I made sure to tell everyone, from the nurses in admitting to the anesthesiologist as he set up my epidural. He promised me a good experience this time around. It was anything but. More
Topic: Labor Pains Week
- 285 days ago by Lyz Lenz
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We’ve been here before, my daughter and I. She was a late mover. A late roller. A late smiler. A late crawler and a late stander. At each of these milestones, I’ve done everything I can to help facilitate her growth. More
The parameters under which these women delivered their babies is far scarier than any conventional labor pain. More
- 286 days ago by Kristin Iversen
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I felt sort of terrible for him because he wasn’t quite smart enough to realize that, instead of fleeing the room, he could have just moved closer to my head.
- 286 days ago by Lindsay Cross
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After years of trying to get pregnant, it’s given me a lot of time to think about labor and how I might do it differently. It’s even made me consider something that I had no problem turning down the first time around, natural childbirth. More
- 286 days ago by Maria Guido
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I’d like to think that my parenting choices are just that — choices. But at the end of the day, my parental behavior is determined by my paycheck.
The media “mommy wars” are never-ending. There is always a new parenting debate that begs us to choose sides. Co-sleeping or not? Daycare or not? Nanny or not? Extended breastfeeding or not? These questions aren’t parenting questions. They are questions of money. We take the sides we have to take. Well, I won’t speak for anyone else. I’ll just say I take the sides I have to take — because I am broke. More
- 286 days ago by Kim Gishi
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I was 34 weeks along with my first pregnancy. It’d been an extremely easy pregnancy and at my checkup, my doctor told me he’d start checking at my next appointment to see if I was starting to dilate. The next morning I woke up at five with an urgent need to pee and cramping. I’d had UTIs before, so I figured that was the problem. More
- 286 days ago by STFU Parents
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Since it’s Labor Pains Week on Mommyish, I figured I’d add to the conversation with a similarly-themed column. Except, instead of sharing heartfelt stories about childbirth, I’ve put together a collection of labor-related status update Don’ts. Because no matter how many times I try to reinforce the STFU, Parents Basics, people continue to post TMI updates about labor and delivery. More
- 287 days ago by Hayley Krischer
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I was never against the drugs. Drugs, I thought, were for other people. For people who could tolerate long needles shoved up their spinal cords. For people who didn’t mind being confined to a bed. I didn’t have something to prove when I opted for a natural birth—I was just deeply afraid of doctor intervention. Now, I know this makes little sense when comparing the level of pain one endures during the dreaded ring of fire—the agonizing sensation that occurs when your baby stretches your vagina to its capacity—but there is a difference between the fear of the unknown and the fear of needles.
I opted for the unknown. More
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- 288 days ago by Rebecca Eckler
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I was completely shocked when a week and a half AFTER I had my baby, and attended my daughter’s graduation ceremony, when not one, but three, mothers said to me, “You look like you’re ready to pop!” And, “You must be due any day now.” And, “You must be ready to get that out of you!” More
- 288 days ago by Leah Charpentier
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“You’re all first time moms, right?” she smiles broadly in her pink scrubs. We all nod, looking around at one another for confirmation. “Ok, so you may THINK you’re in labor. But you’re probably not. No, you’re not in labor until you are white knuckling it at my desk. Understand? You should not be able to SPEAK because it will hurt so bad. THEN you are in REAL labor. OK, Mommies?”
I started to feel that pineapple churning. Oh god. More
- 289 days ago by Kat Gautreaux
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Scratchy towels, no blankets, and the only “product” that was in the bathroom was hand soap. So all those magazine articles and blog posts that say, “you don’t need to bring anything! The hospital has it all,” are LIARS. More
- 289 days ago by Wendy Tarpley
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At 32 weeks, I went into hospital with vomiting, seeing black and white spots and abdominal pain – all classic signs of pre-eclampsia. After a positive fibronectin test, they told me my baby was coming early, and the pains I was having were labor! More
- 289 days ago by Maria Guido
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Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein‘s documentary, The Business of Being Born, helped educate thousands of women about how to advocate for themselves and get the natural birth that their babies and themselves deserve.
It also single handedly ruined my birth experience. More
