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The room next door

judahsmommy1judahsmommy1
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I'm in the hospital right now because of blood pressure issues and am checked into labor and delivery. I can hear the woman in the room next to me moaning through contractions. I know the sound of a woman working through a tough one and I'm just thinking, "You can do it! Stick with it! You're doing great!" I'm also getting a little teary. Man, empathy goes into high gear when you're pregnant.
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Re: The room next door

  • BransonsBeccaBransonsBecca member
    Awww... I'm so glad you posted this! I went through my NB about a week ago. I was really loud. Like a moaning cow loud. Of course, I didn't think about it at the time, but now I really hope I didn't scare the other laboring women! It is nice to know that maybe they were rooting for me :)
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  • Mrs.HAWMrs.HAW member
    This is encouraging for me, too!  I was worried about being loud (this will be my first NB), and now I have somewhere positive for my thoughts to go instead.
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  • judahsmommy1judahsmommy1
    I eventually had the privilege of hearing those first cries and completely lost it! I'm glad that no one else was in the room at that point in time. I was so proud of that mama! I really hope that it was the experience and result that she hoped for.
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  • choppinbroccoli22choppinbroccoli22 member
    Smile that's really cool. I've never heard another woman in labor. I can just remember what my own deep moaning sounded like in my ears. I remember that my midwife said that the floor was packed (we had a blizzard, which does seem to move things along), and that she was constantly in and out of the room to attend to others, but I couldn't hear a soul. I remember that she tried to get me not to vocalize during pushing (direct my energy into the push), but I HAD to, and I remember apologizing between contractions if my yelling was scaring other women. Then another contraction would come and I didn't care. :) It's so beautiful!
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