Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

bargain_babe

I have laughed my head off reading this thread - whilst at the same time crossing my legs and feeling glad I don't have to go through it all again ( I hope -my 3 DD's are 8,10 & 12!!!). When you read through this it brings it all back - I feel quite weird now!! :rotfl:

Don't worry Murtle we don't all have injections through pregnancy - think its something to do with your blood group (??) just the odd blood test and when you have injections after labour - trust me you won't notice!

Most of the things you have all said apply to me too, I now have a bunch of grapes for piles (never seem to go completely) My nether regions are almost joined because I didn't like the stitches with my 1st so refused them the next times!!! and I feel like a kangaroo with my 'baby pouch' which is never so bad if you pop it into big knickers so it can't really be seen!!

I decided I would have (almost!) drug-free births and I still don't understand why we feel we should do this - we are not some kind of saints. I wish I had gone for every drug known now, I think I was more scared of an epidural than giving birth!

The gas and air didn't work with my 1st and I looked like a panda after having her (23 hours later!!) as the rubber round the face mask disintegrated onto my face, leaving me with a very attractive (NOT) black ring round me gob!! I was stitched and all I can remember whilst this was happening, my hubby phoning everyone telling them all about our DD whilst I was thinking I didn't like her name anymore, after hearing it said 30 times!!! I'm used to it now shes 12.

My 2nd was quite happy to stay in (42 weeks) and she didn't engage at all - I was massive - and she was floating around in gallons of water - I had to have an assisted delivery - which actually meant a large male consultant shoving his whole hand into my bits whilst helping her come out - I'll never forget how they popped the bag and it was like niagra falls all over his nice suit and shiny shoes!!! His face was a picture! MW said she'd never seen anything like it!! Ooh it felt so good, OH said it smelt like eggs (yuk) but I didn't notice I thought I was in a nice warm bath but they made me get off to change it (damn why can't they leave you alone!!)

I was still breast feeding when I fell pregnant with 3rd, I still don't know how she appeared, reckon I rolled over in something and conceived!! but it was much quicker and MW (and a male student) virtually left us to get on with it. Much nicer experience.

Afterpains were much worse than having babies though, sorry to all you preggy ladies out there - but is is all worth it - (Until they get to the Kevin and Perry stage they are at now!!!- Hubbys got a shed ready for when hormones kick in - 4 women and him )- Aah, bless and he got away with it pain free.

skystar

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

I have no children at moment but hubby and I are in constant discussions about when to start trying.

However after reading some of this thread (only managed 1 and a half pages then got too scared) any fears have been multiplied about a million times :shocked:

modgit

well, I'm busy baking our 3rd, and I knew it was bad, but 5 years on from DS2, I'm still in that "stork delivered bundle" world, NOT ANY MORE, the panic is rising by the second!

The worse bits are the noise of the snipping at the episiotomy.... the pulling of the ventouse when the Dr flies across the room without the baby attached to it "cos it's fell off, we'll just have another try dear", the bath after the birth, when you turn one full bath into a bloodbath literally, when your stitches fall out and the midwife says well, if you want any more children, don't worry they'll be able to walk out..., the visitors, why do they have to come and stay SO long, oh I could go on.

oh, lastly if it's this bad, exactly why do we go back for more....?

Christmasshopper

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

I got stuck in the bath too. There were tears!

Me too. Could it be coincidence or is that another secret that we weren't warned about?:rolleyes:

Christmasshopper

modgit wrote:

.... the midwife says well, if you want any more children, don't worry they'll be able to walk out...

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

ailuro2

that's abit of a secret too.... that all the exercise in the world won't snap your downstairs back into its original size..without being too graphic, you get the picture.:o

ooobedoo

I hope nobody has really been put off......!!!

When I go into Hospital, I plan on not letting the mw's walk all over me like they did with DS. I think they love a first time mother.......take that how you will.

I didn't realise that the bidet was for washing your bits afterwards.....the health care assistant had to put the tap on as I had been catherterised I couldn't wee. I could after that.

All of these memories are coming back to me now, I am going to start putting my bag together soon. It's making me excited!!

emilyt

Has anyone mentioned the placenta yet!. I remember the women in the next ward was on her 6th baby. She went home the same day and took the placenta with her to eat. She said she had cooked it twice before with her previous two and it tasted lovely with onions. Yuk.


Also been talking to my mum about this thread. She was telling me when she had my sister in 1960 that when she was asked to take a urine sample she didn't know what to use. She washed out a HP sauce bottle and filled it to the top. Not realising they only needed a small sample.

Also in those days when they gave you an internal they covered your face. She said she lay there for about half an hour. The midwife was doing quite a lot of internals and talking to a number of other midwives. Suddenly the curtain dropped down and she was surrounded by about 8 medical students who had all been training.So each one had given her an internal.She was mortified.
When she had my sister she produced so much milk that the midwives expressed her milk and sent it to the premature baby ward. So not only did she feed my sister but all the prem babies too. Wonder if they would still do that today.

ooobedoo

The thought of eating the placenta with onions made me feel sick....

Should I ask the doctor to save it for me??????

Gingham_Ribbon

Murtle wrote:

ooo what are these injections for?? for 7 months - I don't like injections, do you get used to them in pregnancy??

M

You will have blood taken usually, now and again to check for problems etc. But you won't necessarily need injections. The ones the poster was talking about were for a particular blood type I think, and the IV antibiotics are only given occasionally. I needed them, and a blood transfusion, but to be honest, when you're in labour, you really don't care about needles. Honestly!