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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
did you throw up?
i was thinking back on labor #1 and remembered throwing up/dry heaving and i had no idea that happened during labor (although my doula of course said its normal). i feel like thats something no one ever talks about - so, did you barf!?
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Re: did you throw up?
Yep, and I loved every minute of it. Every time I puked, the pain went away. They wouldn't let me eat at all during my labor, even the early labor, or when I had my epi, because they didn't want me to puke.
I'm wondering now though, is the puking a result/reaction to the pain or does it happen with every labor? My epi wore out by the time it was time to push, I don't remember puking before then. I hope I puke with baby number 2 if I don't have an epi.
I barfed twice. Too many popcicles and ice chips. I was dying of thirst!
Plus, I had tons of dry heaving.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
i was told it's your body dealing with the pain - sorta like being in shock or something. yuck, whatever it is, it was badddd......it supposedly happens during transition which is when i gave in to the epi!
I wish that had been the case for me! I threw up from 5.5 weeks - 29 weeks. I had a c/s and I threw up the whole time. DH walked into the OR as I was beginning to throw up and said "good to see we are ending this the way we started it"
HA! I puked for 9 months also and I STILL puked while pushing. Not fair! :-)
I am so sorry. DId people keep thinking you had the stomach flu too? I went to the docs office around 28 weeks, and I got sick in the bathroom, and no one would sit next to me. The receptionist kept trying to get me to wear a mask. lol. I was like, it is just morning sickness, I swear! My friends, classmates, and coworkers feared me!
And the story about your DH made me giggle.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
No morning sickness at all during my pregnancy... but I puked BAD twice during pushing.
My labor was not pretty... I did all the gross stuff. No shame. lol.
Yes! They did. I had to go to the ER three times for IV's and people kept moving their kids away from me. My DH and mom kept telling them I was pregnant and not contagious, but I don't think they bought it.
I thought I was going to right before my epi. I was really shaky and nauseous. Never did though.
I got reeeaaally nauseous again the morning after my c-section, right after they had me stand up for the first time. It faded before I actually puked though.
No but during transition both times I had them quickly get me the barf bucket b/c I was CERTAIN that my dinner was coming out.
Somehow I was able to hold it together.
lol. I feel better knowing it wasn't just me! I felt like a leper during the Middle Ages or something. I am praying it doesn't happen this time.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
Haha... weeeellll.... yeah, I threw up twice.
The first time was the first time that DS's heart rate dropped. The nurses came rushing in and were rubbing my stomach yelling "come on, baby!" and rushing to put the oxygen mask on me. And then flipping me on my side and freaking me out in general. And then they just all left. And DH and I just stared at each other in disbelief and all of the sudden I just started BAWLING. Seriously, I probably hadn't cried that hard since I was 5... and I cried so hard that I puked. Everywhere. And the whole time the nurses were cleaning up the bed, I was apologizing.
And then when I was having my c-section, my epidural wasn't working. And the butcher, I mean OB, was cutting me open anyway. And I was in such horrible pain that I threw up. It tasted like that stuff they give you before the c/s that tastes like sour patch kids that's supposed to not make you throw up.
I really thought I would throw up more, considering that I threw up a few times just about every day of my whole pregnancy.
Why yes I did. I threw up gas-x. Why was I taking gas-x instead of pain meds while in labor ... let me tell you.
I was in the hospital already as a high risk OB patient. I told the nurse I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes or so. I said the pain was really bad .. it felt like gas pain only a lot worse than anything I'd every had before. Nurse ran with that and told OB I was in pain because of gas not because I was in labor. Dr. ordered gas -x to see if that would stop the pain.
2 Hours later gas-x comes. I tell the nurse I am not having gas pain, that I am in labor. Nurse says take the gas-x or dr won't come see me again that night.
I take the gas-x.
2 mins later I throw it back up. Nurses finally call doc to come back and see me. 1 hour later the doc comes in and checks me. DD's head is in the birth canal. 30 mins later DD was born.
Ahh memories of my craptastic labor and delivery experience.
Note: nurses didn't think I was in labor because my contractions didn't show up on the monitor (monitor was placed incorrectly). Dr had checked me 1.5 hours earlier and I wasn't dilated but cervix was funneling. I was told instead that I had gas and/or braxton hicks contractions. Can you tell I'm still rather pissed off about the whole experience?