2006-09-13 11:54:13 · 42 answers · asked by mandy 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
thats a dumb question. Something between 5 - 9 pounds is coming out a tiny opening, do you think it would feel good?
Not to mention, some women would go for an epidural. The pain must be intense if you want to have someone place a needle into/near your spine to get medicine to relieve the pain.
2006-09-13 11:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by MzHazelnut22 3 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Yes. But how much and how long depends on the situation. If your labor atarts slow and then gets faster after your epidural then it shouldn't hurt that bad.
My first child was a blur of everything. My water broke at 11:30a.m. and within 30 seconds I was having 2 minute contractions every 45 seconds to 90 seconds. I went so fast that I couldn't have an epidural. Which sucked real hard.
Then when it was time to push him out he got stuck, and there was a problem. I lost so much amniotic fluid when my water broke that when the contractions came my son was distressed because of lack of oxygen. He came almost all of the way through the birth canal befor he got stuck. I could pet his little scruffy head. But I couldn't push him out and he couldn't be pushed back in. My pelvis hadn't unlocked like it was supposed to so he was stuck.
They rushed me into imergency surgery. And the doctor cut me from just below my belly button down. My son is fine and so am I but it was a very emotional time.
The pain of labor has a lot of factors. Some of mine were doctor error. She never spoke to me and she didnt' monitor me closely enough. She wasn't my real doctor. Mine was on vacation. Go figure.
However, I do have good news. My second child was a blast. I didn't get an epidural on that one either. She came out so easy and fast that if there was any pain it didn't register.
By the way. Pain is always a forethought in childbirth. The only time it ever comes up again is on television when mothers are trying to guilt their children into something.
Don't worry about the pain. Hospitals have plenty of drugs to help with that. And none of them will hurt the baby. Just focus on your child. When your baby is handed to you everything you just went through just melts away.
My husband laughs about that. He says that is the only time that anyone can go through that much physically and emotionally, forget all the bad things a second later, and then go back and do it again.
He gives much praise to mothers for their job. He says that if it were up to men to have babies Adam and Eve would have been the last two people on earth. There is no way a man could forget that much less do it again.
He says that's the power of a mother's love. That baby is like a bandaid for what just happened. The baby is the reward that almost always outways the sacrifice.
Congradulations on the baby. May your labor be swift and forgetful.
God bless.
2006-09-15 02:18:13 · answer #2 · answered by tabberlynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies from woman to woman. My mother told me it was like having a bad case of the cramps. She had seven children so I thought she knew what she was talking about. I had one child and went back and told her I knew why she stayed pregnant all the times if her cramps were as bad as my labor pains!
Many females chose an epidural which will reduce some of the pain, but at the beginning it can be kinda rough, and towards the end it will be more painful. You will actually be glad when the baby comes out. Many doctors will give you a shot (down there) at the time of delivery.
They will also push down on your lower stomach to make sure the afterbirth comes out.
If you're really wanting a child it is definitely worth it. If you've ever had a bad gall bladder attack or kidney stones, it's the closest you'll come to labor pains.
2006-09-13 12:01:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Before I went into labor I thought it would be a breeze, I wasn't even close. It's not just the pain, intense as it my be, but the emotional roller coaster you are on and the look on the face on your spouse watching you go through so much pain. It is beautiful and whoever said women just want men to think it hurts, obviously doesn't have a clue. However my baby girl is almost 10 months old and I can tell you that I have forgot, for the most part, how much pain there was.
2006-09-13 12:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does hurt...I had 2 natural. I wanted no drugs in my system to affect the baby's first few minutes.
The best way I can describe childbirth and labor. Clinch your stomach muscles as tight as you can...think of that happening 50 times stronger and you have no control over it. At the last, when you are as stretched open as you can get...you get a feeling of the worse bowel movement you can image...you HAVE to push or die feeling...for me it was very hard to control...and the pain is so bad that if you don't push and get it out you just can't stand it anymore. BUT when it is done...it is over...the pain fades and you have this wonderous little part of you...it is incredible...I would do it again...and again...a miracle indeed...
2006-09-13 12:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by Angelfood 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uhh... yeah it hurts! But you just have to suck it up and get it over with. By the time they have that baby on your stomach and she's taking her first look at the world, you completely forget about the pain. The hardest part is healing afterwards. In my opinion that is worse than the childbirth itself because it lasts longer and you are pretty uncomfortable for a while!!!
2006-09-13 12:00:04 · answer #6 · answered by .*AnNa*. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes it does! as a mother of 4 children, it didn't get any easier - well for me it didn't. my first born was my daughter and she was 10lbs 4ozs. but i had a c-section with her. my 3 boys followed about 2 years apart. my first boy weighing in at 10 lbs 5 ozs, followed by my second boy at 12 lbs 13 ozs and last but not least, the smallest of them all weighing in at 9 lbs 6 ozs. all were at least a week past my due date and yes, i asked for the epidural with all of them - just couldn't take the pain. of course not all births are as painful as mine was, some of them just breeze through it.
2006-09-13 12:19:41 · answer #7 · answered by albert 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. There is the pain of uterine cramping, of passage through the birth canal, and of any injury the the overstretched tissues. There is also exhaustion from the hard work. - It is all worth it though when the baby cries and the mama smiles.
2006-09-13 11:58:34 · answer #8 · answered by The Mog 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no, if you can fiqure out someway to be unconscious during delivery. don`t worry about it -by the time it`s due,you be so relieved to deliver,then your wonderful baby afterwards-it`s scary,but you`ll have your own story.good luck! phil s. the day you poop an 8lb watermelon, i think you may understand- these women who forget (WOW) i didn`t.as far as the pain afterwards- piece of cake, but seriously i had my appendix took out- that was very painful afterwards-so, chin up once the delivery is over-it`s no problem. i had stiches too.
2006-09-13 12:02:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It hurts like nothing else.
But afterwards you get a baby and you forget about the pain pretty fast.
2006-09-13 11:55:41 · answer #10 · answered by Katherine 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not what you call comfortable. It is a beautiful experience and you will forget the pain once you see your baby. THey will give you somthing to help with the pain....walking helps a lot.
2006-09-13 11:59:32 · answer #11 · answered by P.O.L.E. 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋