What you don't know about labor & after...
What are some things you didn't expect our have any clue about?
Me- I had a friend tell me "i hope you don't have back labor" well I did and I didn't expect it to feel like my spine was being crushed!
the dr said my stitches would sting, however I didn't expect it not to sting until a week later (i thought something was wrong with me) for ftm what helped me was spreading my legs while going to the bathroom!
I also didn't expect that after the stinging stopped that it would itch like crazy!
I knew the epidural would make my legs numm but I didn't think it would be as numm as it was! I'm totally adhd at night and I always move around but I couldn't move my legs when I tried sleeping and that was a little irritating!
Thats all I can think of right now! what are your stories?
Me- I had a friend tell me "i hope you don't have back labor" well I did and I didn't expect it to feel like my spine was being crushed!
the dr said my stitches would sting, however I didn't expect it not to sting until a week later (i thought something was wrong with me) for ftm what helped me was spreading my legs while going to the bathroom!
I also didn't expect that after the stinging stopped that it would itch like crazy!
I knew the epidural would make my legs numm but I didn't think it would be as numm as it was! I'm totally adhd at night and I always move around but I couldn't move my legs when I tried sleeping and that was a little irritating!
Thats all I can think of right now! what are your stories?
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I expected to be sore but not that sore down there.....but this spray they gave me to numb it helped
I didn't think my legs would be numb so long
I didn't expect to be so damn scared to poop afterwards.
I didn't expect that the final push where she came out would feel like taking a giant shit of a live fish out of my vagina lol
@stephenie I had hemorrhoids the size of golf balls (not literally) lol but when I took a bath I could feel sitting on them they were so swollen.
@natashalynn I didn't have a catheder?sp after but had it before. Anyway ever since then whenever I have an urge to pee I can barely hold it I always pee a little before I get to the toilet! Annoying 7
i didnt know that at my last drs appointment, that id get sent straight the the er to have my baby. & that i had to get a foly bulb. and that id develop bells palsey. and that i was unable to dialate (still dont know why). that when they took out the foley bulb it looked like a balloon animal that they give you at the circus. and that every time they check me it felt like they were reaching to my belly, and it hurt more than the actual contractions. and that after 26 hours of non stop pain and 2 failed epis, id be begging for a c-section. and because they already popped my water, that they had to do a csection. and id have to get a spinal, which only shot threw half of my body, and anxiously awaiting it to go threw the other side, and it didnt. and laying on the table, (while my hubby was taking non stop pictures) i was trying to move my feet. and was shaking uncontrolerably. and was despretly trying to keep my eyes open, i was almost asleep for my sons birth!.
after delivery ;
that i had a cathiter (sp?) for about a day, and they had to empty the bucket every 10 minutes. they were trying to empty my system. and i loved the cathiter lol. and that i haddent taken a poop in 4 days, and they gave me dulcolax, along with 4/5 other pills. for my bells palsey, and high blood pressure. and that when i eventually could get up to walk my legs would feel like they weighted 40 pounds each. and that the dr would wake me up at 6 am to take my staples out.
needless to say, i had a crappy birth experience lol! /:-)