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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a lifetime athlete and like to say I have had harder workouts.  I have had 3 children and short labor so it's hard to compare to women have contractions for days and then push for hrs.  Contractions aren't bad for me and I only push once or twice to get baby out.  So short you can suffer through it [/quote]
OMG how much I envy you![/quote]

I'm a lifelong runner and agree with the first poster that contractions, although intense, weren't so bad that I couldn't push through it. I was able to go through labor without drugs for all 3 kids. I sorta have an unproven theory that athletic women can make it through labor and post partum better and faster.  [/quote]

That's what my doula said--she's been doula-ing for about 15 years and she says she can always tell the mothers who were athletic and/or did yoga.  I definitely give credit to my prenatal yoga practice for helping me be physically stronger but also mentally able to cope with the pain better.  [/quote]

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