General Chat

Hurt doesn't begin to cover it Dave! lol 1st was a 36 hour nightmare, 2nd was a 3 hour doddle (in comparison), 3rd 11 hours pure unadulterated agony! Found out what's causing it now and nipped that hobby in the bud! lol Daisy

You're right Carol! I can do a good lumber/waddle though! lol That of course is if my knee's aren't hurting from taking the strain of the extra weight. You should see me turning over in bed! Thank God it's not a water bed! lol Naomi x

LOL Daisy

Actually one woman who arrived at the hospital in labour just after i had my baby, was screaming at her husband, telling him it was all his fault, and that she was in agony, he was trying to be nice to her but she threw a shoe at him.

dave,it was painful for me too! my wife broke my finger during the birth of our first. bryan.

jean,its funny you should say that :o) one day,she was laying on the bed,and i decided to tickle her feet..big mistake,she broke one of my ribs! bryan.

dave had the pleasure of having no labour pains as had a ceasarian.but had a belly full of stitches which made up for it!!!!Lolxxxxxxxxxxx(:

Young pregnant lady asks her doctor about childbirth....... will it hurt? she asks well said the doc, take your top lip and pull it out to the end of your nose ' ow she says that smarts ' doc says,now pull it out to the top of your nose...........' blody 'ell she says that sure hurts' right says the doc........'Now pull it over your head' say no mow er Bob

First baby was induced so quickly that I had an epidural so I missed the pain , just had the stitches afterwards. The second baby was born half an hour after I arrived alone at the Hospital with only gas and air, there were more serious tears that I felt as a sharp burning sensation at the time. To be honest it's such a relief to give birth and get the bump out that you forget the pain. If we weren't geared to forget it we'd have fewer babies due!! Louise

When I was having daughter number 1 (25 hour agonising labour) I remember saying 'silly idea I want to go home now!' The sitting around on a rubber ring for days while stitches healed wasn't much fun either BUT I was a lot more mobile afterwards than my room mate in the nursing home who had had a caesarian. It's odd how we forget and how soon we are happy to go through with it all again......21 months later I had daughter number 2 !!! Sue

I may be sad butttttttt I would rather the labour than the actuall pregnancy, dont ask why, caz ive got no answer, i just loved the labour, its a pain i can never forget that i loved so much. The only thing i miss abot the pregnancy is my resing tray for my tea, and burning my belly wen babe kicked and i was holding a brew.lol.

Every expectant father should be forced to watch 'Robin Williams, Live at the Met'... that man has obviously listened to his wife - because he explains everything so well... brilliant! ...however, every expectant mother should NEVER be allowed to watch Robin Willaims Live at the Met.... for the same reasons ;) My first labour was 3hours. I didn't have any labour or pain with my second - she just surfed out when my waters broke (Wipeout!)... my third was painless as someone else gave birth (she's my stepdaughter)... and my last child was oh so different! Labour lasted over three weeks - as the hospital thought it was only Braxton Hicks! A VERY dry labour resulted in 14 hours of pain... but it doesn't matter. You see, when you get the chance to push, you concentrate everything you have on that push... and it helps take the edge off the pain. The sensation you get just before that push is undescribable... but you hope for it... because it gives you something to take the pain out on. It's the most beautiful and wonderful experience I have ever had in my life... and deep within yourself, you know that the pain is something you have to have - it helps you remember that day in minute detail... every single moment. And when mothers say that they remember it was painful, but they don't actually remember the pain...it's true. The weirdest experience I had was watching a friend give birth to her daughter... every moment of her labour was a reminder of what it was like... really strange feeling.

Watching the birth of your own children is an expeariance every man should go through, at least once. I watched the births of all my 5 daughters, it was something i will never forget. The 1st born i admit i was a bit nervous, as i was not sure what to expect. Plus, in the 70s they dressed us dads up in a full gown with face mask's and the works. I remember thinking to myself ( watching the first born.) Blimey!!! it looks like a shriveled up blue, grey,and pink monkey....put it back........LOL..... But once it hit the Atmosphere and was breathing on its own the colour changed to baby pink. Also, with my daughter's consent i was allowed to watch one of my two Grandkids births, sitting there holding and rubbing there hands, and doing the breathing bit with them,( a bit of moral support ). I was more concerned for the new hubbie/dad, who kept pacing around the bed looking like death warmed up. But it took me back to my first time as a new nervous dad, so i could understand a bit. My 3rd Daughter is excpecting in Feb. next year, so i will hopefully be able to be there again to experiance this great gift and struggle for life. So guys, be there. Its a real experiance, just dont forget to duck every now and then...lol...or get a bit of abusive language hurled at you. Try to imagine pushing a football out of your rear end!!!....it might hurt? ....a lot. Tony Oz :>))

Hi Glad i seem to get something right. Pain what pain. I had two silent labours so i didn't feel any pain. The Doctors told me when i was having contractions because i couldn't feel them. NO I didn't have any pain killers well not until the very end when i had a bit of gas and air and i had to fight my husband for that. Theres nothing to it. Jane

No; 1 was,'what the blue blazes have i let myself in for!!' No:2 was ' i am not going to like this am i! ' No: 3 was 'no NEVER again!' No:4 was ' i said Never again!' No:5 was ' i know i said never again.... i mean it this time!!' and so i had my tubes tied :))

Oh Jane at last someone else who was like me!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that I was a freak. I was the same no labour pains, no urge to push, nothing. They took me in and started me off with my first because I was 2 weeks late. They transferred me from the Maternity home to the hospital coz my Dr was in a panic as he didn't know what was going on. 1st was a breech and they would have done a cesarean if the epidural had worked, but it didn't and didn't need it. Room full of people at the delivery, specialists for me and baby, didn't need them either. 2nd time I felt a flutter like a butterfly going over my stomach every 3 minutes and rang the Maternity home they said hurry up and get in now. An hour later just an Irish sister and me in the middle of the night laughed my daughter into the world, all she kept saying all through the birth was 'are you an athelete? well you've got muscles like an athelete!' LOL And then she fetched me a jam sandwich and a cup of tea.

Making babys is all well and good,but getting them out is another thing, after 5 kids i thought it was time that the man of the house had his naughty bits sorted,shock, horror,you would have thought i had suggested he had a leg amputated, he said no one was messing with his bits,i said he never seemed to have a problem with it in the past? so of course it was the brave one that went and had it done.ME. AND YES IT HURTS.

Don't listen to them Dave, they're just a buch of 'wusses'! 4 of them I had, and everyone a picnic!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yea Right............... Deanna Good on you Daisy, but how did it take you so long to 'cotten' on?? ;-0)

i was one of the lucky ones although some pain nothing unbearable 12 hour mild labours and one push for 1st and 3rd csection for 2nd as had placenta praevia i prefer normal delivery didnt like pains afterward with csection watched daughter give birth 2 1\2 years ago quite an experience and i caught the baby when she came out, must have done something right as shes invited me to there this time to 15 weeks to go Hevi