How normal is it to do this during delivery?

Question

How normal is it for you too poop during your delivery? Did anyone do this? I am embarssed enough by the thought of people seeing me during delivery, so i was just wondering. Also what is it painful after you give birth? How sore are you after words, is it weeks or days?

Answer 1

Well, it is pretty common to poop during delivery...but they don't make a big deal of it. You probably won't even know! You will be a little sore after delivery, but how sore you'll be depends on if you've had an episiotomy or not and other factors too...I had 2 natural births one w/ an episiotomy and one without...I was more sore from the one w/ the episiotomy b/c of the stitches, but that only lasted about a week or so and it wasn't terrible pain, just a little uncomfortable...other than that you will have some uterine contractions that aren't horrible and they only last a few seconds at a time...Don't worry, you'll do fine!! Best of luck!!!

Answer 2

This is very normal. Yes, it does sound extremely embarrassing, but chances are, you won't even care (or notice, your pushing so hard and there are so many different fluids coming from that area that you can't tell exactly what they all are) and the nurses and doctors are so used to it that it will probably just get wiped away with the rest of the clean up. I wouldn't focus to much on it. And yes, it is still painful after you give birth, even though its not as intense as labor, it still hurts, and you continue to have contractions after you have the baby because your uterus has to shrink back down to its regular size. As for how long you are sore, that really depends on a number of different factors (did you end up with stitches, or an episiotomy, etc..) With my first son, I had 6 stitches and I was sore for about a solid 2 weeks, with my second, I had no stitches, and I was still sore for about a week, with my third I had no stitches, and I was only sore for the first day. If you are shy about people seeing you, only allow people that you trust in the delivery room, and if you are worried about hurting somebody, make up a list before you go into to labor, bring it to your next appointment and tell your doctor that these are the only person(s) that you want in the room. A lot of times the hospital, or birthing center is happy to help with being "security" at the door. Most of the nurses are used to having to tell people that "I'm sorry, you just can't be in the room right now" So I guess if you are that worried about it, have a good plan sketched out, make sure you know who's driving you to the hospital (and have a back up in case that person isn't available) and then make sure you have a coach (your significant other, a parent, a family member, a close friend.) Well, best of luck to you and I hope that you have a fast, clean labor!!!

Answer 3

Normal from what I'm told. I was thinking about that too the first time. I actually made myself use the bathroom at the hospital when I was 2 min apart because of this. Really the staff a hospitals are very used to dealing with bodily fluids and their emergence from the body. You won't know if you do anyway, so don't worry about it. You'll definitely be sore. If you deliver vaginally and tear you may have some stitches for awhile (1 mo they dissolve). If you have a c-sect you have staples while in the hospital and right before you leave they're removed. I've experienced both and personally found the vaginal delivery afterwards more annoying. Probably because where the pain is located and how long it lasted. My C-sect scar was sore for many days but it didn't really bother me. Maybe because of the meds but, either way that was my views of my experiences. In the end my experiences with birth we're very good and I felt that giving birth (vaginally) was not as bad as it was chalked up to be (I did my first two w/o epi's). You'll do just fine. Good luck and an early congrats.

Answer 4

It's pretty normal to poop during delivery. I think I may have,but I don't even know. Obstetricians and labor and delivery nurses deliver babies ALL the time, so try not to be embarrassed. They've seen it all. Your post-birth pain depends on a lot of things. I experienced a lot more pain after my first baby than my second. The pain was mostly from the episeotomy. It lasted a week or so, if I recall correctly. I had to think about sitting down and do it slowly and cautiously. It wasn't as bad the second time, but I don't know why.

Answer 5

I didn't do it either time, but it does happen. Don't worry about it. Doctors and nurses have seen literally everything. There's no sense in worrying about something that you can't control.

As for pain, yes - giving birth is painful for almost everyone. How painful depends on the size of the baby, the mother's tolerance for pain, her body shape, delivery complications such fetal position etc. Soreness is also controlled by those factors. My best advice to you is to take good care of yourself during pregnancy and don't worry too much about the delivery - there's no way around it and LOTS of women get through it just fine. You will too.

Congrats on the baby!

Answer 6

ahhh... I think this pops into every womens head at one point or another... when they are about to deliver. Alot of women poop while giving birth I mean you have to think all that pressure from your babys head pushing down is bound to push everything else out too... I'm no pro but I've been present at 4 of my siblings births and also my sister delivery and my sister in laws and even a friend or two they think I'm a great coach!! and I've seen that happen like 3 out of 8 times... when it did it wasn't a big deal the doctors just used the pad under them to cover it to keep it away from the baby..nothing was said, I don't even know if the laboring mom knew she did it... It wasn't a focal point...the baby's head coming out was the BIG event of the moment!!!
and really it's no worse that the rest of the stuff that comes out of you once the baby is delivered,
so don't worry about it. the doctors think nothing of it. really...as for the pain after birth I think each delivery is different... I was in labor for 13 hours then had to have an emergency c-section.. my son was stuck in my pelvis and there where two doctors pushing on me from the outside while another used a vaccum to suck him out... I was really sore... I felt like I had been in a bad car accident... my ribs where brused and the area just above my hip bones from the pushing plus the cut it's self which had this pulling feeling to it when ever I tried to stand totally staight up so I hunched over for a week, laying flat in bed was inpossible for 2 reasons ... that would streach the cut and getting up used the muscles that where trying to heal... i sleep in a chair or against the headboard with pillows behind me for almost 2 weeks!
but it must have healed pretty fast because I didn't wait 6 weeks to have sex with my husband...lol...
my sister than had her's vaginally was really swollen and sore but within 3 days she was doing much better...
my mom after having #7 was a little sore and still having contractions a week later... the more baby's you have the longer you have contractions after birth!!
you'll do fine the best you can do is go to prenatal classes and get as educated as possible!

Answer 7

It's very normal to poop when delivering. Just think about it...the pressure of a babies head coming down your birth canal which is adjacent to you bowel...of course if you have some poop in there it will be squeezed out. I pooped with my first baby and believe me, at the time, I really didn't care!

It is painful to give birth but not so bad that you can't bear it. I am having my fourth child so it couldn't have been that bad the first few times or I wouldn't be going again. And if you can't stand it./..thats what pain medication is for!

Depending on your birth you can be in varying degrees of pain afterwards. My first birth required stitches so I was in pain for a week or so down there. With the second 2, it was just a little uncomfortable afterwards and I was fine to go home the same day I gave birth.

Don't stress yourself about it and build up unreasonable fears in your mind. Our bodies are MADE to give birth so you will know what to do and you will recover just fine. Once you have your baby in your arms...ALL memories of the pain of childbirth disappear! Believe me on that!!

Answer 8

It is common during delivery to urinate or have bowel movements. The pressure on that area is massive, and you use the same muscles to push that you would use to have a bowel movement.

A lot of women do it, and are not even aware-the doctors and nurses think nothing of it and will usually just clean it up and unless your husband or some other witness to the birth sees it, you never know.

By the time you are delivering your baby, you will not care at all about that or them seeing you nude. All you will care about is giving birth and holding your baby in your arms.

Answer 9

Yes lots of woman have accidents when they are delivering its completly normal and the doctor has seen it so many times so if it happens you shouldnt worry to much about it because they have seen it happen a lot. If you dont want people to see you during the delivery then dont, I know im not comfortable with it either thats why only my fiance will be there when I deliver. After you deliver you will be very soar and if you tear you will need stitches, they can take up to 6 weeks to heal so you will be soar down there for a couple of weeks. If your lucky and dont tear much you can heal in 4 weeks.

Answer 10

Happens all the time. The doctors and nurses don't care... they see it ALL the time. I did it. ;) My husband said it looked like a slasher movie down there (I lost a LOT of blood.)

The pain in my nethers was excrutiating for about two weeks (get a boppy pillow... not only are they great for nursing, but they're PERFECT to sit on!) but it took six weeks for me to be mostly pain free, and nearly three months before I could have sex comfortably.

I DID have an episiotomy, so I probably would have healed sooner without that.