re: Sick during labor?

Quoting Car-Car:“ well good luck girlie!!!! I think you can do it!!! Did you take any labor classes or anything?”

nope. I wanted to but my fiancee works two jobs and I had no transportation and I don't want to end up getting stuck at the hospital waiting for a ride.
I hope I can do ok, even though I don't know how to do any of the breathing techniques or anything.

Quoting Car-Car:“ That sucks girl! It was pretty bad with my daughter as well, but it didn't last that long! You're almost done though!!! Just a little bit longer!”

I know im so glad its almost over... my sickness is just horrible.. one day i counted i threw up 13times...  

Quoting ~Ivana331~:“ lol will do! I am afraid of getting an epidural, which is one of the main reasons I am going to try to ... [snip!] ... would even say no to the IV. I would rather just chew ice and sip water to keep myself hydrated. I hope I can handle the pain!”

Same here.. Im scared of needles go figure.. i have a tattoo and belly ring, nose ring and my ears.. but, i hope i can handle the pain.. i didint do labor classes either.. ive had my friends tell me it didint help them and i couldnt afford to take them.

I'm sure you will do fine. People had babies for years in the their homes with no one there to tell them what to do! Your body will tell you what to do. One thing I know is try (i know its hard) to not tense up too much when you are having contractions. This is where the breathing treatments come in and your are supposed to breath through the contractions.by tensing up, you cause your body to work against itself. This is one of the reasons I hated having pain meds, I was so doped up, that I couldn't control myself and so naturally I was tensing up and fighting labor. It made the whole process take so much longer! Ultimately I had to have an epidural, my body needed to relax. However, if they wouldn't have given me the original pain meds things might have been different. I also don't like taking meds unless I have to, tylenol included, so I don't have a very high tolerance and the pain meds they gave me MESSED me up! They didnt help with the pain though, they just made me lose control.

Quoting ~Ivana331~:“ I am just wondering how many of you mommys suffered from nausea and vomiting during labor. Did you have ... [snip!] ... sick during labor. Also, if you did get sick did it last the entire labor, ot just in the beginning, or just towards the end?”

I never had morning sickness too bad...but I did get very nausetaed during labor but never ended up throwing up...during transition.

I felt nauseous when I hit transition. Usually if someone is going to throw up it'll be at that point in labor. Its one of the signs that you're goinginto transition.

If you're not taking childbirth classes I suggest you go to your library and borrow The Birth Book by William and Martha Sears. It helped me more than my classes did. Birthing From Within is good too.

I got to have my second baby without any needles in my arms. My hospital routinely does a hep lock and I requested to go without since my first labor was normal. You'd be surrprised how your body kicks into automatic and just does everything. Relax your muscles and let your belly hang like you're 11 months pregnant, it really does take away a large amount of pain.
Also I've read calcium decreases muscular pain. Take enough milk, cheese, and tablets to equal 2,000mg as soon as you know its labor before you go to the hospital and its supposed to help.

Quoting Mrs.Z:“ I felt nauseous when I hit transition. Usually if someone is going to throw up it'll be at that point ... [snip!] ... cheese, and tablets to equal 2,000mg as soon as you know its labor before you go to the hospital and its supposed to help.”

then I should be good! I drink Milk like crazy! I swear I can go through a gallon a week all by myself! lol

Quoting Cassidie:“ Same here.. Im scared of needles go figure.. i have a tattoo and belly ring, nose ring and my ears.. ... [snip!] ... the pain.. i didint do labor classes either.. ive had my friends tell me it didint help them and i couldnt afford to take them.”

yeah I hate needles too, but I have had both my ears pierced in two different places, my nose pierced, and my belly button pierced! lol weird, huh? yeah I am just going to trust my body and let it do what it needs to do.

i got nausuas during labor with my daughter. I had her naturaly so my mid wife put a bowl under my head and a cold towel on my neck and that helped . that and me saying " dont throw up whatever you do dont throw up"

Quoting ~Ivana331~:“ yeah I hate needles too, but I have had both my ears pierced in two different places, my nose pierced, ... [snip!] ... pierced, and my belly button pierced! lol weird, huh? yeah I am just going to trust my body and let it do what it needs to do.”

same here i hope it makes good choices lol

Quoting ~Ivana331~:“ I am just wondering how many of you mommys suffered from nausea and vomiting during labor. Did you have ... [snip!] ... sick during labor. Also, if you did get sick did it last the entire labor, ot just in the beginning, or just towards the end?”

I think nausea and vomiting are pretty common during the transition phase of labor.I had my baby on Tues, and went through transition in the car on the way to the hospital...barfing out the window the whole way there.

Quoting jackieliz:“ I think nausea and vomiting are pretty common during the transition phase of labor.I had my baby on ... [snip!] ... baby on Tues, and went through transition in the car on the way to the hospital...barfing out the window the whole way there.”

yeah I have heard and read that alot actually. Well then when I am in the transition part I will be sure to have a puke bucket or something! lol

I started vomiting in the car on the way to the hospital. This as 4:45 a.m. and I had nothing in my stomach, so it wasn't from eating. This happened to my mom and sister as well. I guess pain can cause vomiting! It was really bad, almost as bad as the pain, because I hate throwing up and when you are throwing up and having contractions it is the worst! When I got the epidural, the vomiting stopped. I was so relieved! My sister had told me the only thing that was able to stop her vomiting was the epidural.I have read that vomiting is very common when you are in a transitional phase of labor. I wish I could have held out on theepidural to see if the vomiting would have passed, because I ended up with a C-section, but I couldn't stand thevomiting. I asked my doc if they can give you meds for just vomiting, and Iguess they can....

i was sick for most or my pregnancy. i also threw up during labor AND while i was pushing! it was pretty bad. i dont blame the drugs though, i blame my hormones!