2nd time moms, childbirth amnesia?

jturn · March 2010

I posted this on my local board but thought I'd ask you all too...do you think you remember childbirth clearly?

I don't remember it being that bad...DH is apparently terrified of going through it again. I mean it hurt but not as bad as kidney stones and the epidural was magical! DH can't even talk about labor because he is so nervous...he keeps commenting how he should stay home and help my dad with DD or he wishes he could just sit in the waiting room...lol..he swears I just don't remember it right. He is a big sissy about blood and hospitals so i think he's just overreacting.

Lovin Wife · March 2010

I do remember it, but the feeling after when you are holding your baby is what I remember the most! So that is what I keep thinking about. DH is fine with it, I just don't think he is excited about seeing me in pain again.

krogers0905 · March 2010

I have it. My DD was an emergency C-section. I remember getting wheeled into the oporating room and I remember her being born. The next thing I remember is being in the recovery room. How I got there and how long everything took are complete mysteries

sandy02 · March 2010

I remember it, and it was HARD. Weird thing is I CANNOT WAIT to do it again!

Dobie_Mama · March 2010

I remember my c/s vividly. But, I have newborn amnesia. Sometimes DH will say something to me about the first few weeks and I'll be like, "Really? I totally don't remember that."

Sept17.05Bride · March 2010

krogers0905:
I have it. My DD was an emergency C-section. I remember getting wheeled into the oporating room and I remember her being born. The next thing I remember is being in the recovery room. How I got there and how long everything took are complete mysteries

This is the same for me.

Wendy525 · March 2010

It does all seem like a dream. I remember some details here and there but not the whole thing.

cactus5 · March 2010

I remember most of childbirth, but I had a very easy labor. I never felt one contraction-I couldn't even tell you what one feels like.

I am nervous going into this next birth because I am afraid it will be difficult. I am more nervous about this then bringing the baby home.

I totally have newborn amnesia too, and my son is not even a year!

august282005 · March 2010

Thanks to two doses of stadohl, labor is a bit ... blurry around the edges. Ditto PP on newborn anmesia as well. Still, I'm counting down the seconds until I hear the first cry and get to hold this baby!

PSUBean22 · March 2010

I totally remember it and did it with no meds. But I dont remember it the way DH remembers it. This may be TMI, but I had some seriously bad constipation and pushing that out reminded me how hard it was to push DD out. So even though I remember the labor and delivery as being super hard and painful, I am ready to do it again as I already did it, so how hard can it be?

MrsEmm · March 2010

as soon as active labor with #2 started it allllllll came rushing back to me!! ha! Thats when i cried ...?

;0)?

kdiguise · March 2010

PSUBean22:
I totally remember it and did it with no meds. But I dont remember it the way DH remembers it. This may be TMI, but I had some seriously bad constipation and pushing that out reminded me how hard it was to push DD out. So even though I remember the labor and delivery as being super hard and painful, I am ready to do it again as I already did it, so how hard can it be?

This. Minus the poop :P

DIYbride07 · March 2010

I think I remember it okay, though honestly I'm freaked out about doing it again so try not to think about it. BUT, I know the whole thing was tough for DH - just having to sit by and watch me be in pain (pre-epidural) and not be able to do anything to help really, then to be the one to really see everything (shall we just say all the "fluids" on the floor so we don't freak anyone out?). I think in some ways it was more traumatic for him than it was for me!

mysticporter · March 2010

I remember labor really well. The pushing part, I remember, but it's hard to really put myself back there in terms of my mental state and how I felt about everything, it was just so much of an experience. I remember not feeling like I was getting anywhere with it, and that it wasn't going to 'work', and then suddenly, she was there. I'm hoping knowing it 'worked' last time will help with the fear I remember having that I wasn't going to be able to do it.

KellyD01 · March 2010

I'm very clear on DS's birth. If for no other reason than I wrote his birth story just 2 days afterward, and my doula is now one of my dearest friends and she and I have talked about it a lot. I remember everything from the cranky nurse we only saw once at the very beginning, to how transition felt, to 90% of the pushing stage, ring of fire and all. My labor was also unmedicated. The only part I'm fuzzy on is the portion of pushing where contractions were 1 on top of another and I started to feel like I was going to pass out. I begged for oxygen since I was seeing spots, and felt fine after that. (I even remember pooping on the table and no one else other than my midwife and nurse knew it... they took care of it that quickly) No where near as humiliating as I thought it would be Big Smile

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