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babyonboardnov
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Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: Jackson Georgia
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Scared About Labor..
Posted: 11-09-04 19:45pm
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Hey im gettin scared about labor..I know
its gonna hurt really bad...I need some
reassurance from people who have been
through this..Please help
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nippz
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Posted: 11-09-04 19:55pm
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If you take an epi you wont feel anything.
U'll be numb from the waist down and you
gotta wait itll ur 5cm dialated so you'll
be suffering from contractions for the
meantime.
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nippz
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Posted: 11-09-04 19:55pm
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It's like menstrual cramps.
Except much much..Much stronger.
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babyonboardnov
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Location: Jackson Georgia
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Posted: 11-09-04 20:03pm
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O boy...Im prob gettin a epi..Its the
safest thing I guess...Cuz I dont want my
baby drugged..
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l2at24
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Posted: 11-09-04 20:14pm
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I never got an epi. The first time I
got I think, demerol? And the second
time I got nubane. Nubane was awesome.
I was sleeping between my contractions
(even though they were like a minute
apart).  as
far as the how your labor will feel, I
think it has a lot to do with your pain
tolerence. For me the first time I felt
the contractions all over my stomach.
The second time the contractions started
in my lower stomach, more like mestrual
cramps, and would travel to my lower back.
Everyone is different and every baby is
different. You're going to do awesome!!
Don't be afraid, our bodies were made for
this!
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mommax3
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:08pm
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It also depends on how you go into labor,
my water broke, but my body would not have
contractions on its own with both pregs,
so they had to induce me both times with
pitocin. It makes your contractions as
intense in the beginning as they are in
the end for someone without pitocin, and
they don't stay at that level, they get so
much worse. I tried to go w/o and I
couldn;t, they don;t make you wait until 5
cm with that. I had an epi and with my
second they had the pitocin cranked up
baby, trying to avoid a c-sec, but my
contractions wouldn't open my cervix, and
they had it up there so that when it did
start I had one continous contraction for
like 20 min, every time it looked like it
was going to go back down it would go back
up even more, it was horrible and I could
feel it through my epi, and they had that
cranked up too because after I had the
baby I couldn;t feel my legs for 7hrs, I
am not exagerrating, I was scared that I
was not going to feel them again, I
swear!!! Sorry to scare you, but there
is a horror story, but there are worse,
there are better I had a friend who walked
in got in the room and had her baby 5 min
later, and she was tiny!
I just hope my 3rd isn;t a repeat of the
first two, the part I hate the most is the
2 wks after having the baby is great, but
I was hurting so bad!!! 
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l2at24
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:13pm
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I was given pitocin the with my first
delivery. It was very painful like
mommax3 said, but it worked and I could
push like an hour and a half later. When
I started to ask for an epi it was too
late- time to push!
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mommax3
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:22pm
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| l2at24
wrote: | | i was given pitocin the with
my first delivery. It was very painful
like mommax3 said, but it worked and I
could push like an hour and a half later.
When I started to ask for an epi it was
too late- time to
push! |
luckyyou, I was in labor with both for 13
hrs, actual pushing 1 hr with #1 and a
split sec (i mean really!) with # 2
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l2at24
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:35pm
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The first one my labor was 18 hrs. With
an hour and a half pushing. The second
was 22 hrs., but I only pushed for like 10
min. What is a split sec.? It
doesn't sound good. Nevermind, I just
re-read your post and figured it out.
Sorry, i'm a little slow. Lol what are
your predictions for this delivery?
Last edited by l2at24 on 11-09-04 23:38pm; edited 1 time in total
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jaysgirl26
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:38pm
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Ok i'm scared now for the labor part lol.
Btw is it normal to have pains in your
stomach, almost like menstural cramps, in
your first trimester? It's not there all
the time but I feel it every now and then.
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l2at24
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:39pm
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Yes jaysgirl26. It is very normal.
Probably your uterus stretching out making
room for baby.
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mizz_jai
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Posted: 11-09-04 23:59pm
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I had all mine natural. My first child
the doctor wouldn't give me an epi, said
were gonna teach her a lesson about kids
having babies. Needless to say I have a
new doctor, but after getting through that
I never wanted one for the next two. It
all depends on your pain tolerance.
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sheeridinprincess
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Posted: 11-10-04 00:55am
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My labor with my daughter was horrible.
Even with an epi I still had pain severe.
I was in larbor for 3 day sand pushed for
8 hrs and they fianlly rushed me to the or
and took her that way. This time I have
no choice I have to have him c-section
because I don't have to ability to push.
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Ixannahsmom
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Location: Oregon
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Posted: 11-10-04 01:25am
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Everyones experience is different. I was
making halloween cookies and I started to
feel really funny so I decided to go to
the hospital when I got there I was
already dilated 6.5 cm and I had no idea.
So I got a room then I got and epi even
though I wasn't in any pain but it was pre
arranged so I figured why not? I got to
the hospital at 8:00 watched the bachellor
went to sleep at 10:30 woke up at 6:00 my
water broke at 6:07 and I started pushing
at 6:15 and my daugher was born at 6:37.
Afterwards I thought hmm I could do that
again :d I know this one is gonna be hell
I can feel it coming. Everyone is
different!! Goodluck!
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jessamyn
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Posted: 11-10-04 12:13pm
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My mom doesnt want me using any drugs!
Ouchie!
Dont worry hun some ppl have very easy
deliveries... Start walking though I kno
your due tomorrow but its good I
promise... And do everything the doc says
and dont eat!
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Tazzy D
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Posted: 11-10-04 14:47pm
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Back to our post before eat ice chips.
They are the best. As for the labor hun
dont worry it will be okay of course you
are scared and that is natural. But one
thing I have learned the pain only last
for a little bit. Think of the bundle of
joy you will be holding after. I had and
epi with 4 of my 5 children the first one
was natural labor, and the 4th child was
done by c-sec. So if you dont like pain
then I recommend the epi.
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