Vag Birthers

L L CG · February 2012

Do you sometimes just get a flash of the memory of the baby crowning? How it was all at once the most amazing but odd moment of your life? I mean, that was a human. Coming out. OF YOU.

Anyone?

Oh, me neither.

mrs.wildman · February 2012

NO WAY. The thought of thinking about that gives me the willies.

bobcatsteph · February 2012

No..because I couldn't feel a thing. I pushed for 3.5 hours because I couldn't even feel when I was having a contraction..or whether I was even pushing or not.

atlantic · February 2012

Uh...yeah, me neither. But then again, they had to use the vac on V so it happened VERY fast - I actually said, "Is she out?"

Temp13436125005166 · February 2012

No. But I kinda wish I remembered those moments more. They seem so blurry in my mind and I wish I had a more vivid recollection of them. Not for the pain, but because it was an amazing moment and I can't really recall much about it.

Keribells · February 2012

I'm still trying to figure out where this little human came from...wha?? You mean she was in my stomach? Whoa...

I don't think much about how she got out of my stomach...I can still remember the pressure of my dr cutting me...the doctor that said she doesn't like to cut- rather let her patients tear...when I asked what she was doing she said I wasn't going to tear and she had to cut...now things are a little tighter. ugh... TMI, right? lol

jakbtx · February 2012

No. but i do have pictures of it that I can't bring myself to look at. (i went all out on photography for my 3rd birth so I *would* remember!!)

L L CG · February 2012

Michelle&Russ:
No. But I kinda wish I remembered those moments more. They seem so blurry in my mind and I wish I had a more vivid recollection of them. Not for the pain, but because it was an amazing moment and I can't really recall much about it.

I THINK maybe I can because I have it on video and I watch it every few months. Maybe I am filling in some memories in my head or something? Or, when I watch it I can remember what it was like in the moment. I think it helps me remember.

It was pretty awesome.

I am sure equally awesome as if she would have been born via c/s, but today I was struck by the peculiar way my baby was born, like out of my lady parts. If I really think about it it's just so weird. I think it's like saying a word over and over until it doesn't sound like the word anymore.

I've worked much too hard this week. My brain has obviously exploded and this is what's left: the stoned musings of a girl who isn't close to being high.

SarahPLiz · February 2012

I've been trying to erase the mental picture of the doctor preparing the forceps for 7 months now.

L L CG · February 2012

SarahPLiz:
I've been trying to erase the mental picture of the doctor preparing the forceps for 7 months now.

Oh, sweetie. That must have been so scary. I'm sorry.

Births can be so traumatic for so many involved.

mrs.wildman · February 2012

L L CG:
Michelle&Russ:
No. But I kinda wish I remembered those moments more. They seem so blurry in my mind and I wish I had a more vivid recollection of them. Not for the pain, but because it was an amazing moment and I can't really recall much about it.
I THINK maybe I can because I have it on video and I watch it every few months. Maybe I am filling in some memories in my head or something? Or, when I watch it I can remember what it was like in the moment. I think it helps me remember.
It was pretty awesome.
I am sure equally awesome as if she would have been born via c/s, but today I was struck by the peculiar way my baby was born, like out of my lady parts. If I really think about it it's just so weird. I think it's like saying a word over and over until it doesn't sound like the word anymore.
I've worked much too hard this week. My brain has obviously exploded and this is what's left: the stoned musings of a girl who isn't close to being high.

Maybe this all means you need to have another one...

Temp13436125005166 · February 2012

L L CG:

Michelle&Russ:
No. But I kinda wish I remembered those moments more. They seem so blurry in my mind and I wish I had a more vivid recollection of them. Not for the pain, but because it was an amazing moment and I can't really recall much about it.

I THINK maybe I can because I have it on video and I watch it every few months. Maybe I am filling in some memories in my head or something? Or, when I watch it I can remember what it was like in the moment. I think it helps me remember.

It was pretty awesome.

I am sure equally awesome as if she would have been born via c/s, but today I was struck by the peculiar way my baby was born, like out of my lady parts. If I really think about it it's just so weird. I think it's like saying a word over and over until it doesn't sound like the word anymore.

I've worked much too hard this week. My brain has obviously exploded and this is what's left: the stoned musings of a girl who isn't close to being high.

That's so cool that you can remember and awesome that you have it on video! I wish I had done photos or video or something!

SarahPLiz · February 2012

L L CG:
SarahPLiz:
I've been trying to erase the mental picture of the doctor preparing the forceps for 7 months now.
Oh, sweetie. That must have been so scary. I'm sorry.
Births can be so traumatic for so many involved.

It was. But still pretty amazing. When I hold Sparky now, I can't imagine that his whole little being was inside me at some point.

BoxerMomma · February 2012

i can remember it so much more vividly for #2 than for #1. with #2, i remember being present but feeling almost like things were moving in slow motion and i enjoyed it so much more. i can recall the exact way it felt as she came out, not as much the crowning, but the moment her whole body slid out. i also love giving birth. the pain sucks but the emotions and love in that one day far outweighs the pain. if i didnt have to carry the little ones for nine horrible months, we would be having tons of tiny babies.

now i want to go watch my birth slideshow again thanks for the afternoon, pick me up, llcg.

thethomps · February 2012

No way! There was a reason that I told them "no" if they asked if I wanted a mirror placed so I could see the baby coming out. I knew I'd never have another if I had that burned in my brain.

carlinlp · February 2012

jakbtx:
No. but i do have pictures of it that I can't bring myself to look at. (i went all out on photography for my 3rd birth so I *would* remember!!)

I found the videos from his birth yesterday and DH mailed them to you today

el_twirpo · February 2012

the ring of fire was the one thing i feared about birth, and i ended up not feeling it at all. i felt the local anesthetic for when the dr cut me, but not the actual crowning. it is pretty freaking amazing when you think how that whole process even happened.

i was one of those curious people who requested a mirror, but they took it away after my practice pushes so the dr could get in place. i don't know if i'd want video of it, but i would've liked to see it happen live.

august8080 · February 2012

Yes! Amazing, incredible, and so surreal (esp when I look at the size of that head)!!

Taytee · February 2012

I did. Once. Just once. I swear. I was telling my birth story to a pregnant friend and for a moment, explaining the ring of fire and the undeniable urge to push (no epi) I felt sort of... warm and fuzzy down there about it. Not orgasmic. OK. Maybe pre-O. Just a little. But for a split second, the idea of giving birth again seemed AWESOME. Then I remembered how it felt like I was splitting wide open everytime I sneezed for a few days. That snapped me back to reality.

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