preparing for child birth

lobosabby

SweetC80:

Bump

I love you more everyday.

Svenny1011

OMG, who resurrected this sh!t show?! That was probably my favorite day on TB ever. Dirthvader, you will never be forgotten. I wonder what ever happened to this whack job....

 

JustWonderin805

YESSS!

JustWonderin805

BEST THREAD EVERRRR. 

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JustWonderin805

Slapptastic:

Wait what?!  Last time I checked we were unable to bump the awesomeness that is this thread!! 

 

Ohhh...really??? I didn't know that. I just searched for it and bumped it up because of the "Coffing" thread below.

This needs to be pinned to the top or something.  

Adam&Eve2

JustWonderin805:

Slapptastic:

Wait what?!  Last time I checked we were unable to bump the awesomeness that is this thread!! 

 

Ohhh...really??? I didn't know that. I just searched for it and bumped it up because of the "Coffing" thread below.

This needs to be pinned to the top or something.  

I really should be pinned. This thread is winning squared. 

artistlife

I just wanted to be a part of the awesomeness here. Fister for Lyfe!

wearebirds

Omg, I remember when this first happened.

It was a magical day.

jschwind22

Bahahaha!  I needed to see this today LOL!

CharmedBAcMF

I love the awesomness that is this thread. I agree about pinning it to the top of the board.

Charmed wuz here.

Ethansmommy18

dirthvader:

I'm not asking this as a joke. DH and I have talked about this often. I've read about massage and other techniques to stretch so I will be better prepared when the time comes. I do not want any tearing that will result in stitches.

sweetheart....just WOW!!! I suffered a fourth degree tear and had stitches I was in pain for a few weeks but you move on. Trust me during labor labor you just want a healthy baby. Obviously it didnt affect me much since I am expecting again.  please stop having your husband stuff his fist up your vagina that's just disgusting.

runningpenguin

Ethansmommy18:

dirthvader:

I'm not asking this as a joke. DH and I have talked about this often. I've read about massage and other techniques to stretch so I will be better prepared when the time comes. I do not want any tearing that will result in stitches.

sweetheart....just WOW!!! I suffered a fourth degree tear and had stitches I was in pain for a few weeks but you move on. Trust me during labor labor you just want a healthy baby. Obviously it didnt affect me much since I am expecting again.  please stop having your husband stuff his fist up your vagina that's just disgusting.

You do realize the OP posted this in 2011??

runningpenguin

Burp.

sunlavender

Haha.  I love when this gets bumped up.

Ethansmommy18

runningpenguin:

Ethansmommy18:

dirthvader:

I'm not asking this as a joke. DH and I have talked about this often. I've read about massage and other techniques to stretch so I will be better prepared when the time comes. I do not want any tearing that will result in stitches.

sweetheart....just WOW!!! I suffered a fourth degree tear and had stitches I was in pain for a few weeks but you move on. Trust me during labor labor you just want a healthy baby. Obviously it didnt affect me much since I am expecting again.  please stop having your husband stuff his fist up your vagina that's just disgusting.

You do realize the OP posted this in 2011??

No I didnt  but I am glad I saw and commented on pure awesomeness. Someone posted the link on my BMB 

atcwag

So glad that this just bumped to the top of the board!

Tamma254

Can we bump this on a monthlyish basis. This thread is so full of awesomness.

Ladiebug710

Wow

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melissa721

ChancieMark said:

Well, since we're bumping old shit now...

An excellent choice!

KNemo

Hot dog down a hallway, bitches!

jjgrl55

Apparently I am the weirdo of the group, cause I have actually heard of using fisting to exercise your vaginal muscles in preparation for birth. Personally I don't plan on doing it, but it comes out of the same birth practices as orgasmic birth and other alternative birth methods.

And, really, is everyone really that ignorant about vaginal anatomy? Your muscles are made to stretch. Fisting isn't going to stretch your shit out, just like vaginal births don't permanently stretch a vagina. (Also, a fist is significantly smaller than the average newborn.)

Muscles naturally get weaker and looser as we age, which contributes to the myth of vaginal "looseness" due to promiscuity or childbirth. Immediately after birth your muscles are in recovery, but most women experience a return to comparable levels of "tightness". Additionally, some women may experience fatigued vaginal muscles due to multiple vaginal births, but the concept that the average woman has a "stretched" vagina due to sexual activity is a widespread and misinformed myth.

Steps off soapbox.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201109/the-rare-truth-about-tight-and-loose-women

melissa721

Whatever happened to @runningpenguin?  I don't like when people just disappear from TB. I need closure. Now that I think of it...whatever happened to @closure17? WHERE HAS EVERYONE GONE?!

jjgrl55

ChancieMark said:

jessuhmarie said:

I don't get it.. I posted on the thread this morning but I think the new forums made it all weird ): oh well! Thanks, Chancie!

jjgrl55 said:

Apparently I am the weirdo of the group, cause I have actually heard of using fisting to exercise your vaginal muscles in preparation for birth. Personally I don't plan on doing it, but it comes out of the same birth practices as orgasmic birth and other alternative birth methods.

And, really, is everyone really that ignorant about vaginal anatomy? Your muscles are made to stretch. Fisting isn't going to stretch your shit out, just like vaginal births don't permanently stretch a vagina. (Also, a fist is significantly smaller than the average newborn.)

Muscles naturally get weaker and looser as we age, which contributes to the myth of vaginal "looseness" due to promiscuity or childbirth. Immediately after birth your muscles are in recovery, but most women experience a return to comparable levels of "tightness". Additionally, some women may experience fatigued vaginal muscles due to multiple vaginal births, but the concept that the average woman has a "stretched" vagina due to sexual activity is a widespread and misinformed myth.

Steps off soapbox.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201109/the-rare-truth-about-tight-and-loose-women

You're real stabby today, eh?

This is definitely one of my pet peeves. I get that everyone was having fun on the thread, but the whole concept of "looseness" due to sexual activity really pushes my buttons. It's a really sexist myth with a lot of judgmental baggage behind it.

I am being pretty dry in my humor in other threads today, but didn't feel too stabby. I can reel it in if it's coming off negative.

jjgrl55

jessuhmarie said:

jjgrl55 said:

Apparently I am the weirdo of the group, cause I have actually heard of using fisting to exercise your vaginal muscles in preparation for birth. Personally I don't plan on doing it, but it comes out of the same birth practices as orgasmic birth and other alternative birth methods.

And, really, is everyone really that ignorant about vaginal anatomy? Your muscles are made to stretch. Fisting isn't going to stretch your shit out, just like vaginal births don't permanently stretch a vagina. (Also, a fist is significantly smaller than the average newborn.)

Muscles naturally get weaker and looser as we age, which contributes to the myth of vaginal "looseness" due to promiscuity or childbirth. Immediately after birth your muscles are in recovery, but most women experience a return to comparable levels of "tightness". Additionally, some women may experience fatigued vaginal muscles due to multiple vaginal births, but the concept that the average woman has a "stretched" vagina due to sexual activity is a widespread and misinformed myth.

Steps off soapbox.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201109/the-rare-truth-about-tight-and-loose-women

Uhhhhh? This thread is from Nov 2011

Yes, but the thread was unearthed because it is considered to be a classic "hilarious" newbie post. I just don't really find jokes about something so medically inaccurate and (IMO) sexist to be funny. 

melissa721

gonzol said:

melissa721 said:

Whatever happened to @runningpenguin?  I don't like when people just disappear from TB. I need closure. Now that I think of it...whatever happened to @closure17? WHERE HAS EVERYONE GONE?!

RP is KU. I think she's due soon. 

gonzol said:

melissa721 said:

Whatever happened to @runningpenguin?  I don't like when people just disappear from TB. I need closure. Now that I think of it...whatever happened to @closure17? WHERE HAS EVERYONE GONE?!

RP is KU. I think she's due soon. 

Oh good for her!

jjgrl55

thekikimonster said:

Holy shit, @jjgrl55 is the new TTGP thread killer

jjgrl55

ChancieMark said:

jjgrl55 said:

jessuhmarie said:

jjgrl55 said:

Apparently I am the weirdo of the group, cause I have actually heard of using fisting to exercise your vaginal muscles in preparation for birth. Personally I don't plan on doing it, but it comes out of the same birth practices as orgasmic birth and other alternative birth methods.

And, really, is everyone really that ignorant about vaginal anatomy? Your muscles are made to stretch. Fisting isn't going to stretch your shit out, just like vaginal births don't permanently stretch a vagina. (Also, a fist is significantly smaller than the average newborn.)

Muscles naturally get weaker and looser as we age, which contributes to the myth of vaginal "looseness" due to promiscuity or childbirth. Immediately after birth your muscles are in recovery, but most women experience a return to comparable levels of "tightness". Additionally, some women may experience fatigued vaginal muscles due to multiple vaginal births, but the concept that the average woman has a "stretched" vagina due to sexual activity is a widespread and misinformed myth.

Steps off soapbox.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201109/the-rare-truth-about-tight-and-loose-women

Uhhhhh? This thread is from Nov 2011

Yes, but the thread was unearthed because it is considered to be a classic "hilarious" newbie post. I just don't really find jokes about something so medically inaccurate and (IMO) sexist to be funny. 

I think you need to un-clench. 

I actually agree, I feel myself going to a bad place on this topic. 

I'll probably come back to the board after a glass of wine.

thehunterswife

I am so glad this got bumped to the top again!!!

KNemo

jjgrl55 said:

jessuhmarie said:

jjgrl55 said:

Apparently I am the weirdo of the group, cause I have actually heard of using fisting to exercise your vaginal muscles in preparation for birth. Personally I don't plan on doing it, but it comes out of the same birth practices as orgasmic birth and other alternative birth methods.

And, really, is everyone really that ignorant about vaginal anatomy? Your muscles are made to stretch. Fisting isn't going to stretch your shit out, just like vaginal births don't permanently stretch a vagina. (Also, a fist is significantly smaller than the average newborn.)

Muscles naturally get weaker and looser as we age, which contributes to the myth of vaginal "looseness" due to promiscuity or childbirth. Immediately after birth your muscles are in recovery, but most women experience a return to comparable levels of "tightness". Additionally, some women may experience fatigued vaginal muscles due to multiple vaginal births, but the concept that the average woman has a "stretched" vagina due to sexual activity is a widespread and misinformed myth.

Steps off soapbox.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201109/the-rare-truth-about-tight-and-loose-women

Uhhhhh? This thread is from Nov 2011

Yes, but the thread was unearthed because it is considered to be a classic "hilarious" newbie post. I just don't really find jokes about something so medically inaccurate and (IMO) sexist to be funny. 

BlackBooks

Yes, people play with toys to help work themselves up to fisting. This is done for sexual pleasure and not in preparation for childbirth.

The vagina is lined with muscles so after they are stretched they return to their normal shape. So, if you stretch out your vagina with a dildo it will go back to normal. That is what is going on because you are not experiencing the physiological changes that occur during labor to allow the baby to pass.

By all means keep up the sex play if you and your partner enjoy it but it isn't necessary. Try some yoga and when you get pregnant try perineal massage as pp suggested.

LoveOBX630

Haha I just read this thread in its entirety. Hilarious!

BankerBSN

Yes, people play with toys to help work themselves up to fisting. This is done for sexual pleasure and not in preparation for childbirth.

The vagina is lined with muscles so after they are stretched they return to their normal shape. So, if you stretch out your vagina with a dildo it will go back to normal. That is what is going on because you are not experiencing the physiological changes that occur during labor to allow the baby to pass.

By all means keep up the sex play if you and your partner enjoy it but it isn't necessary. Try some yoga and when you get pregnant try perineal massage as pp suggested.

/dead

MMason12

Svenny1011 said:

dirthvader:

Since we've been ttc I've become more worried about the actual birth experience. I know it's probably a while away since I'm not pregnant yet but the idea of all that stretching and tearing freaks me out. I've heard of some women trying to gradually loosen things up down there using toys and eventually fisting. DH and I had started this a little while ago but it seems to be taking forever to even notice any type of change. Is anyone else trying to prepare for birth already? If you are what are you doing so far?

This just made my day. I have never heard that. It freaks me out too, but I'm not about to start loosening sh*t up down there, and there is no fist going up my hoohoo. 

I'm not going to let this happen to my hoohoo either, lol. 

2010weddinggal

This post is so famous 2 years later people still remember it!

MonkeyJD

Oh Holy Jesus! Reading this was so much better than taking a Sunday afternoon nap! :-O

yurmom

What a great Sunday afternoon present this is

TammyDoubleB

Ah...an oldie but goody. This one always cracks me up.

lalaroller08

Haha at people who don't bother to read original post dates (although I'm sure I've been guilty of this a time or two!)