re: Labor is supposed to be painless?

idk ive seen some pretty awesome youtube vids about natural births where the mom just grunts a bit and the baby is out. but uh...i had a natural birth and it sure as FUCK wasnt pain free. HEEEEEEELL no. i think your friend is on crack or something. i have always heard stories about someones friend or cousin or sister or SOMETHING who didnt know she was pregnant til the bay was born...i find that to be a big pile of shit  

Quoting Gabby311:“ I guess it is just different for everyone. I would choose child birth over pregnancy any day. A few ... [snip!] ... am a full contact fighter (taking a break, just had a baby). So I have a different outlook on pain. Its all about mind control.”

i totally agree about mind control. I would had tried all natural if it wasnt over my BP. The dr gave me a choice of epi or c-section, i chose epi!

Quoting Sugar Mommy 2 More Weeks:“ Oh God, this means I'm gunna have the mother of all childbirths doesn't it?   It's gunna be like giving birth to the devil just because I was happy throughout my pregnancy, ahhhhh!! haha  ”

Hahaha...I hope that's what it means...cuz I've been miserable most of the time and I still have 16 weeks to go...soooo if it works that way...then you'll have the shitty child birth and I'll get a smooth ride!! hahahaha


seriously though...I hope it doesn't super suck for you!

Quoting Samantha10.31.08:“ Hahaha...I hope that's what it means...cuz I've been miserable most of the time and I still have 16 ... [snip!] ... have the shitty child birth and I'll get a smooth ride!! hahahaha seriously though...I hope it doesn't super suck for you!”

hahaha I hope it doesn't suck for either of us!! In the end, it'll all be okay though! I can't believe I'm so freakin close  

Quoting Sugar Mommy 2 More Weeks:“ haha, i've got 2 weeks to go and I'm still not miserable! I swear, it's because I don't have the raging ... [snip!] ... my boyfriend haha. Do the hormones make your pregnancy more miserable? because overall I've been pretty happy this whole time.”

i wasnt crazy either. mine was just physically miserable. he was in my ribs the entire time and kicked A LOT. then at 36 wks i got the flu and coughed until 6 wks after i had him. no joke. that made the ribs hurt even worse!

Quoting Tid Bit:“ Pushing is the worst part. I've had my fair share of painful experiences as well, and I can tell you, there is NOTHING that compares to pushing a child out of your vag. NOTHING.  ”

Agreed. For me pushing was the worst.

Pushing and the "DECENT" of the baby down the canal hurt omg ahhh.

Quoting nicole & alessandra:“ Agreed. For me pushing was the worst. Pushing and the "DECENT" of the baby down the canal hurt omg ahhh.”

i was a loser. i was screaming. my bum is gonna rip....my buuuumm is riiiipping . pushing didnt hurt for me really. it was the contractions leading up toit, and the pressure of her head coming down. then again i only pushed 2 times. i just pushed until i flet her head come out 

Quoting Beth [due 12-25-08]:“ I've heard a lot of women say the contractions were the worst and pushing felt good.  ”

The contractions where a day at the beach compared to pushing for me.

But every woman is diffrent.

At the end before I started to push,every contraction I could feel her head get lower and lower It hurt so bad to not push, pushing was a relief from the INTENSE pressure but it hurt like a bitch!

I definitely believe there are people out there that can control their pain level.

I had back labor, and for awhile before the gave me the wonder drug that is the epi, I was able to redirect my thoughts so I wasn't focusing on the pain, so instead of feeling it full force, it wasn't really registering.

That is, until they kicked up the pitocin.
After that - that redirecting my thoughts bullshit went RIGHT out the window.

no way for it to be both.... unless you are one of those 100 people in the world that cant feel pain, that is.

Childbirth will ALWAYS have pain associated with it. I mean, COME ONE... common sense says "something that large, coming out of something that small WILL be painful"

I have never even gotten a papercut that wasn't painful and that was SO tiny!

I am interested in reading some of the posts to see if anyone has had a NATURAL PAINFREE birth... I doubt there will be one.

Quoting Toby's mamma:“ no way for it to be both.... unless you are one of those 100 people in the world that cant feel pain, ... [snip!] ... I am interested in reading some of the posts to see if anyone has had a NATURAL PAINFREE birth... I doubt there will be one.”

Well I have never experienced a 'pain free' labor, but have been able to reduce the pain with relaxation, focus and breathing.

Originally labor was pain free, but after the fall of Adam and Eve, God told us that our labor pains would be intensified. Throughout the Bible immense pain is compared to labor pains. It's actually quite interesting how many times enormous pain is compared to labor pains in the Bible.

That being said, I've gone through it 3 times and this one will be as well.

Quoting Tait's Mommy:“ Let's keep this civil ladies, I know Sloan will come in here and debate with us, as I wish her to do. ... [snip!] ... and relaxation methods etc... How do you feel about this. Is there a way childbirth can be natural, and painless? If so why?”

Maybe if your paralized from the waste down it would be painless. There is a reason they call it the "ring of fire" for a reason.

Quoting Tait's Mommy:“ Let's keep this civil ladies, I know Sloan will come in here and debate with us, as I wish her to do. ... [snip!] ... and relaxation methods etc... How do you feel about this. Is there a way childbirth can be natural, and painless? If so why?”

with my first i had it all natural.... and when i was in the warm tub.. the pain was reduced significantly so i think its possible with maybe a water birth

Quoting Tait's Mommy:“ Let's keep this civil ladies, I know Sloan will come in here and debate with us, as I wish her to do. ... [snip!] ... and relaxation methods etc... How do you feel about this. Is there a way childbirth can be natural, and painless? If so why?”

I imagine it's possible, but I could only see it happening in certain people with high pain thresholds, or someone who has mastered the art of blocking their pain receptors, heh.

Man, I'd love to learn that trick.

C.

Quoting Tait's Mommy:“ Let's keep this civil ladies, I know Sloan will come in here and debate with us, as I wish her to do. ... [snip!] ... and relaxation methods etc... How do you feel about this. Is there a way childbirth can be natural, and painless? If so why?”

Well, gee, thanks for making me so famous. Way to go on continuing the negativity in the birthing community too.
I mentioned the idea of painless childbirth in response to a question on someone else's forum regarding epidurals, and the reason for that was because I have come across that idea over and over again in my research. I never claimed to know from experience. But since there have been numerous recorded instances of this occurring, I believe it is possible.
Perhaps if you actually read a whole entire book (i know- sounds scary, huh?) about Hypnobirthing, the Leboyer Method, the Bradley Method, or many other ways to birth naturally, you may just find out that many women have experienced an intense but painless (drug-free) birth. All of these methods mention the painless concept in their studies- I would suggest that you do more than a few minute's worth of research though. Not all women have pain-free births, but I believe it is possible.
So have your fun comparing levels of agony and pain with your friends. I'd perfer not to partake in that sort of negative energy though.