was about 37 hours from when my water broke until when DD arrived and I didn't get the epi until about 30 hours in. I clearly remember some of the emotions and pain and I learned about other things in the past 10 months that I had no idea occurred. I remember quite a bit up until the epi and then I was out for a good while until it was time to push. I pushed for 2 hours and it certainly didn't seem like that long to me. I hardly remember holding DD for the first time and I'm thankful that my mom got that on tape. It was also when we chose her name which I sort of recall. She was taken to the NICU and then I didn't see her for 6 hours, most of which I slept. It was not the birth experience I wanted at all but my body was not cooperating. There's not much I could have done differently except had a different midwife who didn't stress me out but I'm hoping next time goes much better.

melpoteet · March 2011

Not really a blur but a piece of cake. I work at the hospital in a different department and had felt like I had a bad stomach ache so I went to get checked. I had moved from a 1 to a 3 between Monday and Thursday. I went back to work and finished my day. Went home and had supper with same stomache ache feeling. I went to bed. Woke up around midnight feeling a little more noticeable so went in again around 1am. I was at a 5. Got checked in and went to sleep. They woke me several times to reposition me for baby's heart rate etc. I got an epidural around 3am and they broke my water and started pitocin. I slept for the most part then at 8am the room filled with people and they turned on the lights and started setting up. My doctor came over from the clinic for my delivery. The nurses were scaring me because they put an internal monitor on baby's head and were talking about using forceps and vaccuum but then they were concerned doctor wouldn't get there in time. My epidural was so good I couldn't even move my own legs and literally felt nothing the entire birth. My son was born in 3 contractions in less than 10 minutes. It was amazing to see him be born and then he was taken for his first bath on a cart next to my bed. I didnt notice the placenta or stitches but I had a 3rd degree tear and later learned I had nerve damage and was put on a dairy free diet to ease bladder spasms because I thought I was getting UTIs with frequency and urgency issues fun stuff...but still looking forward to round two sometime in the future!

Irishsapphire · March 2011

No, I was the crazy pregnant woman yelping "Help me" --it was a fast labor-went to the ER after 11:30am and have baby at 12:19am--and then after I had him,-the most frickin pain in my life--they told me I had natural childbirth. I was like "Bleep, bleep, bleep." And then they gave me anethesia to remove the placenta--it did not come out on its own--I felt like Avatar. And baby was a preemie born close to 31 weeks. It was a crazy warped childbirth experience. It was not a blur.

marykaybride · March 2011

My labor was only 2 hours from start to delivery, so I remember it pretty well. Contractions during the end of Sex and The City 2 (my mom and I were at the movies), my water breaking in her car as we were one stoplight from the hospital, DH meeting me at the front with the skinny biitch/non-maternity wheel chair (ha!), the trail of water following behind me as a waddled to L&D because I was too uncomfortable to sit in any size wheelchair, finding out I arrived dilated to 10 cm, so no time for epi - struggling to hold still while they fought to get an IV in, some bald, fat jackass from the NICU team laughing at me from the corner of the room when I complained about the pain, the whole 45 minutes of pushing through back-to-back contractions, and after DS was out I said "God, I feel so much better!"

emily0829 · March 2011

I remember the entire 32 hours. But, now that almost a year has past, the really bad parts don't make me cringe anymore. I find myself thinking "Oh...it wasn't THAT bad!" Whereas when it was actually happening, I was begging them to vacuum him out. (I was THAT girl)