Doesn't birth hurt? How many of u spent the entire length of your pregnancy worrying about the birth?

Question

When my girl was nine months, I asked her if she was scared to have the baby? She told me she couldn't wait to have it! I bucked my eyes in disbelief- I've never had a baby but I know that childbirth is very painful. It seems like as the months wind down, the more nervous I would be of the pain of having a baby. So, what do u think?

Answer 1

Let's put it this way, most women I know (myself included), at the end of 9 months of carrying to child are so big and uncomfortable it is a relief to go into labor, I mean at least you are FINALLY getting somewhere lol. The pain REALLY isn't that bad and the worst part is the contractions not the pushing. (And I've never had an epidural lol). If it was such a horrible thing the human species would have died out centuries ago!

Answer 2

It is natural to be nervous about birth. It is painful but worth it in the end. And as someone else said, by the end of 9 months all you want is to give birth. You aren't thinking about the pain anymore b/c you have been dealing with all kinds of other pains and discomforts. It is a wonderful feeling to be pregnant at times. When you feel that little baby moving inside you. It is great. So yes, you are nervous but excited too.

Answer 3

Of course it is painful, but its necessary, constructive pain and at the end of the day, worrying about it is just going to draw out whats happening.
To spend 9 months worrying about something that lasts usually only a day or a few hours is silly, especially when you think about what you get in return, a beautiful life to cherish that you helped create and nurture. The positives outweigh the negatives.
When you worry, your body realises a horomone called cortisol and also adrenilin, this causes the baby to become stressed and also hinders the chance of a quick, natural birth. However when your body is calm and relaxed, your body releases serotonin, which helps you have a healthy, possibly quicker birth and a happier, calmer baby.
Trust me, i would'nt be pregnant with my second if it wasn't a wonderful experience!
I hope when it is your turn to have a baby you remember it is always ok.

Answer 4

Before I jump into anything, I read everything I can get my hands on about the subject. I did the same thing with my pregnancy. Being informed made labor seem much less scary. I knew it would hurt, and it did, but I also knew that I could handle it. I asked for an epidural, and that made it easier. I forgot any pain I had the moment I laid eyes on my perfect little boy. There was no need to freak out. By that point, I was so ready for him to get here that I'd have tackled any pain involved!

Answer 5

Hurts like nothing you've ever felt before, but worth every second of it. She probably wasn't looking forward to the labor itself, but after that getting to hold the baby for the first time. That makes it all okay in the end. Besides, the body has a way of making a woman forget exactly how bad it is. Otherwise, no one would ever have more than one baby!

Answer 6

with my first one i was ok i heard it was a blissful experience one someone would do again in a heart beat. then the doc said its time to go to the hospital and then i started to get that tight feeling in my stomach but still ok, then we went to the car and right then and there i sat down on the pavement and vowed i wasnt doing that the baby just had to stay there cuz i wasnt doing it. then m DH said that its to late we have to and said if he had to he would go back into the docs office and get him and then of course i got up and said ok. got to the hospital broke my water 31 hours later, and a failed epidural later i had a 9 pound 2 ounce little girl, and then and there i said id do it again in a heartbeat and low and behold 20 mos later i was about to do it again and was truly scared of another failed epidural, so scared that i was chosing nothing but crushing my husbands hand and my blessed nurse said that if i wanted my husband there and not in surgery cuz i crushed his hand then let her find a great anthiesologist to perform the epidiural and she did and this guy was great maybe to great i had to be told when push. and i had another girl 8 punds 3 ounces. i wast feeling a thing. and thru both of my experiences i wouldnt change one thing. i do it all over again the same. it just great when u hold ur baby for the first time and u forget about being scared of anything u feel on top of the world.

Answer 7

i am going to have my first baby on saturday, everyone asks me if i am scared or nervious, you know what if i am that scared i wouldnt have done what i did to be like this. I dont tell anybody this i just say no im actually getting excited, i am not nervious of taking care of a baby and i am only 19 plus its just another life lesson in life. everyone is telling me that its going to be painfull giving birth at this point i dont really care i am hurting but i am going to be so happy when baby gets out of me, i have been waiting nine months so i better be excited. i just start blocking out what i hear but sometimes you just gotta listen to what they have to say because some of it is pretty funny.

Answer 8

It's absolutely horrible but the outcome makes it bearable. I totally forgeot about the pain before I left the hospital and every time I looked in my son's eyes I knew I had the strenght to do it again. I am 15 weeks now and he is 2.5 yrs.

Answer 9

One of the great things about giving birth is that you manage to endure a pretty intense pain from a sort of etherial distance. Yes it hurts, but it's like joining an elite group of women, like your mother, your grandmother, your great-grandmother...It is a right of passage that makes you aware of life like nothing else. And the good news is, your body forgets and recovers almost immediately and you've done it. Don't fear it, it's your privledge and probably your closest touch to what makes us all tick.

Answer 10

I am a mother of a eight year old girl. Giving birth did hurt, a lot. (My epidural didnt work!!) But once you hold your baby in your arms its all worth it.I am 30 weeks pregnant now and it going to be a boy. I know this one is gonna hurt too!!! lol.. but worth every minute of it.