What does birth feel like like actual pushing not the contractions?

Question

With the eperdural and without

Answer 1

I didn't have an epidural, so I can only tell you what it was like that way.

The PUSHING part, was very different then the labour part.
With pushing, you're still having contraction...but for me, when it came time to push, it was almost like a relief to GET to push...like my body knew what it had to do, and it felt good to do it (don't get me wrong, it still hurts, but it's very different then just contractions).

Crowning....oh boy....hurts about as much as it sounds like it should!

Answer 2

Contractions harm a lot more than pushing. Pushing is bodily arduous and does harm however it is extra like extreme strain for the period of contractions (you continue to revel in contractions even as you push). To push the correct method you ought to push like you are taking a poo and it truthfully looks like there is a bowling ball among your legs. When the pinnacle crowns there is an extreme burning sensation however as soon as the pinnacle is entirely out you slightly realize the shoulders and the relaxation of the frame slipping out. It can also be relatively painful afterwards however there is a large anguish remedy. The simplest intent you'll have anguish afterwards is that if there used to be a tear or episiotomy played. You consider a couple of smaller contractions for the placenta and the placenta actually slides out, you slightly ought to push and there is no longer even 1 / 4 of the anguish you'll consider with a consistent contraction.

Answer 3

I am a mother of 2 boys, aged 10 and 2. My first son tipped the scales at 9 lbs 6.5oz. I did not have the epidural, as oringally planned. I was supposed to have it, but they waited too long to administer it and my contractions were too strong to be able to relax my back. So I did without it and after 36 hrs of labor, and an hour of hard labor later...he came out.

My second child, was a smaller more aero-dynamic baby at 7lb 4oz and I did get my epidural for him. 5 hrs in labor and about 2 minutes of pushing, he shot out like a bullet...perfectly formed head. He looked like he was a few days old already. He wasn't the pointy-headed newborn that most babies are.

I'm assuming that you may be pregnant with your first child and are thirsty for someone to tell you what its like. It is beyond words. But if you're asking about the pushing, and not the contractions - I'll tell you exactly what it feels like and this is going to be little gross, but its like you have to take the biggest number 2 EVER!!! And you cannot help but push!!! They call it "bearing down" when you're ready to just push out that baby. It really feels like your taking the world's biggest crap!!! And if you talk to any other women, I think they'd agree that that is an accurate discription. It is the most uncontrollable thing ever and when the doctors tell you to STOP pushing so that you don't tear...its darn near impossible to just STOP...that's how incredibly strong it is.

I didn't notice a difference in the "pushing' with the epidural vs without. The hours leading up to child birth were definitely more tolerable and comfortable with the epidural. In fact, after they stuck that thing in my back, that was the best I had felt, physically, in months!!! LOL

Answer 4

The pushing is the same as pushing a bowel movement. I have had one child naturally and another with an eperdural.
The natural way was painful in a way I can't discribe its more like pressure than pain. The contractions are more painful actually. The actual pushing isn't bad because your body naturally expands to accomidate the child coming through the birth canal.

With an eperdural I didnt feel any of it. No pressure no pain.

Answer 5

i had an epidural and i didn't feel any pain at all.
when it came time to push, i could feel just enough pressure in my birth canal to know where i needed to focus my energy and concentration and then i would just push!

seriously, the epidural is the only way to fly that ride!!!
once i started to get serious contractions i made up my mind that YES! i was getting an epidural. i never felt groggy or fuzzy and i didn't feel any contractions. it was nice. i was contracting off the charts and i was talking to people on the phone and playing cards with my husband.

very nice.

Answer 6

well you will here how it was for diffrent women.usually the pain meds are only for contractions not the pushing the drs usually like the meds to wear off before the actual pushing because it can make the baby tired. i how ever had 2 kids no pain meds and am having my 3rd with no pain meds. the pushing for me felt like my puss was numb and tenglylike when your legs asleep and you try to walk on it it dont really hurt but its very uncomfortable. the contractions for me hurt worse then the actual pushing.but like i said every women experiances child birth difrently. some might say it felt like there puss was being ripped apart. but lol lucky for me it didnt feel that way.

Answer 7

well I had an epidural and "back labor" where the baby is laying/pushing on your spine.
With the epidural your sort of numb so it's an odd feeling pushing. My friend gave me this analysis once (she's had 3 kids) before i gave birth.
She said put a ball/fruit whatever in your mouth that streches it HUGE then push it out w/your tongue the feeling you have on your mouth/lips is what it'll feel like when your pushing that baby out the vagina opening...lol but is sorta true.

Answer 8

I have never had an epidural with neither of my children, but pushing is great, lol such a relief. It is a lot of pressure kindof like you have to go #2. It's the contractions that are painful. Good luck.

Answer 9

I had natural childbirth with all 3 of my kids. The contractions hurt some, but I gotta say the the pushing part actually made that feel better. They didn't have to tell me to push, I told them that I felt like I needed to...it was a relief!!

Answer 10

I had an epidural, and the pushing actually felt pretty good. It's almost like being satisfied after scratching an itch.... there was a huge sensation of pressure (like needing to poo) when the contraction was at its peak, so pushing felt like a great thing to do to help with the pressure