Poop, DH and delivery

Mrs.C042807 · July 2009

There's a post on 3rd about pooping while delivering. Some of the women are saying their DH would make fun of them if they pooped during delivery.

Here's my question to the 0-6 ladies:
Did you poop during delivery? Did you care? Did your DH care? Did he make fun of you?

I did, and DH didn't care, nor did he make fun of me. DH makes fun of me and we joke around all the time, but if he made fun of me for this, he'd be in the doghouse. IMO, I think it's douchey.

What sayeth 0-6?

bargar18 · July 2009

i pushed for an eternity and surprisingly never shat myself.

if i would have DH never would have said anything during delivery. maybe after, but never during. he's a good DH :-)

MissesRootbeer · July 2009

I did not, and I wouldn't have cared. Much more going on at that time to worry about. DH would not have made fun of me if I did.

Fish4Fun · July 2009

Ah, poop, DH, and delivery. The holy trinity.

Luckily, I did not poop, but DH wouldn't have cared. Yes, TBH, he might have laughed, but I would have too (after the fact). He did have fun poking over the placenta with the Doc though. What a weirdo.

niecy · July 2009

I did and DH didn't even see it and he was looking down there. I'm the one who told him I did. He didn't blink an eye LOL

kklickka · July 2009

I ended up with an emergency c/s, but I had warned DH ahead of time that this could happen - I wanted him to be prepared and know that if he EVER made fun of me about it he would be in big trouble! I don't think he would have anyway.

lzybeanie · July 2009

I did, and would never have known if the stupid nurse hadn't gone 'oops!' Couldn't she have just let it go?? I'm a little embarrassed, but it's a shame since I wouldn't have known if the nurse hadn't said anything! DH didn't see since he was up top with me.

bobcatsteph · July 2009

I have no idea if I pooped or not. I pushed for 3.5 hours so I very well could have. DH was watching down there and he didn't say that I did. I had actually taken an Immodium that morning though because my stomach was upset. He would never make fun of me.

Honestly, that is the last thing on your mind when you're giving birth.

jewelsonu · July 2009

I did. Dh has never acknowledged that it happened. He would never make fun of me b/c he knows I was self consciuos of this to start with. Plus that would be the meanest thing he could do and he's not like that

jamie.renee · July 2009

I did not poop during delivery with any of my kids. My husband would not make fun of me for that. Other random times, yes he will but not for something like when I am delivering his child. He knows better then that lol.

HoonFan · July 2009

I did not. In fact, I asked after my first couple pushes if I pooped or not and DH laughed at me for being so paranoid. He would not have made fun of me at that time - maybe at a later date he would have and that wouldn't bother me.

a003vp · July 2009

I did poo but DH didn't say a word. He was very much prepared for it.

gretchenmh · July 2009

I told dh in advance that I didn't want to know if it happened, but then with my epi, I couldn't feel anything and really couldn't care less! ?He told me later when I asked that I did indeed

me&mymonkey · July 2009

I worried about this too in 3rd tri. Yes, I pooped, several times. No I didn't care. At the time I just wanted DS out so what was coming out of me with him was besides the point. DH didn't say a word about it while we were in the hospital. Later he told me he thought I was going to blow out my ***. But believe it or not he said that in amazement and not in disgust. DH was really amazed by the entire birth process and pooping in front of him has not changed how he feels about me at all. If anything I am more comfortable around him now.

TimsMayBride · July 2009

I pooped during delivery. A lot. Every push for the first 20-30 minutes, but as dh put it, "It's not like you took a huge dump, it was just a little bit coming out each time." Ummm, thanks??? The nurse was fantastic about cleaning it up right away, and as she put it, "That means you're pushing correctly."

Before delivery, I was worried about dh seeing this. At the time it happened, I could not have cared less, and dh was so supportive he made me even less worried about it,

nuttybunch · July 2009

I have no idea. I don't even know if DH knows. If he ever made fun of me for it, words would be said for SURE!

If I did, I'm fine not knowing about it.

katie_cj · July 2009

Yep, I totally did. Did I care? Nope, the baby coming out was more than enough to distract me! And no, FI doesn't make fun of me at all.

clee2009 · July 2009

If I did I don't know about it and don't want to know about it. Sh!t Happens!

MrsJMB · July 2009

Did not poop during delivery. However, the doctor thought they might have had to use the vacuum to get DD out because her heartrate was kind of dipping when I pushed. I remember distinctly looking at both DH and the doctor and saying, "I don't give a rat's a** if I poop or not, you are NOT coming near me with that vacuum and that's that. I'll push really good, I promise." So I wouldn't have cared either way. DH wouldn't have laughed I don't think because he was too freaked out by the screaming.

Toni1019 · July 2009

I didnt with my 1st 2 kids but I am pretty sure I did with my 3rd. I will have to ask DH.

But I agree, if anyone wants to make fun of someone for it, they deserve a kick in the ass.

msbern · July 2009

I asked Dh if I did and he said nope.
I didn't care & he would have been in the dog house if he made fun of me.

desmerelda317 · July 2009

I pooped - a lot! ?I didn't care one bit. ?But I also went natural, so I was a little preoccupied with my breathing and relaxing exercises as I was getting through each contraction. ?The nurse cleaned it up, and never said a word. ?DH didn't care either and never made fun of me once. ?He was too busy coaching me and when DS was born we were both occupied with our amazing baby to care about anything that did or didn't happen during my labor.

EMMB · July 2009

I had the stomach flu leading up to my delivery and I probably set some kind of record as far as poop goes. Dh was with me for my entire delivery and he didn't say a thing about it. We joked about it afterwards but it was both of us joking around, not him making fun of me. I have no problems laughing at myself!!

MikesFavoriteWife · July 2009

Well, I didn't exactly get to that point since I had an emergency c/s. I did get to about 9.5 cm and everyone was telling me not push, which wasn't helping because I was so freaking uncomfortable. So when the doctor finally walked in and asked me how I was with a big grin on his face, my response was "I have a head in my t**t how do you think I feel?".

Klassy, I know. Not one of my best moments.

Rhapsody527 · July 2009

I didn't poop, although I didn't know it during delivery, I asked DH later. I wouldn't have cared if I had, and DH wouldn't have made fun of me.

jenella17 · July 2009

I didn't.

I WOULD have cared!

but DH would have never made fun of me. And it kinda hurts my heart that there are some out there that would.

Amarie13 · July 2009

I pooped... twice! DH saw it all. WE joke about it. It happens... LOL!

DTNZ4Ever · July 2009

I did three times apparently. The first time was during practice pushing and the nurse pointed it out to DH as to say "look she is pusing correctly" which is what we laugh about now, becuase apparently in all the birth prep stuff that we talked about and in child birth class it was never brought up that I could possibly poop during delivery. So it was quite the surprise to DH that there was poop during delivery. I think he was more surprised that it happened although now in retrospect he totally gets why it happens but the thought just never crossed his mind that it could happen.

Mjmksb04 · July 2009

I didn't. But I spent about 2 hours of my labor in the toilet, so that explains why I didn't Embarrassed

demmie326 · July 2009

I did not poop during delivery thanks to laboring for more than 46 hours with a very upset stomach. Even if I had pooped I would not have cared nor would DH as we had taken childbirth classes and done the reading that said pooping is a sign of pushing correctly. DH totally put my mind at ease about it. After I delivered LO without pooping DH was teasing me that he had been all prepared for nothing!

I remember being somewhat nervous about pooping while in early 3rd tri but when it came time to give birth I didn't care what I looked like or what my body did. It was a miracle I got to the hospital having a shower and fully dressed.

Chrysallys · July 2009

I didn't poop (I asked to make sure) though I felt like I did with all my back labor and uncontrollable pushing. Any husband who laughs at that deserves a kick in the balls.

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