AyaMiyaki
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Was Your C-section Pain-free?
Posted: 09-06-07 21:23pm
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The reason I ask is...
| nightangel73
wrote: | | aya c-sections pain free
because you don't go through actual labor.
And trust me that if my coworker said she
had it easy with her c-sections I fully
believe her because I'm aware how
exageretly squeamish she is with medical
procedures. |
(taken from the abortion debate forum...
don't go there if you don't want to debate
abortion)
(link is http://ehealthforum.com/health/viewto
pic.php?t=103655&start=280)
Feel free to post your experiences!
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 09-06-07 21:42pm
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 Oh
my, that's funny! Pain free? I guess if
you think getting your skin and stomach
muscles cut open to have a baby pulled out
is pain free. That is the most ridiculous
thing I've heard for some time. It may not
hurt while they are doing it, but
afterwards it definitely hurts. Not the
mention the extreme amount of gas you get.
Imagine having horrible gas, but not being
able to use your stomach muscles to get it
out. It hurts to laugh, cough, walk, and
just about everything that takes stomach
muscles.. Which is quite a lot of stuff.
All I have to say is thank god for
percocet and mylicon.
I went through 10 hours of labor and a
c-section with Ethan and a c-section with
Alex. I can assure you that labor is
definitely a better route to go.
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 09-06-07 22:16pm
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well i guess, the c-section itself is pain
free since ur numbed and all.. but the
recovery??? HA! I've never hurt so much in
my LIFE.
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Magical Logic
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Posted: 09-07-07 06:53am
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well compared to a vaginal birth a
c-section dont hurt as bad to me.
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Posted: 09-07-07 07:30am
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| chase4
wrote: | | well compared to a vaginal
birth a c-section dont hurt as bad to
me. |
Do you mean the actual c-section or
afterwards? I wouldn't really know about a
vaginal birth, I had to have a c-section
before the pushing part started. I imagine
it must hurt pretty badly to push a baby
out. C-section recovery sucks though.
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Magical Logic
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Posted: 09-07-07 07:32am
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afterwards. with my vaginal births it was
weeks before i felt better. my c-section a
couple of days and i was fine.
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 09-07-07 07:38am
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| chase4
wrote: | | afterwards. with my vaginal
births it was weeks before i felt better.
my c-section a couple of days and i was
fine. |
I wish I was that lucky!
BTW I love your avatar I've
never actually read it until now..
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Posted: 09-07-07 07:59am
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My mum has had both, she always says a
c-section was much better. I can
definately see why! Like chase, it took me
weeks to recover from my vaginal delivery.
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 09-07-07 08:02am
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| sick_mama17
wrote: | | My mum has had both, she
always says a c-section was much better. I
can definately see why! Like chase, it
took me weeks to recover from my vaginal
delivery. |
For most people it takes weeks to recover
from a c-section.
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Posted: 09-07-07 08:54am
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After my first section I was extremely
sore. I labored for some time and then
they took my daughter by emergency
c-section.
My second c-section was planned and the
recovery was much better. I was walking
around by myself that day. I was shopping
in Walmart 3 days after. I wasn't running
around by any means and the stairs were a
bit of a pain, but all in all I didn't
think the recovery was that bad. Of
course the Percocets helped.
What I didn't like was I was extremely
itchy all over my body after my 2nd
section. I think it was the morphine?
I didn't deliver vaginally, so I have no
idea what that is like.
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Posted: 09-07-07 09:37am
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I had my first child vaginally and my
second via c section. I went into full
blown labor with my second and then had a
c section. I heard that the recovery is
worse when you first go into labor and
then have a c section. The recovery was
horrible for me. I couldn't even move for
a few days. I was able to get up and walk
around the same day with the vaginal
birth.
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Posted: 09-07-07 09:38am
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I think my 2nd section was as bad as the
first, but that might be because I had to
pick Ethan up and carry him around.
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Posted: 09-07-07 11:16am
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My labor was awful.. Almost 30 hours of
labor, & 3 hours of hard pushing.. I
got cut 3 times, & Gabe was turned the
wrong way & it was hard for him to
come outta there.. & I felt almost
100% healed after about a week.
I don't think I'd ever want to have a
C-Section.
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Posted: 09-07-07 13:30pm
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I labored before I had my c-section and
the surgery itself wasn't painful, but
recovery was. It wasn't terrible (that you
Percocet) but it definitely wasn't pain
free.
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Posted: 09-07-07 13:34pm
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The afternoon after Gabe was born, the
nurse came in & gave me some Percocet,
but she didn't tell me what it was, &
she gave me 2 of them, & I hadn't
eaten for literally 2 days.. I FELT SO
SICK. But hey, at least it killed the
pain!
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Posted: 09-07-07 13:37pm
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Ugh.....I got sick while I was laboring
from the medicines in the IV. It was not
cool. Then I got sick after my c-section
while in recovery. She handed me this tiny
tiny bedpan. Yeah right lady, I need a
real bucket! Thankfully the pain
medication hadn't worn off at that point!
I didn't finish my Percocet. I think I
still have the bottle of them in the
medicine cabinet.
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