Starting to forget details of your labor/delivery?

May08CapeBride · February 2011

I'm starting to forget the details from my labor/delivery like what day of the week I went in and got out....even what time he was born (omg) good thing I wrote everything down. How about you girls?

klcl8981 · February 2011

Yes, was just talking about this last night.

It is becoming more and more of a blur.

ashnoelle · February 2011

Yep. SO and I were just talking about this yesterday.

I also seem to be forgetting the pain...(So that's how people end up having more than one Wink )

May08CapeBride · February 2011

ashnoelle:

Yep. SO and I were just talking about this yesterday.

I also seem to be forgetting the pain...(So that's how people end up having more than one )

Haha YES this is true! I won't ever forget how uncomfortable I was laying there in bed during that last month though...miserable!

doremi29 · February 2011

I remember a lot of the details as far as days leading up and day of the week type stuff, but the feelings, emotions, etc. are becoming a blur. I absolutely loved my labor & delivery. The pain wasn't as bad as I anticipated, I got an epi at 5 centimeters and, though I had some pain where the epi didn't totally take (they referred to it as a "window"), pushing wasn't too tough.

One thing I am starting to forget little by little is the frustrations of breast feeding during the first 2 weeks. I remember I was frustrated but I'm sure by the time I have my next LO, it will be a distant memory.

AvidVertigo · February 2011

I remember when I started to push they crowned the next American Idol...LOL But I couldn't tell you who won. I was too busy concentrating! He was born at 21:12 (9:12 pm) and I cried for 15 minutes. It took the doctor over 45 minutes to get me stitched and deliver the placenta - then took me another 1/2 hour to try and BF. I felt like my family would never be able to see him. Everyone (our BF's and my parents) was waiting to see him because they didn't know if it was a girl or boy.

It was very exciting! Makes me want another....

doremi29 · February 2011

AvidVertigo:

I remember when I started to push they crowned the next American Idol...LOL But I couldn't tell you who won. I was too busy concentrating! He was born at 21:12 (9:12 pm) and I cried for 15 minutes. It took the doctor over 45 minutes to get me stitched and deliver the placenta - then took me another 1/2 hour to try and BF. I felt like my family would never be able to see him. Everyone (our BF's and my parents) was waiting to see him because they didn't know if it was a girl or boy.

It was very exciting! Makes me want another....

This just made me remember that the night I was laboring in the hospital was the same night as the Lost Series Finale. DH and I had watched every episode of Lost since the start and we had joked about not being able to watch it if DS actually came on his due date. Sure enough, Lost had to wait! He was 1 day late, but there was no way that I was going to concentrate on Lost through contractions- it was a hard enough show to follow without being in labor!!!!

snansley · February 2011

It's all such a blur. They had given me two Ambien at midnight and he was born 10 hours later. Oh, and I hadn't slept in 24+ hours and had an epidural. So yeah, I just have snippets of memories.

Next time I would like to be more alert. Avid, I remember that he was born during the third hour of the Today show.

AvidVertigo · February 2011

doremi29:
AvidVertigo:

I remember when I started to push they crowned the next American Idol...LOL But I couldn't tell you who won. I was too busy concentrating! He was born at 21:12 (9:12 pm) and I cried for 15 minutes. It took the doctor over 45 minutes to get me stitched and deliver the placenta - then took me another 1/2 hour to try and BF. I felt like my family would never be able to see him. Everyone (our BF's and my parents) was waiting to see him because they didn't know if it was a girl or boy.

It was very exciting! Makes me want another....

This just made me remember that the night I was laboring in the hospital was the same night as the Lost Series Finale. DH and I had watched every episode of Lost since the start and we had joked about not being able to watch it if DS actually came on his due date. Sure enough, Lost had to wait! He was 1 day late, but there was no way that I was going to concentrate on Lost through contractions- it was a hard enough show to follow without being in labor!!!!

Haha, DH joked about this with the 24 Season Finale. I remember it was in May, but I don't recall what the date for it was. Good thing we had a DVR!

katesmom73 · February 2011

I think I remember more details from my daughter's birth 6 years ago than my most recent.

mrsh1545 · February 2011

Ummm no. Probably because he was less than four months old when I found out I was pregnant again. I have re-lived it everyday since I peed on the stick. Not looking forward to recovering from a c-section so soon after the first. That's probably why they say you want more because you end up forgetting about all of the pain and sleepless nights. I guess I am the exception to that theory though. Confused

D_Nett86 · February 2011

I'm starting to forget details of mine too. I had a fairly easy delivery. I wasn't in much pain thanks to the epi. I'm glad I wrote stuff down too because I was starting to forget what time he was born, how long i pushed for, and all of that good stuff. I do remember it was the opening day of the FIFA world cup and my doctors home country was playing at 3pm so I had until then to get DS out lol. It sounds bad when I saw that and people are always like omg but it makes me laugh. She wasn't rude or nasty about it when she said it.

CodyGH · February 2011

Maybe I'm weird, but I remember pretty much everything. Maybe it's because I was induced?

Wednesday I went for my check up. My OB's office had a loss of power so they had to do all the exams by flashlight. Ahh, mood lighting. Smile I had progressed to 3 cm and was about 60% effaced. She decided we would induce the next day!

It was Thursday morning around 5 am that we left the house. I took a picture of my belly before we left. We got to the hospital about 5:30 am and went to our room. I got undressed and had a fiasco about my sports bra and whether or not I could/should wear it. Then came the icky pitocin. HATE that stuff. Then my OB came in about 7 am, broke my water, and all hell broke lose! Pain, pain, pain! I begged for the epidural and got it. Big Smile Then I felt all warm and kinda drunk until around 2 pm. During labor, DH was watching family guy and kept making me laugh and amniotic fluid kept leaking. Gross! They sat me up so I could "labor down". There was crazy pressure on my ribs where DS had his feet. They had been there pretty much for the last few months. Then I started pushing around 2:30 pm. He was born at 3:14 pm at 8 lbs 2 oz and 21 inches long! He weighed exactly what I weighed! I remember more details than that, but I won't bore you with those. I still can't believe it all happened. It seems like a dream or someone else's story. But I'm so glad that it is my story! I love DS so incredibly much and I feel so blessed that he is all mine! (Well, and DH's of course. Wink )

I can't wait for another one, but I will just so I can spend some more quality time with DS. I feel like having another so soon would make him grow up faster which is something I definitely don't want! Smile

Haven1 · February 2011

I remember everything the morning of the c/s. (That's the beauty of a planned one.) I remember DH getting donuts for breakfast and letting me smell the bag because i couldn't eat anything. I remember showering and getting dressed and thinking it was the last time I'd ever wear maternity clothes or be this big. I remember all the jokes we made with the pre-op nurse while watching ESPN. I remember the walk into the operating room and every single sight, sound, and feeling of them being born.

What I don't remember is anything after they took them away to the NICU. I was a mess. Scared, without DH, sick, happy, relieved. The only reason I remember what I do of that first day is because of the pictures.

I didn't have the Baby Story birth, but I knew I wouldn't. I was just glad they were happy and healthy. (And cute!)

May08CapeBride · February 2011

The night before Myles was born we watched game 6 of the Celtics vs Lakers, I believe the Celtics won, then during delivery they took the ice chips away from me because our town water was CONTAMINATED!!! And I had to bathe in bottled water for a week and a half after. I also remember that the baby didn't cry when he was born like I saw in birthing videos, he was very quiet for the first 3 hours of his life, just staring and taking everything in.

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