How did you find childbirth?

Rebecca says:
Excrctiating! No drugs here.
Alyssa says:
easy. under general!!
Velma says:
Long, hard, and tiring
Chrissy says:
1st one was abit rough was in pain for 2 days but ended up having a c-section, 2nd was easy c-section
Stephanie says:
Childbirth was an experience. I was induced, and ended up having a c-section after 27 hours of unproductive labor. For the most part, it was tiring, I had a few contractions that were painful.
Emma says:
great
Kate says:
I hated it! I had a trial of labour for 14 hours established labour, had pre-labour for 2 days before then, had to drive an hour to a different hospital, then had to wait for theatre to become available for c-section.
Jennifer says:
difficult
Kim says:
a little uncomfortable but not to bad
kerrie says:
well i dont know how explain it in words but after 18 hour of labour i was glad she was out and next time something for the pain.
Lisa says:
I dont actually remember most of it tbh - them breaking my waters fucken hurt.
lucy says:
awful
Angie says:
confusing and painful
Samantha says:
very physical, not that bad though, would do it again in a heart beat!
Emma says:
Easy even though I was induced
Abby says:
It was amazing... I was in labor for close to 36 hours but everything went so well, and actually giving birth was the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my entire life. I never thought i'd be able to delive vaginally, so when I did it was the best thing, and I felt so proud.
Jami says:
painful!
Miranda says:
very long...23.5hrs
Jennifer says:
While i was being indiuced it was terrible.
Sharon says:
It was the least fun experience of my life. I spent 5 days on magnesium sulfate, penicillin, sodium chloride, and pitocyn. I had a no food order for 5 days and a no water order for 3 days placed on my room. I was immediately considered high risk. I had her via c section after a failed induction. And she spent 14 days in the NICU. Not exactly my ideal situation lol
Coralyn says:
i had a c section which was nearly as bad as i thought it might have been. the recovery sucked but everything else went good.
Hollie says:
Painful lol
Sara says:
nothing to it haha!!! I was a strong soldier on both of them
Kelli says:
scary!
Rosemary says:
i don't think i could have ever anticipated how it would actually be...it's kind of a blur in my mind now, but i don't remember it being so bad
Allison says:
Ciaran -- first time mother, so i didnt have a CLUE what was going on, i just remember feeling incredibly high from gas & air.......... andbegging the midwife for an epidural.....oh and screaming for my mum.... lol Alex-- horrendously painful, words do not describe. He was back to back. Possibly the most painful experience in my life!!!!!!!! from start to finish.
lisa says:
With my first child having c-section was really scary and with my second having her naturally i had no idea of the pain.Couldn't wait for it to be over thats what i couldn't forget.
Emma says:
tiring and painfull bt enjoyable at the same time
Kayla says:
With Eli it was easy.....now with Tabitha, It was horrable
Shena says:
Not fun being induced and then having to have a c-section 38 1/2 hours later
Belinda says:
stressful
sarah says:
The birth was fine, and its amazing when you hear your babies cry for the first time and see them
Babs says:
Oliver was delivered by Emergency C at 32wks....luckily for me at the time i was unaware we both could have died
Melony says:
The labour was pretty crappy, but the recovery from the c-section wasnt so bad.
Danielle says:
Scary.
Gemma says:
Great loved it
Jennifer says:
both labors hurt but they were pretty easy
Liz says:
Painful till the nice anesthesioligist came. :)
Anonymous says:
hubby told every1 i tookit like a walk in the park!! mw's said they had never seen some1 so relaxed and quiet. my opinion- it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. mw asked (soon after delivery) if i would have another and i said yes.
Becky says:
OK
Christy says:
It was the easiest part of the pregnancy! I could easily give birth again. No pain afterwards, felt absolutely fantastic!
ALICIA says:
Not too bad. I coped with gas and air and a tens machine. It was after she was born that I had problems. I had a third degree tear so had to have the epidural after she was born to have my 115 stitches in theatre. I also lost 2 pints of blood
Jantina says:
Horrible experience
liusha says:
erm... eexciting and scary at the same time
Clare says:
Surprisingly less painful than expected but very very long. Wouldn't do it again!
Collene says:
Hard but rewarding.
Kristi says:
Nice cuz its so fast
Soky says:
The waiting process was long!!!! But Smokey was there by my side and didnt get any sleep! I had to kept telling him to go and get something to eat and he kept asking if I was sure... but as soon as he was finish he came right back into the room sat in the chair that was next to me... and just sat there and move the hair out of my face and make sure iw as warm and everything... sooo sweet...
Kate says:
Even though they were both c-sections, I recovered from both of them without any problems.
Lynn says:
At the hospital
Angela says:
very hard i was in labour for 25 hours and then ended up having an emergency c section
Jessica says:
lol, i gave birth for 58hrs straight,so i found it tireing..
Hayley Jane says:
Fantastic i absolutely loved it and would do it again tomorow. What an experience.
faye says:
with my 1st it was hard it took 21 hours and she pooed inside me i was dehydrated n shakin had 2 be put on a drip.she got destressed
jasmine says:
HORRIBLE LOL
evelyn says:
umm pain full
Sarah says:
sore and quick
pella says:
hard and painfull
kelly says:
fine not as bad as what sum people make it out to be but suppose every1 different.
Rebeca says:
surreal, exhilirating, an amazing experience.
Allie says:
It was managable.. I did it twice!
Brooke says:
Not that bad...I did it 3 times!!
Jaclin D. says:
Had a C-section. I knew I wanted a c-section. I was happy when it became a reality.
Denise says:
it found me...
Saskia says:
not as bad as everyone says (even though I didn't have any pain killers both times). giving birth to Liam was harder than with Libby
Felecia says:
IDK
Kelsey says:
Aggravating
Kelly-Lynn says:
c-sections are ok i'd rather do that anyday over going into labour
angie says:
hard not fun ending with c-sections every time
Sarah says:
Wll I had a c-section and will be having another. I didn't mind it.
Shelbi says:
Long the first time *and a half hour the 2nd!!!
Georgia says:
painful!
Nancy says:
Horribly long! The delivery part was fine, the days of contractions leading up to that was awful! But of course so worth it.
nadia says:
exciting the iirst time, little painy though. got teary with the second one
Candice says:
uhm , I had a c section so i didnt feel anything.. but was pretty sore afterwards.
Andrea says:
the first baby was breach and a c-section..the second baby was a breeze. 5hrs labor, and 25min of pushing, very easy.
Bonnie says:
I was in labor and 36 hours and did no dialate past a 2 or 3...so that was VERY frustrating. C-section was scary, but uneventful..this time I'm doing a planned c-section...I hope it goes well
Erianna says:
not nearly as bad as i thought!
abby says:
i was put to sleep during my c-section so im not sure
Dena says:
not something I would look forward too! OUCH!
Lisa says:
Darrel was in a hurry to get to the hospital, so I went in sooner than I would have liked, but I had a relatively easy time of it. i went drug free!
Ginger says:
It was a very neat experience
Carolee says:
With Jared It wasn't as bad as I thought that it would be, but it was long...really long...and then had a C-section. Becky was breezy.
Morgan says:
Painful, I wanted to die, BUT once I heard my babies cry, All that pain was forgotten
Angela says:
Empowering...no where near as bad as i had imagined and totally worth it...
Natalie says:
It didnt go to plan, I had to get induced, had to have an epidural (But it was too late anyway) and ended up having to have a c-section the 3 things I didnt want. Lucky for me my labour was not very long at all less than an hour!!
danielle says:
Good, i love it it made me realize im alot stronger then i thought i was! and it was no were near as bad as i thought it would be
brooke coghlan says:
Caity - now, she was a walk in the park, hardly any pain peyton - PAINFULL
Kerrin says:
The first ended in an emergency C/S, and the 2 one ended up in a C/S under general anaesthetic.
Jess says:
it was ok....21 hours was a bit too long tho....but all worth it at the end
Nicole says:
My first...easy. My second...very hard!
Catherine says:
Easy, 20 min of hard labor with Shea and 3 pushes for Liam!!
Katherine says:
okay at least no ceaser
Melanie says:
Emergency Cesearean...so i spose you could say that, that was OUCH! the recovery part! ouch
Deanne says:
What a question. Like nothing on this earth and no one could have ever prepaired me for it. But it was amazing how quickly I forgot the pain once she was born.
samantha says:
great until the birth
Ashleigh says:
very exsausting
Clancy says:
first one - ouch! 36 hours after induction with vacuum and forceps and about a trillion stitches. ash was born with herbs palsey & had to have physio for 6 months. lucky she's good now tho. needless to say the second two were c-sections.
kelly says:
excruciating!!!!!
Jesikah says:
Exhausting, emotional. But at the same time it's such a beautiful thing.
Sammi says:
Cant Remember Lol
Vikki says:
easy peasy. no drugs and all natural. =) the contractions hurt like a bitch but i went from 4cm to 10cm in five mins, then 20 mins of pushing and my princess harlow was out!
Dorinda says:
had to have ceaser
Julie says:
easy with jeremy b/c a epidural, hard with peyton b/c natural birth
Eboni says:
Not fun... But not as bad as I expected.
Christy says:
painful!
Stefani says:
Weird , Not as bad as i thought it was going to be forsure .
Stacey says:
landon was great aubrey not so much
Suzanne says:
Worse than i ever imagined!
Irene says:
Well.....painful!!!! lol
Jamie says:
Very fast
Vilka says:
not as bad as i imagined
Kirsty says:
Painful. but end up havind=g a csetion
Krissy says:
Extremely long and painful..
Sara says:
well it wasnt the most pleasant of things but i was able to go naturally both times and both were only four hours long!
Leah says:
Nothing like the movies.. lol
Samantha says:
it was all worth it
Julz says:
painful lol tiring amazing
Tia says:
Ummmm No Comment
lisa says:
lol, a bit hard, no one tells u tht u feel like u been hit by a truck for the nxt 2wks afterwards lol
Giselle says:
Fast, Hard and intense! My entire labor was about 8 1/2 hours and my contractions were never more than 3 minutes apart. I was dilated to 4 within 3 hours.
Samantha says:
jai - i had an emergancy c-section the labor was horrible what ever went wrong did ethan - i had c-section and it went great
Vanessa says:
painfully about worth it
Anna says:
Painfull...but honestly one of the most amazing experiences in my life.
Hannah says:
very tiring after 44hrs and full on but all very worth it
Shamarra says:
Painful, it was all a blur, but very worth it
Colette says:
2 C sections, no labor.
Emma says:
awful, probably would have been better if i had a decent midwife who could have detected his positioning and let me have pain relief
Dannielle says:
I couldnt handle contractions, they were so painful, dont know what i wouldve done without the epidural...the actual pushing was easy due to the epidural, i pushed for about an hour and she was out! afterwards was hard though
Taralee says:
The first was C-section. The other 2 were normal except the 2nd took 30+ hours. The 3rd was 8.
Shareese says:
I found it to be the hardest I ever had to work at something in my life but I felt very proud of myself afterward and such a hero

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