Did you enjoy your labor & delivery experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went through both without drugs so the pain was absolutely unimaginable, but overall it wasn't so terrible that I wound up going for a third. Recovery is definitely easier when you don't have medications and unnecessary interventions, so I'll likely be going that route again. Even stitching, I had a minor second degree tear both times but elected not to get stitches the second time (because the last thing you want is someone needle and threading your vagina after pushing out a baby) and it healed just fine. I kept my legs together for about a week, that's it.

Who said recovery is “definitely easier” without meds? My first delivery was full on meds. Second was too quick and no meds. Maybe a couple of hours difference in recovery I.e with no Eli you could walk earlier etc. .. Smh.

Neither was enjoyable. Get meds!

Don't be obtuse. An epidural is literally surgery. The difference is between recovering from just childbirth and recovering from childbirth and surgery. Obviously it's easier to recover when you haven't had surgery.

How about don't tell other women what to do with their bodies!

[Anonymous]

1st kid was a really long and complicated labor with multiple interventions so it was stressful. Got an epidural because it looked like I might need a c-section and I was hoping to avoid general anesthesia if baby started going into major distress. Ended up with a vaginal delivery but baby spent a few days in the NICU as a precaurion.

Second kid had no epidural. Transition sucked, it was hard, it hurt, but dealing with migraines is way, way worse for me in terms of pain. The really hard part of labor was less than two hours.

I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" either time, but it also wasn't unbearable either.

[Anonymous]

The only thing I liked was the epidural (first kid). Second time all I liked was that it was quick (one push). And the babies of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. It sucked. I'm one and done.

Mine was easy by all accounts and it still sucked and I’m still one and done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went through both without drugs so the pain was absolutely unimaginable, but overall it wasn't so terrible that I wound up going for a third. Recovery is definitely easier when you don't have medications and unnecessary interventions, so I'll likely be going that route again. Even stitching, I had a minor second degree tear both times but elected not to get stitches the second time (because the last thing you want is someone needle and threading your vagina after pushing out a baby) and it healed just fine. I kept my legs together for about a week, that's it.

Who said recovery is “definitely easier” without meds? My first delivery was full on meds. Second was too quick and no meds. Maybe a couple of hours difference in recovery I.e with no Eli you could walk earlier etc. .. Smh.

Neither was enjoyable. Get meds!

Don't be obtuse. An epidural is literally surgery. The difference is between recovering from just childbirth and recovering from childbirth and surgery. Obviously it's easier to recover when you haven't had surgery.

How about don't tell other women what to do with their bodies!

Omg what. An epidural is definitely NOT “literally surgery”. I think you either don’t know what an epidural is or don’t know what surgery entails.

[Anonymous]

I had to unmedicated deliveries and while they weren't particularly painful and it was all tolerable, it was not an enjoyable experience. The second was quite boring, I was expecting the baby to come faster than it did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had to unmedicated deliveries and while they weren't particularly painful and it was all tolerable, it was not an enjoyable experience. The second was quite boring, I was expecting the baby to come faster than it did.

TWO

[Anonymous]

No it sucked. 40 hours both times and I ended up in C section and getting forceps. Recovery was miserable, worse for the vaginal bc of excessive tearing. I'm 7 mo PP and still in daily pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went through both without drugs so the pain was absolutely unimaginable, but overall it wasn't so terrible that I wound up going for a third. Recovery is definitely easier when you don't have medications and unnecessary interventions, so I'll likely be going that route again. Even stitching, I had a minor second degree tear both times but elected not to get stitches the second time (because the last thing you want is someone needle and threading your vagina after pushing out a baby) and it healed just fine. I kept my legs together for about a week, that's it.

Who said recovery is “definitely easier” without meds? My first delivery was full on meds. Second was too quick and no meds. Maybe a couple of hours difference in recovery I.e with no Eli you could walk earlier etc. .. Smh.

Neither was enjoyable. Get meds!

Don't be obtuse. An epidural is literally surgery. The difference is between recovering from just childbirth and recovering from childbirth and surgery. Obviously it's easier to recover when you haven't had surgery.

How about don't tell other women what to do with their bodies!

DP but I had an epidural with both births and could walk pretty much the minute they removed the epidural. I just had to get up to pee 2 times to have the fall risk removed. Epidural made labor 100x more tolerable.

First baby, I had terrible back labor, and it took 24 hours to dilate and 3 hours of pushing to get her out. Second was 4 hours of labor and 10 minutes of pushing. Based off my second experience, I’d do it again, but we’re done with two.

[Anonymous]

My theory is that our memories get warped/whitewashed because of the hormones.

I had two kids two years apart at the same hospital.

When it came to having my 2nd, I went into it thinking it was gonna be nice in a way-like i would get to be away from my toddler, sleep in the hospital, and enjoy having everyone bring everything to me.

It was totally awful. I think we forget how much it sucks.

[Anonymous]

I loved the fentanyl they gave me in labor.

I actually liked the hospital food.

But I didn’t immediately bond with my two babies. It took me months to feel that in love feeling for them.

I remember when they gave me my 2nd for magic hour, I felt soooo like not into holding him. I was so hungry and tired and just wanted some time to myself at that point. I even tried to give baby to DH because I didn’t really want to hold him and the nurses chided me because it was “magic hour”.

And then they won’t let you sleep and are constantly prodding you and waking you up at all hours of the day and night.

I just wanted to be home!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Elective CS, 45 min from start to finish. Can't say I loved it tons, but it was not unpleasant and I liked the timeframe and what I felt was a more controlled environment. Not for everybody, but neither is meds-free delivery...

[Anonymous]

It was nothing compared to the hell of taking care of a newborn.

[Anonymous]

Gotta be honest. As a toddler mom now I don't know why anyone would ever be nostalgic for the newborn days. Toddlerdom is way more rewarding and you get to sleep.

[Anonymous]

No I did not enjoy it at all. But it got me a baby, which was the point.