Pregnant after a Loss

"So, are you scared of labour?"

I hate when people ask me this.  Hate it.

I'm afraid that I will go into contractions before my stitches are out and rupturing.  I afraid of losing the baby from being born early.  I'm not afraid of the pain of child birth.

I've done this before.  I've delivered with full pitocin and in a breach position.  Yes, Isabelle was much smaller, but I've experienced full hard contractions and managed my way through.  This is not new.

Why must we as women scare each other like this?  Why do we make the younger generation fear the pain child birth making them tense up and make it harder than it needs to be?

The best advise I ever got before I delivered Isabelle was from my mom.  "Relax and let the baby go down."  Why can't we say this to each other?  This is more productive.

I know my work shower is next week and I'm dreading having to hear all the stories. (Most of which I have already heard already).

 

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BFP #3 - 02/07/13, EDD 10/12/13
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Re: "So, are you scared of labour?"

  • Hugs to you. Why people choose to scare pregnant women with horror stories about their pregnancies, deliveries, recovery, breast feeding, etc. is beyond me.

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  • ((hugs)) rla. I don't understand it either. 


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  • It's like a horrible thing that people feel the need to do. I will never get it!! ((HUGS))
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  • I was wondering how you were doing. :)

    I'm sorry that people are idiots and ask you this. I also hate how people feel the need to scare all women about childbirth. I know a lady who enjoys telling her horror stories and calls them "birth control for young couple" stories. I absolutely hate it.
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  • I hate this too and I'm so sorry people are doing it to you. Do you have a response ready for your work shower? Maybe something like that will help you feel empowered.

    @jenn0021 I also hate people who refer to their own children as "birth control". We know a couple of people who call their beautiful young daughters terrorists and are always joking about using them to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

    I find it all so bizarre and offensive.
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  •  @jenn0021 I also hate people who refer to their own children as "birth control". We know a couple of people who call their beautiful young daughters terrorists and are always joking about using them to prevent unwanted pregnancies. I find it all so bizarre and offensive.
    ugh, that makes me sick

    yea, RLA, not sure why people love doing that.... it's so bizarre. what happened to just telling people good luck?
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  • Thanks ladies.

    Pain is the last consideration of this experience.  I just want to hold my live baby in my arms.  What I have to do to get there is not important.  Other people just don't get that.

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  • @Jenn0021:

    Okay, I know I've been MIA, but YAY!  Congrats my budget buddy!  So very happy for you, my dear!

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  • I must be honest I'm one of those people that has shared my birth story. I just love telling it to anyone that will listen. It wasn't tragic just a little long and annoying. I have no idea why I enjoy this story so much but I also love hearing/reading others too. I honestly didn't know it offended people until being on this board.

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  • rlajambe said:

    @Jenn0021:

    Okay, I know I've been MIA, but YAY!  Congrats my budget buddy!  So very happy for you, my dear!

    Thanks! We're pretty excited ourselves. :)

    How are you doing with your budget by the way? I've totally been slacking but am hoping to buckle down and get more disciplined now that fall is here.
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  • jenn0021 said:
    rlajambe said:

    @Jenn0021:

    Okay, I know I've been MIA, but YAY!  Congrats my budget buddy!  So very happy for you, my dear!

    Thanks! We're pretty excited ourselves. :)

    How are you doing with your budget by the way? I've totally been slacking but am hoping to buckle down and get more disciplined now that fall is here.
    We've had a few stumbles with getting DH's business of the ground.  Large learning curve on that one.  But the nursery is just about ready and we've heading into my mat leave with a little nest egg to survive the 4-6 week wait for EI payments to kick in.  So all in all, we did alright, I suppose.

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    BFP #3 - 02/07/13, EDD 10/12/13
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  • When people find out I'm having a home birth they freak out and say things like "Oh you'll end up in the hospital once the pain gets to be too much." or "What if something happens with you or the baby?"

    I live 2 freaking minutes from the hospital if something happens, and just because you couldn't handle the pain of child birth doesn't mean that everyone else couldn't.

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  • Since having DD I've come to the conclusion that they weren't trying to scare. I like talking about my labor because it was all so powerful and sharp. I'm incredibly proud of her delivery and it let my body redeem itself after letting Us down so many times. Sharing the story, the funny parts and gory parts are more an attempt to say, "look what I did. I'm just a regular person. It was amazing and dangerous and painful and absolutely awesome. Women are f---king amazing." Maybe that's all weird. That's just my take now that I've been on the other side.

    In the situation where you've already been in labor I would be annoyed and hurt. As though none of it counted. It all happened. So for that im totally with you. Sorry they're being asshats about it. ((Hugs))
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  • rlajambe said:
    jenn0021 said:
    rlajambe said:

    @Jenn0021:

    Okay, I know I've been MIA, but YAY!  Congrats my budget buddy!  So very happy for you, my dear!

    Thanks! We're pretty excited ourselves. :)

    How are you doing with your budget by the way? I've totally been slacking but am hoping to buckle down and get more disciplined now that fall is here.
    We've had a few stumbles with getting DH's business of the ground.  Large learning curve on that one.  But the nursery is just about ready and we've heading into my mat leave with a little nest egg to survive the 4-6 week wait for EI payments to kick in.  So all in all, we did alright, I suppose.
    Good job! I'm glad that you guys are doing alright. Getting a business going is hard. We're a year and a bit into DH's new business and we're still learning.
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    BFP #2 01/14/11. EDD 09/25/11. Missed m/c 02/18/11. D&C 02/24/11. }Dustin{
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    TTC Again May 2014
    Progesterone & baby aspirin combo for 5 cycles
    - All BFN's
    SA with DNA fragmentation = Perfect results

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  • I don't understand why either. When I was preg. with my oldest I was scared. The best advice I ever got was from my CNM. She told me "Yes contractions hurt. Yes they can be hard. BUT they only last a minute & then the pain is over." She was so right. It helped me more with my 2nd than my first though. 
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  • *HUGS* I don't understand how everyone spends so much time asking inappropriate things like "so when are you going to have kids?", and then as soon as you get pregnant they can't stop telling you about how shitty pregnancy, labour, or parenthood is. People suck!
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  • I am so sorry you're dealing with this. I do think you are within your rights to explain that you have had a traumatic experience and really don't want to talk about labor with colleagues. Sometimes a little honesty can make people see what complete idiots they are being.
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