Anyone else scream the labor ward down?

IKEA - posted on 11/17/2009

I AM WITH ALL 3 BIRTHS I WAS TERRIBLE U WOULD NOT BELIEVE SO HOW MANY KIDS DO U HAVE

Michelle - posted on 11/17/2009

lol - yeh i did - there is no dignity at all in the moment of giving birth and no elegant or decent way to go about it - when you're in that much pain you honestly don't care and believe me i didn't - given that i had no pain relief whatsoever - it was au natural for me. I screamed the place down and i am a really quiet, reserved sort of person but in that moment i really didn't care what anyone thought. I let it all out :)

Gwen - posted on 11/17/2009

nope. actually i laughed, which made my labor nurse crack up :-)

Leigh - posted on 11/16/2009

With my first son, thought I was doing alright, got to the hospital & heard a lady screaming at the top of her lungs 'take it out, take it out', smugly looked at my husband & said, I'm not going to be like that, 8 hours later, my midwife was giving me positive praise, as soon as she left the room, I started swearing my head off, my mother said, it's ok to be like this now, with just 'us' in the room but when the midwife comes back don't say the 'F' word, yeah right, next contraction, yelled the F word so loud & long, my mothers face was just the same colour as a fire engine lol. Second delivery, just as the head came out, I roared like a lion, gave my husband such a shock he slapped me on the face (yeah apparently that's a reflex action). Can absolutely laugh about it NOW, but at the time, didn't want to see anyone with a smile on their face near me.

Carol - posted on 11/16/2009

Yes sometimes them nurses are your enemy. They try to be nice and understanding, sometimes they actually are a big help. When we are in labor it is all about us, we just want to get over with it as quickly as the baby will allow. Push and Push hard.

Myke - posted on 11/10/2009

I wish all I did was cry....no, this woman went balistic and this was on my second delivery. They were trying to get me to fill out paperwork while delivering twins, so in my heathen way when I was told to shut up because I was scaring the other women in labor I grabbed the nurse and asked her if she had ever spit out a child before and her response was "no"....I was so mad I could have given birth to triplets. (smile) glad I didn't though two were enough and they are a blessing.

Kelly - posted on 11/10/2009

They call it the primal scream and yes I sure did!

Laura - posted on 11/10/2009

A lot of really loud groaning and grunting! I didn't have any drugs with my second and remember being pretty loud. BUT, it was nothing compared to the poor woman next door. She also progressed too quickly for drugs and was cursing up a storm and asking for something to help her. I was so happy I delivered before her.

Heather - posted on 11/09/2009

LOL...I loved the title of this post! I screamed the labor ward down myself. I had a very very hard labor, and when it go to intense for me to handle it where I was vomiting I asked for the epi, just my luck the anastesiologist(SP? i can't spell) the only one at the hospital at the time was in surgery! So i had to wait a very long time for my epi. It got so bad I was kinda having a type of out of body experience in a way where I was there but I wasn't, and from what I was told I was pretty loud. The only person I would listen to was the labor nurse, b/c I was afraid if I snapped at her she would just up and leave me though we all know she wouldn't but hey what can I say. I ended up laboring for 24 plus hours and had to have an emergency c section. Now I'm expecting my 2nd in June 2010 and we've already scheduled a c section b/c it was so hard on me and my daughter. So your not the only one lol.

Leslie - posted on 11/09/2009

i screamed my lungs out...the nurses kept telling me to "calm down". I pushed for 3 hours only to find out my daughter is was face up. They had to call the OB in and use forceps to turn her and then pull her our. I still can feel that pain!!!!!

Andrea - posted on 11/09/2009

i didn't scream or yell at anybody either time.. I was induced with both do to complations. Still did it with out and Pain Meds.. { some times i think back and ask WHY} but had very easy labor. it was fast and hard then over lol

Rebecca - posted on 11/09/2009

Quoting Jayna:

I had Pitocin...hell yeah I screamed! Piticin is evil.

Yes it is!!! I had it for both my kids and omg! Fentinal is a dream though lol

Rebecca - posted on 11/09/2009

Ok so with my son, who is now 2 i didn't...i was in labor for 7.5 hours and pushed for 30 minutes...my daughter on the other hand...who is now almost 4 months was horriable! I kept telling my nurse that i needed to push but she didn't believe me becuase i was only in labor for 2.5 hours so i told her to get my an F#%$^@! epidural because i couldn't go on any further so she yelled out the door for one to be ordered and when she came back she checked me beucas ei was in such pain and she yelled out the door to cancel the epidural and get the Dr ASAP i screamed me lungs out i was in so much pain because it went so fast! I spent my labor at the park walking it out and i looked at my husband and said we need to get to the hospital...i don't think i've seen him panic so much in my life. I was induced so i know it was only 2.5 hours and i was freaking out becasue it was so fast but 15 minutes of pushing our second miracle was born:) I kept asking if there were other people in the ward at the time while i was pushing because i felt bad making them nervous and the dr jsut kept telling me not to worry about it so i just kept screaming lol...and it's funny because when i was in with my son there was someone in the ward yelling their head of adn i was laughing and was like omg i hope that's never me lol.

Jayna - posted on 11/09/2009

I had Pitocin...hell yeah I screamed! Piticin is evil.

Natasha - posted on 11/09/2009

i think i screamed once but mostly i just groaned and grunted. For those of you who say there is no need to make noise you should try it next time cos it really helps!! I wasn't making any noise at the start and i was finding it so hard to cope! My midwife told me to make some noise and it really helped!!

Carol - posted on 11/09/2009

I am proud of you. You have to be one of the few that did not make a noise. My kids are wonderful, my grandchildren are even better.

Nichole - posted on 11/08/2009

and by the way...everyone is different...and it's just your body letting the stress out...no need to be the quietest!! I was polite up until a few hours before..then watch out!!

Nichole - posted on 11/08/2009

um..yeah! You could say that. My first baby was 11 years ago and she weighed 10/10. About 3 months ago I gave birth to a 9 pounder and it was just as tough. It lasted like 23 hours...I didn't have meds at the end I was screaming for the mid-wife to just pull him out!!!...memories..........

Diane - posted on 11/08/2009

I went all natural since the thought of a needle, especially that big for the epidural, was just too much for me. I didn't scream. Instead I held my breath in pain and my son's father had to slap me to reality a few times, or so he says, I can't remember. I did moan occasionally and complained about wanting to turn back the clock and not have a baby, ever. It was a day I'll never forget. :)

Mandy - posted on 11/07/2009

I had the drugs.

Wendy - posted on 11/07/2009

Hey there, my first child was a natural birth and I never made a sound (except for telling my husband to "get this woman the f.... away from me" referring to my mother-in-law) lol. My second child was an induction, which by the way, i don't recommend to anyone. After asking for an epidural they eventually arrived about 2 hours later and the guy still bitched at me because he didn't do epidural's after 9am (this was about 10 past.) then the epidural only took on the one side. when they tried to give more, the tube had pulled out and they ended up injecting the stuff all over my shoulder. I screamed from beginning to end. even had my father up in arms 'cos he wasn't allowed in the delivery room. So don't stress - everyone has their moments :)

Sarah - posted on 11/07/2009

My son was born in 93.If you count from the time my contractions started til the moment he came out it was about 55 hours! if you count from when my water broke it was 9 hours 11 minutes..I was asking for pain meds at 4 centimeters dialated..they said their are women down the hall who have had babies and they can handle it..I was like, Damn, this is my first..I dont remember the labor much because I was so sick with preclampsia...I remember telling the nurse I had to go potty..she said honey you have a catheter..I said you dont get it I HAVE TO POTTY..next I know I am in the delivery room..they didnt have the labor suites opened yet...I remember pushing and cursing and then saying I want a refund I changed my mind I am going back to Kmart! I actually tried to get up off the table..my husband thought it was so funny..til I about broke his hand while pushing.Our son was born in cardiac arrest ...he aspirated his meconium while he was being delivered..we were sick for awhile..I got more stitches then the doc could recall putting in,,and I had hemmoraged after he was out.It was hell but he was worth it all!!!!

Melanie - posted on 11/06/2009

Actually, no. During my first delivery, I had some family & friends come in to visit midway through, and they just thought I was napping or something. They had no idea they'd walked in on the middle of a contraction! My second labor went so quickly, the room was a little crazy, but I was probably the quietest one in there. On my third delivery, the nurse commented on how utterly quiet I was - she thought it a little strange. But I guess that's what I do - when in pain, I go inside myself rather than let it all out. BTW: All three natural, all induced.

Lisa - posted on 11/06/2009

Quoting lainie:

Anyone else scream the labor ward down?

Hi girls.. just out of curiosity... I am interested if I am just a massive cry baby or did other people sound like a dying animal during labor?

I watched MANY birthing videos before my own and none of them seemed to groan and behave like a demon like i did! haha.

Thanks!

Katie - posted on 11/06/2009

Sorry nothing here my husband said it would have been easier if I was like that instead of so calm

Tara - posted on 11/06/2009

With my first girl I didn't except at the end, but I had an epidural for her (I'd already been in labour for 3 days and was soooo tired I figured it couldn't be that bad) and it was wearing off, so I let out a yell on the last push :)

With my 2nd girl I did a lot of loud breathing (in through the nose, out through the mouth), but didn't scream a lot, except when I had to push and wasn't fully dilated, then it was "I can't push I'm not ready" and a lot of panting to keep from pushing. Both girls were a little bigger (9 pounds 1 ounce for my 1st, 9 pounds 8 ounces for my 2nd), and no drugs at all with my 2nd one.

My doctor actually thanked me after I had my 2nd girl - he said "thank you for being so calm and listening to directions" LOL. I think the NOT pushing part was where I started to be loud. I did cry with my 2nd one though, but not when I actually delivered, I cried because I was in the middle of a contraction, trying to hold my hand still so they could get a saline IV lock in my hand to give me something to stop my legs from shaking so badly, and puking over the side of the bed.

As a side note all the nurses on the maternity floor had a good laugh when my husband called the day I was discharged and asked if I was going to be "released" that day :)

Amanda - posted on 11/06/2009

I feel so bad for the mother's whose doctors or nurses told them not to scream. I had a nurse tell me that when I was in labor with my first daughter. I was eighteen. I was upset because when I woke up she had sent everyone home and I was alone. My emotional state made my contractions ten times worse, and I screamed and cried like a baby. Luckily my mom was called and she showed up shortly after. I've had two more children since then, and my last one was very easy. I moaned a lot, and cried a little at the end when I didn't think I could stand it any longer, but it wasn't long after that that my little girl finally came into the world. Now I'm pregnant with my fourth. I'm in my thirties, and I just know I'm going to be a much bigger baby this time around! It's been eight years since my last pregnancy. I am more nervous with this one than with any of the others. :D

Shawn Marie - posted on 11/06/2009

Don't you dare be ashamed of whatever you did. I am a registered nurse and I can't believe someone would have yelled at me during my transition phase of labor without medicine or epidural. What an ass.......

Shawn Marie - posted on 11/06/2009

I screamed like I was being murdered. I swear it was horrible, but very worth every minute of pain. I didn't have anything for pain. I can't believe I was so naive about epidurals. I am proud of myself for having endured the discomfort.

Karen - posted on 11/06/2009

Hey lolol I had gas and air and took sooo much of it i cant remeber much but i do know I DID scream a hell of a lot and I had a drip in because my iron levels were dangerously low and I was twisting so much I nearly pulled it right out my hand but my fiance turned me round jst b4 it came out and I was only in labor 27 mins but I would do it all over again for my gorgeous little girl xxxxx

Kristina - posted on 11/06/2009

He hehehe.. lol.. I was like a posessed animal.. i kept saying to my fiance that i thought i was going to down.. i was that loud that people heard my screaming 3 wards down from me and my baby was only 4'8lbs... christ i cant imagine what i would of been like if she had been bigger :)

Lezzett - posted on 11/06/2009

I think it depends on how much pain a person can take. W/ my first son I remember going in & getting drugged up on the best pain killer ever & then before I knew it they gave me the epi. I didn't feel anything. They had to tell me when to push so I was in "heaven." Now my second son was a diff. story. I told my husband that if I start crying to take me to the hospital. So eventually, 20 some hours later, he took me & they gave me the same drugs as before but this time they gave me the epi too late. I thought the epi was worse than the actual labor pains until I felt the babies head coming out while I was sitting on the edge of the bed getting the epi. So...I can usually take pain but my God have mercy...a man doesn't realize the size of a human being that's pushing out of a small hole (considering the sz. of the baby). Girl...if a woman's gotta scream...they should! I don't know how I sounded & I don't care. I just cared about getting the baby out so I can stop being in pain. Needless to say, he came out so fast the dr. didn't have time to "catch" him. My baby landed on the bed. Oh well. That's life.

Sara - posted on 11/06/2009

I did not make a lot of noise in labor, but the lady accross the hall from me sure did, she was totally out of control. Acting the way she did was not helpful to her, or to anyone else and to be honest I found it quite annoying when I was trying to go through my own labor...

Ashley - posted on 11/06/2009

Quoting Jami:

Quoting lainie:

Quoting Jami:

I didn't with the first two but I did with my daughter. I had her all natural and hemorrhaged. it was bad...

 

 

oh Jami... that sounds terrible! no wonder you screamed! NOW i feel like a wuss! hope you recovered quickly...

it was so awful. I had nightmares for a long time and was anemic for six full months. the worst part was the manual removal of the blood clots from my cervix. I knew the MW had to do it but I hated her so much, I cried like a big baby and screamed everytime anyone came near me the whole time I was in the hospital. I was terrified the bleeding would "get bad" again and that they would have to do the manual massage and stuff *shudders*. I told DH that I'm ordering my epidural the moment I find out I'm pregnant next time! I did it natural to avoid tearing but tore anyway so I don't care if I get it next time or not. LOL.

omg isnt the manual removal of the blood clots horrible. i had the same thing. all i remember is the nurse telling me to buzz if i felt like i was bleeding a lot. so i did, she came running in looked at me and pulled the buzzer out of the wall. 3 nurses and 2 doctors came running in, asking where my bf was. he had gone home to get some clothes for the night. the wheeled my baby out and took him to the nurses desk. i had a nurse pushing on my stomach while the dr had his hand all the way up there. my body went into shock. i was shakin for hrs after. the nurse had to finally force me to take an adavan to calm my nerves. it wasnt a very nice experience at all!.....lol

Kathlene - posted on 11/06/2009

i screamed at the nurse with my last one she wanted to check me and I told her I was pushing. she said no I was like it is time, she said let me check you and I scream you are not sticking your fAwking fingers up me no more I am pushing now get out of my rooom. later that day I was on the floor with my son pushing him and this guy came up to me and asked me if I screamed and I said yes that was me and he was like you scared my wife I was like sorry.

Bobbi - posted on 11/06/2009

groaning yes, screaming no. The low groaning noise made my contrax feel better.

Kimberley - posted on 11/05/2009

wen i had my son mum said i was the most embarssing thing she had ever seen i swore at a doctor that later came to break my waters very embarssing i was complaing about everything even that there wasnt a plug in the bath and that the water wasnt hot enuff mum said it was boiling hot and i screamd and shouted till i got an epi i was very vocal even with the swearing lol but i dint care it bloody hurt and he was pressing on my back aswell so i think that was even more pain lol but as soon as i had the epi i was a diffrent person i never shut up talkin the  nurse i sed i was gunna kill was my new best friend she wa great lol and i was told i was the most entertaing person that they had in ages so next time i have a baby im goin 2 try and be better lol xx

Amanda - posted on 11/05/2009

NO TWO PEOPLE ARE ALIKE..WHICH I AM SURE YOU KNOW THAT.EVERYONE TAKES PAIN DIFFERENT SO AS I COULD HANDLE THE PAIN AND NOT MAKE ANY NOISES YOU HAD TROUBLE WITH IT.....BUT I AM SURE YOU ARE HAPPY NOW WITH THE OUTCOME RESULTS...

Sharon - posted on 11/05/2009

Nope. I had an epidural. The woman a couple of rooms down from me though screamed like someone was twisting her nipples in a vise while shoving a red hot firepoker up her ass. Pretty much convinced me I wanted the epidural.

Connie - posted on 11/05/2009

I did both of mine natural, and one of the things you learn prepping for that is that moaning and groaning and screaming are a HUGE waste of energy and bring your body's focus to you and your discomfort rather than the baby and the birthing process - making it last longer. Which of course I didn't want. So, no, I didn't, but that's not to say that I didn't WANT TO! Of course, my first one, the lady across the hall was screaming from the time I got there until long after I'd given birth.

Sandi - posted on 11/05/2009

I'm not sure, I think I was more annoyed with the stupid questions like: how much money I have in my purse?, what my insurance covers, and if I have anything that is valuable I would like to claim incase it gets stolen.

Tinelle - posted on 11/05/2009

I can lol now but I sure did..I watched all those videos as well :). The breathing technique from lamaze classes wasn't working..screaming and groaning was working for me until I got my epidural! All the nurse was like "breathe mama..breathe and everything will ease" and my respond was "SEEM LIKE NO ONE SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT BREATHING ISN'T WORKING FOR MEEEEEEEEE" hahahaha..my poor husband was like remember lamaze class? Remember what they taught us? I was like I don't give a crap about what they taught us because it clearly isn't working. It was so hysterical recalling my reaction when everything was done and over with. Hope the breathing technique work the second time around though. Seriously, I wasn't expecting that type of pain it's something that you can't describe..you have to really experience it for yourself. Finally understood what my friends was telling me lollll!

Janice - posted on 11/05/2009

Nope! Never uttered a whine or cry or anything! My drugs didn't work either and I was induced.

Christine - posted on 11/05/2009

LOL They don't show the screamers in the video's!! Everyone is different of course, and honey if you need to scream - do so!! Personally, cursing helped me, and the doctor asked me to stop... I'm sure you can figure out what I told him! Good grief there's a whole other PERSON coming out of you! I think a little crying/screaming/whatever would be appropriate!

BTW my midwife told me they come out with roughly the same amount of noise that they go in there with!! LOL cracked me up!

Letha - posted on 11/05/2009

No I didn't do all that screaming and hollaring when I was in labor. I couldn't get no one to hold my hand when I had my first child, because I broke the bedrail at the hopital!!

Ashley - posted on 11/05/2009

Quoting Shauna:

I didnt mention my daughter, being my first, was 9lbs 4 oz and netted me 4-5 stitches. I cried out of reliefe the minute she came into the world, but still no screaming. I would have screamed had I not gotten my carrot cake though

Haha. As soon as I had my son and I knew all was well I asked for a Sprite and applesauce. Lol. And I was so bummed because my bf bought me a huge jar of sugar free applesauce! =/

Shauna - posted on 11/04/2009

I didnt mention my daughter, being my first, was 9lbs 4 oz and netted me 4-5 stitches. I cried out of reliefe the minute she came into the world, but still no screaming. I would have screamed had I not gotten my carrot cake though

Elizabeth - posted on 11/04/2009

I didn't with my first or third - but with my son for some reason I screamed like a banshee; to the point that the nurses came in and told my husband to quiet me down or they would medicate me - I was making the other laboring mothers nervous! LOL

Funny how that one was so bad when the girls were not, I really think it was out of fear. My first delivery was a NIGHTMARE... I had been in labor for 9.5 hours with NO pain meds, when she finally crowned... this is when they discovered that not only was I dialated to 8cm, her head was 13cm... and by this time it was too late! They literally had to PULL her out, again with no pain meds - 37 stitches later I finally got something for the pain... She weighed in at a whopping 8lb 11 and 3/4 oz... It was just awful - so I kinda felt my second would be that bad too, which it wasn't really!

I delivered all three naturally with no medication or epidural and my last birth was amazing... they even let me catch her myself - wonderful experience that I recommend to anyone.

Shauna - posted on 11/04/2009

Boy am I glad I didn't read some of these stories before I had my daughter. I had to be induced 11 days after my due date passed. I started out natural. It sucked, but I didn't say anything much. Then I asked for the IV pain killer, which didnt actually dull the pain, but more doped me up enough not to care as much. It started to hurt more, which sucked more, but I never screamed. I might have groaned but I dont think anyone outside of the room could hear anything. Once the pain escalated I asked for the Epi. After that I felt NOTHING. Half was through pushing I was happy it was almost over so I could have the carrot cake I was craving. But no demonic sounds for me. I handled it well I think :)

Sami - posted on 11/04/2009

lol I'm a military daughter so I was taught that showing pain was weakness. so while my husband slept in the chair beside my bed, I cried to myself and chewed a hole thew my lip. lol but my mother on the other hand... 4 kids and she didnt have the epi for my little brother, my step dad had to tell her to be quiet because she was scaring the other women in the mat ward.