Is every woman in labour this dopey?
With Wren’s birthday coming up next week, I’ve been reminiscing about her formal entrance into this world.
As you do.
And while the memory of the pain involved does indeed fade with time, the embarrassment remains.
My main memory is of suddenly becoming scared and refusing to open my legs to push.
That’s right, when the midwife judged the time was nearing, I clenched my knees and refused to co-operate. I don’t know how I thought that baby was coming out, but it wasn’t through down there.
Luckily, my mother was also present and knew how to deal with the situation. Seeing that I was beyond persuasion she turned to persuading the midwife, and the pair of them ganged up on me. Bullies.
They each grabbed a knee and, well, let’s just say that I was not the winner in the very short wrestle that ensued.
Once Wren finally emerged and was laid, naked and pink, on my deflated belly I blurted “It’s a real baby”. Real perceptive.
The attending medical circus must have thought I’d slipped a cog. Pethidine has a lot to answer for.
Then again, maybe dopeyness is more common in this situation. In the interests of objective scientific research, I’d love to hear your dopiest birth stories.
What were your first words upon sighting your newborn? Did you brawl with your obstetrician?
Feel free to bare all here, or if you write a post about it on your own blog, I’ll include a link to it.
So Funny! I was very similar with Eva, was ready to push but told the midwife that I just didn’t want to! Had my knees together laying on my side. After Eva was born (my third) I turned to by husband and said “right, that’s it, no more, i’m done!”
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With my daughter it was “She has hair” but once she was cleaned up it was very clear she was a little blonde with NO hair. I had an awesome labor and delivery with her. I had my epidural when I was about a 4-5 and didn't feel much from then on.. although I did feel all the pressure. I didn't have time to say much while it was happening.
With my son it was “He's not breathing!… HE'S NOT BREATHING!” (he was on my stomach for about 2 seconds) then nurses were gathering in the room with doctors and emergency on-call pediatricians.. pretty scary! It went from being the happiest moment to one of the scariest moments in my life. Thankfully he made it but I was unable to hold him until the next morning. He was under an oxygen tent all night. I had a high risk pregnancy but certainly wasn't expecting THAT!
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I can certainly relate to this. Not that I closed my legs and refused, but considering I have a broken tailbone and rebreak it each time I give birth, withmy 21 month old, I had wanted pain meds before I pushed her out. She came too quickly for me to receive anything but an IV drug that wore off, and the nurse basically said “Let’s just push the baby out and it’ll be done.”
I groaned, but obliged. She was out 11 minutes later, but not before I was screaming to ‘get it out’ because of being directly on my poor broken tailbone, rebreaking it again 
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Very perceptive. I was to exhausted to say much, knowing me I probably cursed.
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After almost 40 hours of labor, I was ready to push, whether they open my legs or not!!
The first thing I told my obstetrician when the baby came out? “I won’t do this again!”
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I kept saying “She’s so fat!” - over and over. Well she was… *LOL*
Mmmm, wonder what they would have done had you not decided to spread ‘em.
I kept getting up and walking out the room and demanding they let me go home. Yeh, right, b/c if I went home I wouldn’t have to push anymore apparently.
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I think I must have been thinking along the same lines, Tonya.
Again, I blame pethidine… 
LOL This made me laugh because when I was in having Annabelle, I was apparently ready to push but I refused and apparently was trying to get off the bed and go home. (I say apparently because I don’t remember…..that gas is good stuff! )
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