PLEASE HELP ME!

Hi, well i'm 22 weeks starting on monday. I know my baby is not going to get here til 18 weeks from now. I have been going thru fake contractions and the are not that bad. I have been going on Youtube and watching people going into labor and stuff(not to sound wierd) just to see what im going to go thru. I am planning on getting an epidural. But alot of my friends tell me the contractions feel like hell and the birth is not as bad as them......
My question is....
are Contractions horrable?
Does it actually really hurt giving birth?
-please help im sooo scared!!!!!!

i would say contractions r worse and birth still hurts but once u get it over wit .... it stops and ur fine so dont worry u will b fine

Contractions are intense, with pitocin they're worse. Labor smurfing hurts! You're pushing roughly 33cms out of a 10cm hole. IMO the ring of fire (baby's head coming out) hurts worse than anything but I gave birth twice naturally with no pain medications at all. I was 17 & 19, I just told myself that I could do it, that's what my body was made for & I wouldn't change it at all!

Quoting Yolanda Ticknor:" Hi, well i'm 22 weeks starting on monday. I know my baby is not going to get here til 18 weeks from now. ... [snip!] ... My question is.... are Contractions horrable? Does it actually really hurt giving birth? -please help im sooo scared!!!!!!"

Contractions suck. If you don't have a really high pain tolerance, I suggest getting the epidural.

Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:" Contractions are intense, with pitocin they're worse. Labor smurfing hurts! You're pushing roughly 33cms ... [snip!] ... at all. I was 17 & 19, I just told myself that I could do it, that's what my body was made for & I wouldn't change it at all!"

TRUE ^^^^

Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:" Contractions are intense, with pitocin they're worse. Labor smurfing hurts! You're pushing roughly 33cms ... [snip!] ... at all. I was 17 & 19, I just told myself that I could do it, that's what my body was made for & I wouldn't change it at all!"

You did it twice!? So it can't be THATTTT bad.....right

Quoting {{Expecting #3}}:" Contractions suck. If you don't have a really high pain tolerance, I suggest getting the epidural."

Yea even wen i got my tattos i felt like i was dying   but im defenetly getting an epidural. I was going to get a C-section because i have a disk in my back but my OB told me i had to do it the other way....wich im soooo scared for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:" Contractions are intense, with pitocin they're worse. Labor smurfing hurts! You're pushing roughly 33cms ... [snip!] ... at all. I was 17 & 19, I just told myself that I could do it, that's what my body was made for & I wouldn't change it at all!"

its my first baby and my baby is super active in my tummy, everytime his daddy talk to him/her i think my baby does back flips or something   i really hope everything goes ok, i don't know why...i keep on having the thought of like, what if the baby gets stuck while im pushing or something goes wrong  

<blockquote><b>Quoting {{Expecting #3}}:</b>" You did it twice!? So it can't be THATTTT bad.....right"</blockquote>




I'm not gonna lie, it was easier the second time around because I knew what I was doing.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Yolanda Ticknor:</b>" its my first baby and my baby is super active in my tummy, everytime his daddy talk to him/her i think ... [snip!] ... don't know why...i keep on having the thought of like, what if the baby gets stuck while im pushing or something goes wrong  "</blockquote>




If the baby is big enough to get stuck, it'll do it regardless of an epidural or natural. If the baby was to get stuck, they would either do an emergency csection or they would be more than one person working to get the baby out.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting {{Expecting #3}}:</b>" You did it twice!? So it can't be THATTTT ... [snip!] ... bad.....right"</blockquote> I'm not gonna lie, it was easier the second time around because I knew what I was doing."</blockquote>




SO TRUE!

my first natural labor was not horrible though. It only lasted 1 hr 46 minutes but I was totally unprepared for a natural labor!

I did my research with my daughter and acheived a painful labor and delivery! I actually enjoyed giving birth. I laughed and joked through the whole thing.

<blockquote><b>Quoting tatesmommy09:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... and acheived a painful labor and delivery! I actually enjoyed giving birth. I laughed and joked through the whole thing."</blockquote>




My first was 2 hours 27mins and second was 4 hours 11 mins.

I had to have pitocin induced contractions with my first.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting tatesmommy09:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' ... [snip!] ... My first was 2 hours 27mins and second was 4 hours 11 mins. I had to have pitocin induced contractions with my first."</blockquote>




I had pitocin with my second but I was already at 5 cm.

<blockquote><b>Quoting tatesmommy09:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... pitocin induced contractions with my first."</blockquote> I had pitocin with my second but I was already at 5 cm."</blockquote>




I went in at like 3 with my eldest and a broken water, then they jump started with pitocin right away.

With my youngest I went in at 5, an hour later I was 6/7, another hour I was 10.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' Mama[BBM]:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting tatesmommy09:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mann Makin' ... [snip!] ... they jump started with pitocin right away. With my youngest I went in at 5, an hour later I was 6/7, another hour I was 10."</blockquote>




Its crazy when it goes super fast. I was so relieved when they induced with my daughter. I was terrified of delivering in the car. I think we are done having children!!!!