October 2012 Moms

Did you cry when you were pushing?

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Just curious for all the new moms how you were when you were pushing and in between pushing. Did you feel like you didn't have enough energy to push or get half way through and just start crying? I know some of you pushed for only a few minutes and some for hours so I am just trying to see what you felt like mentally. 

Re: Did you cry when you were pushing?

  • I didn't cry then, but I have cried at the drop of a hat ever since. I was exhausted, starving, quesy, annoyed  with all the monitors, but determined not to let them take us for a section. I pushed 3.5 hours. I did almost give up before I thought to ask for an epi boost. That was enough to take the edge off the pain and allowed me to get some relief between pushes again.
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  • I didnt cry but.I was VERY frustrated. They were concerned about her heart rate dropping during contractions and had me start pushing before I had the urge so it took me about an hour and a half to get her head under my pubic bone even though they said my pushes were really good, my contractions were just not helping me enough. After she passed the pubic bone, it was a piece of cake in comparrison but I was so tired from everything and the fact that it was like 3am.
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  • I didn't cry. I only pushed for half an hour and was very effective with my pushes. It also helped that lo was at +2 when I started pushing. The worst part for me was crowning. I can't even describe how that felt, but I also had no pain meds.
  • No I am all business when it comes to pushing. I am also very lucky that my first baby only took 10 minutes of pushing, my other 2 were out in three pushes.  So no need to break down there.  This last time I did cry once I was admitted and my mom took the kids home, and it was just Dh and I.  It got very real at that moment.  Our lives were changing again, the fears of all the worst senarios took hold, and I was in pain. But we (DH is a very calm person) got myself under control and off we went. 
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  • I tried to cry but then the next contraction would come and I couldn't do anything but deal with that and push.
  • With my first delivery no.  I pushed for about an hour and. Like someone else shared it felt good to push, like a relief of the pressure. They told me to push if I felt I could a nd I did.  It was very stress free and I felt ready and relaxed.  This time we will see. 
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  • With DS1 I had an epi and wasn't feeling much at all.  I pushed for just about an hour & I didn't cry at all.  Mentally I was just ready to meet my son & be done w/ my 23 hour labor.

    With DS2 I went pain-med free.  I only pushed 3 times.  It hurt like he$$ but I didn't cry.  I think adreneline had taken over at that point.  Right before we left home for the hospital I had a moment where I thought I couldn't do it.  The rest of the time I was so zoned in on handling the contractions that I wasn't really aware of anything else.

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  • I didn't. It felt good to push! I was more pissed off and HOT, the hottest I've ever been. They were soaking wash cloths in ice water and putting them on me and it still wasn't enough! I pushed for 2 1/2 hours and probably could have gotten him out sooner but a few times, I was scared to push against the pressure. At the very end, the doctor was getting concerned and threatened an episiotomy, trying the vacuum 3 times and then a c section if that didn't work. He came out very soon after that!
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  • I did cry at the end, as her head was crowning. I think after 1.25 hours I was emotionally drained. I just cried and said I can't do it anymore. But at that point she was only two pushes away. Also as pp said I had not eaten, or drank enough and just tired from no sleep. DH was really supportive at that point saying he knew I could do it, etc, it helped a lot. 
  • I didn't cry. I didn't push that long though. I thought pushing was better then waiting to push. I have found both times the time just before pushing was worse then the pushing.

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  • No. All my energy was focused on pushing.
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  • Keep in mind I only pushed for about ten minutes, but no, I did not cry during or between pushes.  In fact, I was so motivated to get the baby out to stop the contractions that I even asked to push in between contractions.  For me, pushing felt better than the contractions...you definitely get into the zone and focus on getting your baby out.  Of course, this could be very different for each person.

  • I didn't cry because by the time my son descended, I had been in labor for 30 hours and was ready for it all to be over.  I pushed for a total of 4 minutes.  I didn't cry until I got back to my room and had a one-on-one moment with my son.  :)
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  • I didn't cry while pushing with either of my previous pregnancies.  It was hard work with #1 (about and hour and half of pushing) and I remember saying right as he was coming out, "Just GET IT OUT!!!"  ;)

    With #2, it was only 20ish-min of pushing, but it was a little wild b/c he was breech and so everyone was more intense.  There was still no crying, just raw determination to get him out quickly. 

    However, I did cry a little with both right after when holding them on my chest and realizing what a beautiful, crazy, and wonderful thing just happened.

     

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