Labor and Birth Fantasies - Page 2

[Slingin'Momto4]

Originally Posted by aran

Totally OT, but I have to finally say this...
Your screen name always brings to mind an image of some sort of super woman who is carrying four children in slings simultaneously. Every single time I see a post from you... this is what I think: "Wow slinging four at a time must be really hard"

OK... sorry to interrupt the thread but I had to get that out.

OMGosh That is so funny! Slinging 4 kids would be really, really hard and awkward...LOL! I can only sling one at a time...LOL!

[dancebaraka]

Oh I love reading these- what good medicine!

My birth fantasies usually involve attaining some higher understanding of the nature of the cosmos... some kind of reality-stripping cosmic orgasm where my husband and I become one with the divine love that fuels the planet, and our daughter births herself with complete trust and grace.

ok reading over that, I feel a little sheepish! But this is as close as I can come to expressing what I keep imagining (& dreaming about!)...

[Synchro246]

bumping because WOW

Originally Posted by Synchro246

In my birth fantasies the contractions are always described as a "tightening" and are never preceived as painful. I don't even force that thought, it's just how they are in my mind.

For one of the fantasies each cx makes progress that I can feel~I visualize my cervix being pulled open over the baby's head~ and I can feel the baby's cardinal movements in my pelvis. I birth before the midwife gets here and I usually birth in our big non-tub shower at the end of that one. That's the one that runs thru my head most frequently.

I also have extensive fantasies about how the phone tree is going to work and how the conversations will go when I call various people in labor.

Last night I had a dream where I wiped after using the toilet and there was blood. I think it was my mucus plug before labor. I feel like I'm going to get to loose it before labor this time.

Originally Posted by Synchro246

I think I'm going to want to open up this thread again at the end of May. . .

I want to read more of the fantasies :


Another one I have is that I have really mild prodromal labor for a few days before active labor. In that fantasy I have a good attitude and I am happy to have an active uterus

All the green was absolutely true!!! (the purple, not so much)
I didn't mention in the posts above that I wanted a in-the-caul birth. That was another thing that came true! I could feel the presence of the cervical lip too.
I couldn't feel the cardinal movements, but I could definitly feel the baby moving down.

[kittn]

Originally Posted by kittn

my only fantasy is that I get through transition without panic and without begging them to knock my but out LOL.
actually for some reason I keep picturing this baby being born in my front room. I dont know why, i dont have a HB planned, and the hospital is 35 minutes away

the blue i did get. my mw was so amazing and calming it was like having valium piped in the room

[Synchro246]

That's awesome. I have the absoute most respect for women who birth naturally in the hospital. It's amazing. I know I said "I can't do this" and had fantasies of epidurals at least 6 times during my relatively short labor. I learned that respect for naturally birthing women in hospitals during this labor.

[kittn]

Originally Posted by Synchro246

That's awesome. I have the absoute most respect for women who birth naturally in the hospital. It's amazing. I know I said "I can't do this" and had fantasies of epidurals at least 6 times during my relatively short labor. I learned that respect for naturally birthing women in hospitals during this labor.

i think i did say at one point "ok I quit I want drugs" my midwife knew I didnt, i had said ahead of time that even if I asked I still didnt want it. My husband laughed at that point. I remember also saying 'remind me again WHY i want to do this med free?? WTF was I thinking???" again my midwife is great and reminded me of all the med free birth benefits. it was worth it. i honetly hope to have one more at least and will definatly go with this midwife