When i was in labour it was 22hrs and all i remember is that it was painful but i really don't remember how it felt...maybe cause by the time the pain got really bad i was too tired to notice...but i know the last 2 hrs was the worse..but i just dont really remember.....why do you think mothers cant remember their labour after birth???
2007-03-01 08:11:34 · 18 answers · asked by ashlee s 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Like you said the pain is so excruciating that you wear yourself out and you do not want to remember the pain. Plus that would prevent a lot of people from having more children. My labor was only 8 hours and I didn't start to feel the pain until about 4 hours in but when it came oh it came...I promised myself that I would not even think about having another baby for fear of going through the pain again but here I am 2 years later thinking, "Oh I could deal with the pain again to have another baby.." I think to myself too why??? It hurt so bad the 1st time but the end result my little love muffin daughter I would do it again. But that's just like anything that happens to you, you know it happend but you can't remember the pain so maybe it's psychological to stop you from being scared.
2007-03-01 08:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
With my first I didn't have really bad contractions. Once I got the epidural I couldn't feel a thing, including the 3 minutes of pushing the baby out.
With my second the labor was much quicker, only 5 hours. I went from 4 or 5cm to 10cm in 20 minutes and pushed him out in less than 5 minutes so I didn't experience a large amount of pain for a long time like some women do. They gave me something at the last minute (like 30 mins before he was born) to "take the edge off." All it did was make me feel very much out of it and drunk. I guess that is why I don't remember much of the pain.
2007-03-01 08:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by october g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember it . I had nothing for the pain with my last two, and I just remember it feeling like the most horrible menstrual cramps you could ever imagine. When I think about it I can remember the feeling. But not with my first one, but I did have the epidural with him. I think with most women, there is so much going through their minds at that time. So many things that that when you look back on the moments, the pain was only a minor memory, the other memories are more vivid. Like seeing your child for the first time, hearing her cry, your husband almost fainting(Ha Ha- this really happened to me), things like that. The other memories seem to make the memories of the pain fade away.
2007-03-01 08:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsey H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfavorable you! relax, its no longer fairly all that undesirable is it? fairly, u imagine u might want to be doing this back if it replaced into all that undesirable. I dont imagine so. trust it or no longer you're in an outstanding postiton because you already how difficult it truly is to have a infant, yet that i advise each of the stuff after its born - it truly is the difficult bit no longer the beginning. i know that you may have a extra useful adventure this time!!! Giving beginning is painful and there is not any getting faraway from that. besides the undeniable fact that, staying calm is the most suitable ingredient to achieve this that you're already doing extra useful this time. It appears like pethadin might want to no longer be a sturdy concept this time. I advise deep respiratory and gas, also try utilising water it may help to relax you too. merely because u had a nasty adventure very last time does no longer advise that you may have a similar adventure, 2d births are continually extra reachable because you know what to assume. you'd be advantageous - trust me !!!!!! sturdy luck and luxuriate on your beginning - it may well be the perfect one
2016-10-17 09:43:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most mom's I know say they forget about the pain once baby is here. They remember facts like how long they were in labor and that it wasn't a breeze, but the pain is mostly forgotten (how else would they attempt to have another child otherwise.)
2007-03-01 08:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by Serena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called the kindness of the human brain. Imagine if you could really remember the pain again! You would relive it every time you thought about the day your child was born. Who would be able to stand that? I'm fine with the amnesia.☼
2007-03-01 08:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Endorphins. The hormones gets released and makes us "forget" painful aspects of labor. See article below:
Endorphins offer a number of benefits for pregnant and laboring women:
They are natural pain killers, produced in response to the heavy work of pregnancy and the stress of uterine contractions.
They create a sense of well-being and promote positive feelings.
The feelings of achievement and satisfaction with birth increase self-esteem and confidence.
The amnesic effect of endorphins enables women to forget the worst aspects of labour providing an incentive to reproduce again.
They offer a natural reward for the effort involved in giving birth.
2007-03-01 08:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard that there is a hormone released once the baby is born that makes a woman forget all about the pain. However, the father (if he is there) never forgets about the pain, and will always remember how strong and brave the woman was.
2007-03-01 08:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by Rosie B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally can remember the pain I went through having both my kids, it is just a pain that is indescribable. the pain also ended as soon as I held my beautiful babies in my arms, I like to remember that part instead of the pain.
2007-03-01 08:17:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember it all. The pain, the tears and the begging of the epidural. Every bit I remember and that's probably why I defiantly don't want to go through it again.
2007-03-01 08:16:27 · answer #10 · answered by supasary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋