Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

Curious_George_2

Anthillmob wrote: »

i dont even recall the doctor saying he was going to cut me and didnt realise until i saw him with his needle and thread and i asked him what he was doing. mr mob was aware and said the docor had told me.

mind you the end of the birth i was away with the fairies and didnt have a clue what was going on yet i only had an epidural and had given up on the gas and air a few hours previous.

a friends husband says that when they cut his wife it sounded just like someone slicing bacon with kitchen scissors :rotfl:

getting cut again is the only thing scaring me about this pregnancy, actually no... i didnt even feel them cut me, its the stitches i dont want,
my stitches "healing" experience is something i wouldnt wish on anyone :eek:

sarymclary

This thread has been such a great reminder of all the good and bad that pregnancy and birth can bring.

So much so that last week my OH had the snip!

It was a taster of being the DH at the birth for me. He seemed to be in a considerable amount of discomfort (extreme pain according to him), and all I could do was stand by and watch, whilst offering the occasional word of encouragement: like 'it'll all be over very soon', and 'it'll all be worth it in the end', or 'millions of men have gone through it, so it can't be that bad!'

I've had a blow by blow account, plus show n tell of his 'after effects', which, granted, did resemble a very over-cooked large baked potato. He's done barely a thing all week, and can't walk very far. Hmmm, I got off the delivery bed to walk back to the ward, pushing baby in his goldfish bowl. Was home within hours, washing the kitchen floor, looking after the other 3 kids, cooking tea, whilst breastfeeding and doing all the usual without expecting so much as thank you, let alone a gold medal!!

Just goes to show, it's probably just as well it was left up to us girls to 'shell 'em like peas', because I think otherwise, floors would stay unwashed, children would go unfed and the human race would otherwise die out!

Anthillmob

roversbabe wrote: »

Yep - I was told to stop shouting too. I wish I'd have told her to shut the f up - If I ever do it again, I'll shout as much as I want to and DH will have to stand up for me if I can't do it myself.

i was rushed up to the labour ward about an hour after mr mob had been sent home. i wanted to go to the toilet and the midwife barked at me to 'hurry up and get on the bed' as i needed to go on the monitor. i burst into tears as i was

a. scared (first time birth)

b. wanted mr mob there

she then barked 'why are you crying'

stupid cow. it was a false alarm though in the end.

suprisingly, given that i swear like a trooper usually, the only swear word i uttered during birth was '!!!!' and only said it once.

keatergreyhound

Is there anything you can do to reduce the bleeding afterwards so you dont bleed for so long.
Am wishing I kept my legs shut now?

Anthillmob

Curious_George wrote: »

its just when you give birth you get membership to an all girls club where you get together afterwards and compare battle wounds (and try and out do each other with the horror stories!)

:T

i sincerely hope that isnt in the lieral sense. imagine a coffee morning with the mums where you whip your knicks off and show eachother your patchwork fannys!

Anthillmob

Curious_George wrote: »

getting cut again is the only thing scaring me about this pregnancy, actually no... i didnt even feel them cut me, its the stitches i dont want,
my stitches "healing" experience is something i wouldnt wish on anyone :eek:

i made a donut to sit on out of a beach towel when i had my stitches. and i wished id never inspected my undercarriage with a handmirror like someone asked me if i had. god that was horrible!

Becles

Curious_George wrote: »

getting cut again is the only thing scaring me about this pregnancy, actually no... i didnt even feel them cut me, its the stitches i dont want,
my stitches "healing" experience is something i wouldnt wish on anyone :eek:

You might be lucky! I've had 3 babies with no cuts and no stitches. Just had small tears which healed on their own, and were painless apart from stinging the first couple of days when I had a wee.

Curious_George_2

Anthillmob wrote: »

i made a donut to sit on out of a beach towel when i had my stitches. and i wished id never inspected my undercarriage with a handmirror like someone asked me if i had. god that was horrible!

I gave it a peep too and immediatly wished I hadnt.... it reminded me too much of the texas chainsaw massacre to even contemplate picking up that mirror again....

EDIT - ohh... thats mine obviously... not yours! lol

Dormouse

Anthillmob wrote: »

is it just me or does/did anyone else drool in their sleep when pregnant?

Now that you mention it... yes!!! :rolleyes:

Anthillmob

am i the only woman who dont feel like a shag when they are pregnant? i get from this thread that the rest of you are all horny swines!