how is the feel of delivering a baby?

Question

does it pain or?

Answer 1

I'm NOT the only one who has felt the thrill of childbirth. Childbirth is what is called a “peak experience.” I promise it will be the most thrilling and joyful experience of your life.

There are a lot of scare stories out there and some women seem to take pleasure in frightening new moms-to-be. Pay no attention to them. You are not an invalid and childbirth is not a disease. Labor is not painful - just a kind of squeezing and tightening as your cervix dilates. Continue with your normal activities, pausing every 10-15 minutes to smile when you feel a contraction. When the contractions are 5 minutes apart, it’s time to go to the hospital. Once the cervix is fully dilated, there will probably be a few painful minutes (called “transition”); it doesn’t last long and you can put up with anything as long as you know it’s only temporary. Any pain relief will also affect your baby, and you don’t want that!

Now you move into actual labor, the work of pushing the baby out. This is the most pleasurable part of the experience, like one extended orgasm. No woman should be denied this! To experience these moments again, I would have had a dozen children - if I didn’t have to raise them afterwards!

The cause of the pain that many women report is fear. It acts on the muscles that work during labor, tightening them so they cannot do their job properly. A must-read book is Grantly Dick-Read’s “Childbirth Without Fear.” If your library doesn’t have it, order it through Interlibrary Loan. It will change your outlook on childbirth.

Good luck - I hope I have given you something to look forward to!

Answer 2

I looked at it as dealing with, for instance, a leg cramp. If you've ever had a cramping muscle you have probably noticed that the more it cramped the more you tensed up causing it to cramp and hurt more. It is only after you relaxed some that your cramp was able to subside. It's the same with contractions. If you tense up they will hurt more...If you relax they can work more effectively and quickly...causing less pain.
I was told by a friend that her birthing nurse told her to try to poop when pushing. That's what I did, and I didn't have any trouble.
If your having a baby and trying to decide whether or not to use pain med.s I say do it. You don't have to be a hero...you don't get any bonus points in heaven for not using them.

Answer 3

In my experience the pain is different from time to time. My first wasn't that bad and the second made me decide to stop having children. My sister in law that has 8 children says the same thing.

My first was mostly like the cramps you get when you have eaten bad food and get a bad case of diarrhea. My second was pain to the point where I couldn't breathe.

Answer 4

Here's an idea. Male person to me, "So delivering a baby is like being constipated or something?" Me: "Yes - with a freight train!"

Answer 5

It made it easier for me knowing that she had to come out and there was nothing I could do about it. When you're in labor, you ARE going to give birth. It hurt pretty bad, but I would do it again in a second. After I pushed her out, everything that was bothering me for 9 mo. was over. I felt wonderful

Answer 6

labor is what really hurts the worst, but honestly, when it come to the delivery, it like a relief almost. it's like finally, after 9 months of constipation, you can finally take that huge dump!

Answer 7

it feels like you have to go poo...seriously, nobody ever tells you this but it is true

Answer 8

HURTS LIKE HELL