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What is your most memorable moment during labor- MINUS
Stacyc625
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... what is your most memorable moment during your labor experience MINUS the obvious seeing your DC for the first time, holding DC etc.
What do you remember or what sticks out the most during the process of being in labor.
any good stories?
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Re: What is your most memorable moment during labor- MINUS
I had a primary (scheduled) c/s, so I never went through laborr.
However the most memorable moment would be when the nurse was asking who DD's pediatrician would be as she was inserting my iv. I realized she'd be born in a few minutes!
I have two things.
We took HypnoBirth classes when I was pregnant with Ben. I was committed to a med-free birth and once I looked into HypnoBirthing, I loved what it stood for and the whole concept made so much sense to me. When I was in labor, I was amazed how easily I was able to relax and do my breathing when a contraction came on. It made the pain so much more bearable. I just remember walking the halls with DH and each time I'd have another contraction, I'd stop, grab the hand rail, close my eyes and do my breathing. It was amazing. And I am someone who does not have a very high pain tolerance.
Also, Ben was in distress at the end of my labor (his heartbeat kept dropping into the low 80s/high 70s) and my MW had to dilate me when I got to 8cm (which I didn't even know they could do) because we were running out of time. She got me to 10cm and then told me I had to push. At first, I was so caught up in the moment and worried about Ben , that I was half-heartedly pushing. She looked up at me and said, "Cheryll, I need you to focus and push this baby out - now!" So, I closed my eyes, really concentrated, gave three huge pushes and he was out. I remember being so in awe at the female body, the miracle it is to bring another life into this world ...and was proud of myself for making my body do what it needed to do to get my son out safely.
Maybe a little TMI, but oh well. To start out I was huge and hadn't shaved "down there" in a few weeks. I was pushing and didn't feel like I was making any progress. The nurses said "Look at that head of hair! He has lots of dark hair!" To which I yelled back, "That's not him!" It was him, and was not my finest moment, but it is what I remember most about labor and delivery.
The doctor commenting on the fact my white socks were still white.
My labor was FAST and I pushed 3 times and she was out. It was all very clean.
DH's incredible support while I was going through L&D.
This and my epidural wearing off once at the beginning of me pushing and then as soon as the vaccum was attached. I had a med-free birth on accident. Although it wasn't quit like I planned, I'm proud of the fact that I was able to push DH out without meds.
Mes Petit Choux
I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. ~ Alice
HAHAHA!! That is so funny
Mine was how incredibly hot I got while I pushed. I pushed for two hours, completely naked because I couldn't stand it! The kicker is that I'm usually always cold! The poor nurse attending with my midwife kept getting "cool" washcloths for my head and chest. But maybe 30 seconds after she put them on I threw them back to her saying they weren't cold enough. I wasn't nasty about it, but I'm sure they thought I was nutty!
I just kept telling my DH that the next baby I have will be in the winter so I can push in the snow and won't have to worry about being so hot!!
And for the record- even though I'm delivering this babe in late October, I bought a fan to bring with me so keep me cool--- hopefully!
Totally random memories from labor
I went through 17 hours of labor without any meds- just breathing and getting through it. (i didn't care either way about being medicated or going natural)-
DH (God love him) was sooo unhelpful- but at least stayed out of my way and didn't say anything stupid. He just sat there doing a crossword puzzle book. AND went to the giftshop to buy another one when he finished...
However after i got my epidural- he turned the TV on and was like, 'ALL RIGHT, a marathon of Deadliest Catch is on. I was like are you FREAKIN kidding me.... ???- like i really want to watch crab pots being pulled from the Bering Sea during labor. I still bust his chops whenever I catch Deadliest Catch on TV
My DH and I were just rehashing labor because my BFF had a baby this week. Both her labors were about 4 hours long, and I'm totally jealous. What I remember most about my labor is that it was LONG. 33 hours in the hospital long. I don't remember the pain, even though I tried to go med-free for, I think, 17 or 18 hours (then I needed to rest and gave up!).
In all that time, all I remember was bouncing on the ball a lot. There was a one-hour period after the epidural when they had me on an oxygen mask because DD's heartbeat slowed, or something, and I hated it. I really loved the pushing; I felt so strong. But otherwise, it was pretty uneventful, just took forever.
With DD#1 I was in hard labor for 6 hours (out of 27 total). Around hour 4 of that hard labor, my now ex asked me if a local fast food restaurant was still open (it was midnight) so he could get some food! I hadn't eaten real food in over a day, I was exhausted, I had contractions coming every other minute while DD was taking her sweet time, and that man was asking ME about food.
DD#1~8/17/96------DS~10/24/05