Think I still with watching CSI

I hated it when i was in hospital after having my last one (at home bt got rushed in cos of complications). There was a woman in the next room who screamed her head off at every single contraction....I shouted at her to shut the f...  up more than once!

Croc

i'm watching it now on ch4 +1

I started watching it and had to turn over.  If you remain conscious, I don't think there can be anything more horrendous than childbirth.  People always told me that I would forget just how agonising it was after the baby was born, but they were lying.  I remember every horrific minute of every horrific hour as if it was yesterday. 

thats why i had only 1 growly  i think we've talked of this before

Yes, me too.  I would never go through that a second time

In all fairness then OH was well impressed that I didn't swear much although son ended up as an emergency section under general anaesthetic after 30 hours in labour. Daughter was an elective section (in that I had no bloody choice) and far more civilised....

I do remember with son being asked if I minded a student doctor helping out. Having been "internaled" by someone with the hand span of a prop forward I am told I replied "I don't give a flying fuck as long as he has smaller hands than you.."

Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill   Sure, child birth is no picnic, but that young girl needed a good slap.

Her mother seemed to think so too


I appreciate that it's different for everyone, and some have higher pain thresholds etc etc, but to be screaming, and making a complete show of yourself at two cms dilated

First one was agony.

Specially the back pain.

Induced in the morning, which wore off at 11pm, so they had to start again the next day.

Only had three more.

My first one took a long time Blizzie, but wasn't agony as I'd imagined it to be .

As you say , if it was so bad........would anyone have more than one

That's exactly why I didn't have a second    If I had known how horrible nine months of pregnancy would be, and how incredibly agonising childbirth would be, I think I would have kept my legs crossed

I had a c section for mine (but stayed awake) - was the easiest part of the whole pregnancy Better still I was nodding my head to 'Firestarter' when the boy was born. So I was lying back, off my face on drugs not feeling a thing and raving. It was ace

I remember the painful Braxton Hicks though, blimey o riley.

Stoory... you're one of the ones that I had decided I would definitely be like when I had my baby!

I was wrong!

I'm with Growly & Aimee on this one...  though I did go on to have a second, 5 years later.  I was absolutely terrified.... I got lucky with my midwifery team... who were mine from start to finish and were really understanding.

They told me everytime they saw me... "yes we know you want an epidural from the off... no, we won't change our mind... yes, we promise the drugs are yours"

They were true to their word as well... though even that didn't work the way I thought it would.

I remember being shocked with my first, that such barbaric practices were still allowed to go on!  And I remember screaming at my mum (who is usually a right wimp) "YOU did this TWICE!!!  WHY?"  

all my bliddy mates got c sections n all!

I screamed for one for three days.... and all I got eventually was an epidural!

(I even tried to jump out of the window at one point... dragging a load of equipment that was wired UP me, crashing to the floor)

I didn't find out I was preggers till I was over 9 weeks gone (I was still having the monthlies so ladies beware) and it was when I found out that I started to feel crap. I bloomed at about 5 months and looked (well so I thought) like something out of Dynasty My skin and hair were fab! But cos I was the size of full term at 6 months and I'm only a dwarf it started to go downhill rapidly. Saying that though I'm dead broody at the moment (I said this the other day too). God knows why, but I'd just really like another baby before I get too old (if I can still have them). I blame Jenstar

I have no idea how anyone could watch something like this. There cannot be anything more horrible than watching someone give birth

You would think in this day and age they would have thought of a different way

Oh yes there is - being the person who is giving birth - that is much more horrible!

I would definitely prefer to give birth. I'm very squeamish At least you can't see it

But you can feel it!

whaaaaaaaaaaaa???

Oh I know

I was told I had "good childbearing hips"...whatever thats supposed to mean...........so I thought giving birth would be a doddle............no such luck but I won't bore you with the gory details whereas a friend of mine who is as thin as a rake and has the strength of a wet lettuce leaf could give birth as easy as shelling peas with only minor pain and discomfort..........she ended up having 6!

i'm feeling broody at the moment as well   the actually thought of getting pregnant scares the life out of me, i hated the whole experince from start to finish, had morning sickness from start to finish and only put on 9lbs in weight, the actually birth wasn't horrific as such, was in labour for about 4hrs and only had gas and air, but couldn't stop shaking for hours after, think it was the shock of it all   but it seems to have put me off for life

27 hours labour....then bungling midwife tried to kill me and I ended up in resus.....then an epidural(thank god)...then a forceps delivery....NEVER AGAIN!

*books in to be sterilised*

I had a hysterectomy.....sorted!!

Awwww! I cant have a natural birth even if I wanted to cos I've had 2 c-sections (one for giving birth and one to remove an ectopic pregnancy). I loved being pregnant though (even though I felt like shite alot of the time and was the size of a tower block)

I dont know why I'm feeling like I am, I'm sure it must be summink to do with the biological clock thingy, but I've also ploughed years into work/career. My boy is 12 next month, maybe I'd be mad to have another one now, oh I dunno

Aww mate. Seriously, it depends on your circumstances, if you've got a supportive partner and most important of all, your mindset. (i.e, if your partner were to leave you would you still want the baby, have you got a good network of family and friends, etc). It's bloody hard work sometimes but is so worth it. Sometimes K makes me want to peel my own skin off but at other times he makes me so proud. He's my best mate in the world and I couldn't do without him.

If it's something you're thinking about don't be put off! (says she who had a c-section and didn't feel a thing )

I've had four.

All totally different births and all totally worth it (apart from when they're annoying me).

Don't you be giving me that shocked faceyness missus

The answer to your broodiness is not for me to have a baby

Having been at both ends (no pun intended) as Midwife and Mother, I love reading/hearing about/listening to birth stories. They always have me in stitches ( again... no pun intended). 

Apparently when I was in labour I said 'Oh this *beeping* hurts' and then turned to the midwife and said 'Oh I'm really sorry I don't usually speak like this'

Oh go on...pleeaaassseee??

Why did i read this thread!!!

, I watched this last week and thought it wasn't too bad, glad i missed it last night by the sounds of it

Don't blame me! Blame MrJen