i know that childbirth is a painful, but wonderful moment for most people, but did anyone have any experiences that actually make them laugh out loud ? this moment came for me when i was getting stiches after having an episiotomy, after i was sewn up, i had a crowd of nurses / midwives / doctors all standing at the 'business end', saying things like 'ooooo, what lovely sutures' and 'you've made a really lovely job of that' to the person who'd sewn me up !!! i just found it so funny to have a crowd of total strangers saying things like that ! lol - i guess u have to have a sense of humour in situations like that. (by the way, if any of you more delicate souls can't cope with the image of childbirth, there is nothing making u answer this question !!!)
2006-12-17 21:06:06 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
With my youngest, i was a few hours in and the nurse checked me. When she put her fingers in me she got this weird look on her face. She then pulled out and called the Doctor as fast as she could. my husband at this point was freaking out and asked her what was going on...she then told us that the baby had grabbed her finger and pulled real hard. (his hand was on top of his head right above my cervix)
So any way, the Doctor came in to check me so that she could confirm what was going on...our sweet little baby put his hand thru my cervix and FLIPPED HER OFF when she checked. We were laughing so hard I peed my self in between a contraction.( they then took me in for a c-section)
2006-12-17 21:24:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
I laughed through the first 12 hours of labour which all the midwives found amusing. I had my husband, mother and sister with me and they didnt know what to do as they weren't sure whether I was in pain or not. The best thing was I had to be transfered to another hospital half way through labour, it was pouring with rain outside and the ambulance crew did there best to keep me dry and save some of my dignity when taking me out of the hospital, once in the ambulance a major contraction started and I did all I could to keep smiling which was difficult until the rain started pouring through the top of the ambulance and down my face!!!!
My husband and the one ambulance guy were fine on their side as all the water was over me. I was soaked by the time I got to the other hospital!!
It was a brand new ambulance as well ( less than 6 months old! )
2006-12-17 22:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by entertainer 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes all thanks to gas & air, marvellous stuff. Midwife was giving me an internal, when i laughed at something which made my muscles tighten, hence her hand getting stuck up there as I kept laughing hysterically more and more at the thought of it, this got tighter the harder I laughed so much so her hand actually hurt, she had to get my husband to take the gas & air from me.
Then later as things proceeded, The point where all the modesty has gone as I was lay exposing my bottom half, 2 asian doctors visited, My midwife quickly covered me u. All I could say to tem was I'm really sorry for showing my bits, Your probaly as offended as someone wearing their shoes in the Mosque!!
I eventually had a trolley dash caesarean, and i've been told i'll need another, I just hope i get ago with the gas and air!!!!
2006-12-17 21:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Firstly i went into shock and kept bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter. Then a bit later into the labour my temperature went sky high due to an infection in the waters theyd failed to spot earlier . I went completely delirious n was talking crap, like winnie the poo chasing teddy ruxpin round the ceiling and thought i was a super hero called brannigans crisps man! by i had an epidural after about 14 hours of labour and then fell asleep! my mum says i was snoring between pushes and at one point let out the biggest fart in the history of man n the midwife was almost rolling on the floor laughing!
i never did have another baby ;)
2006-12-17 22:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by serephina 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As soon as my 2nd daughter was born, my husband looked over at my best friends boyfriend, then at the baby then at him again...
Everyone symotaniously said NOoooooo
She's the spitting image of him now, but looked like a monkey at first and this guy was kind of ape looking too hahaha
With my 3rd child the midwife had just told my mother I had hours to go before the baby would be born and left the room. As soon as the door shut behind her, I felt my baby slide down and crown in one swift movement. I said to my mother, the baby the baby. She laughed and said, nah you have hours, I said yeh? then what the F@#$ is THIS!!??!! I opened my legs and pointed to a baby's head between my legs. My mother went pale white and she an my husband both ran out of the room to find the midwife, leaving me alone.
By the time they found her and returned I had given birth.
2006-12-17 21:19:23 · answer #5 · answered by gingin 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have yet to experience the job of childbirth, but I've got to say this is the funniest set of answers I have ever read and it's made me a bit less nervous about giving birth!!
Someone should compile a little book of similar stories!
2006-12-18 02:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by Ricecakes 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
After 21 HOURS!!! Of Labour they decided I had to have an emergency c-section. I signed the paperwork but then like an idiot tried to get up and walk to the operating theatre to go and have it done!! ( I had already had an epidural and couldn't actually feel anything from the waist down!!)
After been set up ready for the operation, I kept whispering to my boyfriend that the porter that had brought me through from the delivery room was actually a member of the mafia!
2006-12-18 01:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by Suze B 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I was as high as a kite on gas and air and whenever the call bell sounded I started doing impersonations of airport annoucements in a really nasely voice: "This is the last call for Mr & Mrs Smith for flight BA4734 to Abu Dhabi" etc. My poor husband thought I'd lost the plot.
2006-12-17 23:14:53 · answer #8 · answered by Len 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well its kinda gross but everyone laughed (at me) I was in the birthing pool, had been 4 a short while so u know what the water gets like, anyway, I really needed a drink of water and no 1 was quick enough so I just scooped some water from the pool in2 my mouth. Everyone looked at me with disgust but then cracked up. I was on drugs at the time!
2006-12-17 21:25:19 · answer #9 · answered by carlsloki 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am a man but I still smile when I think about my sons birth.I had been in the delivery room.I was told to go back to waiting room.They left me in the protective clothing gown boots gloves and mask.I sat down to wait but very calm.A man came in,he was very stressed and couldnt sit still.He came over to me and asked if his wife would be in good hands?He adressed me as doctor.To calm him down I assured him that nursing staff were all well qualified.I was called out of the room my son had arrived.Later when he saw me holding my son.He shouted out to everyone that I was pretending to be a doctor but bogus.
2006-12-17 21:31:47 · answer #10 · answered by jjinbkk 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋