How painfull is it really?

Question

Hi am 19 yrs old and am just wondering how much it really hurts when u give birth. i know they say there is nth that can describe the pain but i really want to know? Could you describe the pain to me when does it hurt bad maybe relate it to torture or being shot or smth. i just am very curious. And i think mothers are the angels of the universe for going through hellish pain. I Love all mothers out there!!

Answer 1

having gull stones and having my gallbladder removed hurt worse. hope this helps ~~~good Luck~~~

Answer 2

Well too be honest it's the most painful thing I have gone through. But believe people when they tell you it's so worth it once your handed your little miracle, your beautiful child. I actually got stitches for a tear with no pain relief as soon as I was handed my daughter. I didn't even know! I didn't feel a thing!
The only way I can describe the pain is it's a lot like period pain. But more burning and so bad you want to bend double. But the strange thing is it's a kind of tolerable pain. It's as if something inside you lights up and you know this has to be done and your the strongest person on the planet for the next few hours. And I have a low pain threshold and I had a natural labour.
Once your ready to push your then really on a mission that needs to be done and you don't think too much about the pain. Your contractions aren't looked at as pain then... they are looked at as 'ok every time I get a contraction I have to push'
And once you finally push bubs out you get this warm fuzzy feeling wash over you and immense relief and you feel all tingly.

That was a little more than you asked for! But I realy hope it helped. I was in the dark at my first labour and would have loved to know more!

Answer 3

My first was rather painless. My water broke with no contractions until about 9 hours later. I of course had an epidural (where they numb from the waist down to your feet). So the only pain I felt were the contractions prior to getting the epidual. I would describe it as INTENSE menstrual cramps or as intense as a charlie horse but in your midsection. Not at all like Midol would help in the slightest!

My second child (now 2 weeks old so I REALLY remember), was a little more painful. My water didnt break first, I started having contractions automatically. They start out small and get more instense. I was in labor about 8 hours. And got an epidural to ease the pain of the contractions soon before the baby arrived. The contractions this time were more intense closer to my pubic area as oppose to the sides of my tummy with the first child. Ya know when you hear if you breathe thru the pain, it helps ease it? NO IT DOESNT! The pain is still there! I had an intense, lets not do this again kind of pain every 4 minutes upon waking on May 15, 2007. Its not like torture or being shot or even breaking a bone kind of pain. More like a dull roar of pain that iminates from deep down inside and you feel like all your insides are somehow moving and wanting to come out without asking.
To sum it all up....Use birth control until you are married and ready for kids because DAMN!

Answer 4

Ohh sweetie, I've been in the position the same way as you are but i was 17 when i had my first child. I think labor is a wonderful natural thing for us women. First of all labor is different from everyone else. My 1st only lasted 4 hours into hard labor and i didnt feel the conctractions until my water broke. My second son WOW 2 mnths of hard labor and now that was pain ful.
Sometimes you will get contractions starting from the back and going into the front. They feel as worse as you are having a servere bad bad cramp. Asif you had to go the bathroom.
But ummm from my experience i think it's really the head that hurts the most.
also if the pain is so bad you can get pain medications threw your labor... So just relax and do your lamaz you will be okay. I swear.
I also have a lil a girl on the way im due in July 4th but i have to go for a c-section..

Good luck...

Answer 5

Honestly, it does not matter what any one says here because EVERYONE experiences it differently. But, if you are prepared, you can deal with it a little more. Also, if you get an epidural, you wont barely feel anything. All I can say to you is this, the pain may be the most horrible pain ever! But as soon as your baby is out and you are trying to look at him or her and hear their little cry, you forget all of the pain. You can try to remember it to describe but you will not remember the actual pain. It is such a beautiful experience and I would recommend it to anyone. Also, remember, one person might say it hurts like hell and you may have a baby, and say "it did not hurt at all". Everyone is different!

Answer 6

I always think back on the delivery of my daughter when someone asks "what was it like?" The best way I can think to describe it is that it feels like the most horrific period cramps you have felt in your life...maybe all put together. The worst pain is at the end for sure, right before the baby is born. I think if you can make it to that point you can make it through the entire thing! It was more difficult at the end than any other point for me. Just remember to breath and have someone to talk to you, it helps to keep your mind off the pain for a few minutes at a time!

Answer 7

well im 17 yrs old right now i had my first baby when i was 15 and for me it was something that i will never forget cuz it happened at a very young age well ever labor is different some might be long and painfull or long and not that much pain or short and painfull or not a lot of pain but the best thing to do is breath relax and dont look at the time because it makes it seems like your in labor forever......but the pain can be really painfull mine was expecially when you have back pains those hurt a lot not to scare you but to me i felt as if someone was gonna break my bak but one of my friends only had pain in her lower abdomen and i dont think those are really painfull....contractions are just like cramps but a lot stronger.....my advise is just relax breath and think positive.....oh and there are drugs you can take if you cant take the pain for so long......but every labor is different they are not all the same...wish you the best of luck and congrats on your baby

Answer 8

Just get an epidural and it will be fine. It hurt worse than anything I have felt yet, BUT it starts out slow and gets progressively worse. And in between contractions you do not hurt, but when you are ready to have the baby there is not much time in between. Its not like on TV I did not scream and yell, I might have wanted to rip every ones heads off for talking, but I did not, you get through it. I had my first natural and my second with an epidural, I would definitely recommend getting the epidural. And once the baby is out the pain is over and you have a beautiful little baby that makes it all worth it.
You will be pretty sore afterwords also, depending on if you have to be cut, be sure you ask them for a RX for pain pills before you leave the hospital it helps a lot.
Good Luck and Congratulations.

I guess I didnt really describe the pain, its like really bad cramps to the 100th power and mine were very sharp, but like I said you do get the break in between contractions, but with an epidural you only feel it for the first few hours, once you get to the hospital I mean, I was in labor for 6 hours before I went to the hospital and then a few more hours before the epidural and once it is in you wont have to feel the severe contractions. And getting an epidural does not effect the baby.

Answer 9

It starts out like a cramp like if you were running far and your side started cramping except ithurts on both of your sides. Than it just gets stronger but the same pain. However than all of the excitment starts and you go to the Hospital and you are so distracted with all that is happening. It does get really bad though but just for about and hour or so and you get medication for it if you like!!! It is scary but not anything you can not handel!!! Plus you get a beautiful baby at the end and that is what is worth all of the pain in the world!!!

Answer 10

I didn't have hardly any pain. Thank GOD for the epidurals! The only feeling of being uncomfortable was as the baby moved down the birth canal. I felt an enormous urge to poop. Usually, this isn't as uncomfortable when you're not in labor and actually pooping, but when it just sits there and there's nothing to poop it's uncomfortable, not painful. I do know that it would be a lot harder without an epidural, GOD bless those brave women.

Answer 11

I was 18 when I had my first, I was so scared of the pain that I read every book ever written on childbirth and then decided that I could handle it, because the risks associated with the drugs (longer labor, inability to push baby out, increased need for forceps, episiotomy, c-section, nursing difficulties) were far more undesirable than pain, especially when I was learning meditative and Yoga techniques designed to increase my endorphins (nature's painkiller)

So- to make a long story short, I birthed my oldest drug free with 17 hours of labor (and when you're in labor you lose track of time, I was very surprised when they told me what time it was, I thought I was there for like 3 hours). Since then I have had 4 more without drugs.

http://www.unassistedchildbirth.org
http://www.mothering.com
http://www.bradleybirth.com

good luck and have fun!

And- yes, there's pain. In life, there is always some pain.