Was childbirth the worst pain you've ever experienced? - Page 9

[pookel]

P.S. Those farmers are TOUGH. A friend's dad had a hay baler fall on his foot and break it, and he finished baling the hay and then drove 25 miles back to town before getting it checked out. I think it was his right foot, too, so he was pushing the gas pedal with it the whole way.

[mikayla's mama]

Yeah they are, my best friend's dad run's a dairy farm and he fell off a silo at like 20 foot up and waited to go get checked out.:

Labor #1 was by far the worst pain ever. Premature rupture of the membranes, back labor, pitocin, meconium, saline pump up my hoo-hah, failed epidural, over 4 hours of pushing, vaccuum extraction, shoulder dystocia episiotomy (all the way down)and a rip into the urethra. It was the most hellish experience of my life, I vomitted from the pain, I pushed for so long my stomach muscles could not hold the weight of my upper body up for about 2-3 days postpartum. To top it all off they whisked my baby away to the NICU before I could barely get a look at her. Recovery was bad as well.

Labor #2 was totally different. Got to the hospital dilated to an 8, jumped up on the bed and pushed her out in 7 minutes. The most wonderful part was they laid her up on my belly, daddy got to cut the cord and I got to nurse and cuddle her for about an hour before I moved to the pp room and the nurses weighed her and checked her out. Painful but not bad.

Even after my hellish labor #1 I went ahead and got pregnant 18 months later. The prize you get at the end is so worth every second of it.

[tintal]

ouch

By far giving birth was the most intense and painful experience of my whole life. Worth it though!!!!

[christacular]

no. gallbladder disease and the subsequent attacks were by far the worst pain i'd ever experienced. i'd homebirth ten more babies if it meant i never had to feel that pain again.

[amyjeans]

worst pain for me? throwing my back out. Blinding pain. i would gladly labor and birth 100 times over than have a slipped disc.

[CarolynnMarilynn]

My labours are the most painful things I have experienced. I have had terrible migraines, broken bones, impacted wisdom teeth, a huge facial injury, major head injuries, etc. I felt like I was just hanging on by the skin of my teeth and that I could take no more. Then pushing the babies out was a minute of pure pain. I have been walking around this pregnancy saying, "I'm going to have to push a baby out of my vagina!" and been really focussed on that moment. I am hoping that this time I can do it slowly and avoid tearing. I had a shot of nubain with my first after a horrendous OP labour, and nothing with my daughter. I don't want pain medications this time either, but I am hoping that I can be more peaceful this birth. I was never able to get to the place before were I felt anything but barely controlled panic and defenselessness. I want a happier labour place this time.

[2bluefish]

I had a wasp sting me the other day, and it was *horrible* - wow, I had forgot how bad a wasp sting is! I thought I was going to pass out! There are lot's of things worse than labor.

[2bluefish]

I don't remember pain with the pushing phase of either of my kids. Intensity and alot of concern that they were trying to push out my anus!

[2sweetboysmom]

I had surgery on my hand to remove a cyst this past fall. I did not want general anastesia so I opted for a "Baer Block" (a tourniquit placed on the upper arm) and local for the surgery. As I lay there about 40 minutes in to the hour long surgery, trying to stay sane, the anasthesiologist noticed I was hardly breathing because of the pain and offered me a dose of moriphine. I thought to myself "this is so much worse than childbirth" I eventually accepted a half dose. The male nurse on my surgery said "she is a tough chick, I've had one of these blocks and after 20 minutes it's worse than child birth!"

[Viola]

I can't really remember. I do remember at one point thinking that I it was a good thing I was having a homebirth, or I'd have had the epidural by that point. And when she was done, I was so elated because we were only going to have two and I knew I'd never have to do do it again. But in retrospect I have a hard time recalling the pain and I think I'd be willing to do it again now. I remember the sensation of pushing the baby out which was kind of cool, actually, and the burning as I tore which didn't stop after she was born until I got a shot of lidocaine for the suturing.. I do remember right as I started to push how bad the pain was when I thought it would actually be easing up. It kind of scared me, so I pushed really hard, determined to get her out quickly, which was probably part of why I tore. Also she was big, over 11 lbs and a 15 inch head with very little molding and her shoulders got a little stuck, which also might have contributed to the problem. But all in all it was not that bad.

After that I had another abscessed tooth and a ruptured disc in my back. Both of those were pretty bad. The tooth was just horrid, I was ready to do a home extraction. I never want to have another abscess, nor another ruptured disc, for that matter.

[~Heyokha~]

Originally Posted by Amila

Labor was THE ABSOLUTE WORST PAIN I EVER EXPERIENCED. But I had Pitocin.

yup.

[huggerwocky]

Yes, the pain from my first birth was. The second wasn't as bad, weirdly enough. Nevermind, I still yelled for an epidural or anything to help me

[badgerbaby]

It was the worst pain for me, but I have never been through anything traumatic before. Probably because I had a posterior, 43 hour labor with nothing but a tub to float in...and that it was my first time. I don't expect to be such a "wimp" this time...though I am a bit concerned about the potential after pains (which I did not experience with #1).

[cidercat]

Originally Posted by 2bluefish

I had a wasp sting me the other day, and it was *horrible* - wow, I had forgot how bad a wasp sting is! I thought I was going to pass out! There are lot's of things worse than labor.

This happened to me a couple of months ago and I cried. CRIED!!! My husband was looking at me like, "and you pushed our son our of your vagina, without any medication, and you're crying over this?"

Wasp stings hurt!!!!

[Shahbazin]

With DC #1 my water broke Sat. afternoon, w/intermittant contractions, went to the hospital (over an hour away) after midnight, & by Mon. afternoon, I had been on pitocin for over 12 hours as my contractions hadn't really settled in- I was exhausted, couldn't take it anymore, got an epidural, got to relax for about 2 hours, then it kinda partially wore off & I felt like one of the people in Alien where something was chewing its way out of my body - DD was born at 11:30 PM that night. Of course, here I am, having another 14 months later so I guess the experience wasn't a deterrant.

[Birth&Bunnies]

The migraines I've gotten were so much worse than childbirth. With Birth you get breaks, their is a purpose, and I felt to dedicated to meeting my goal of no medication. You can do things to help you be more comfortable, and in the end the difficult part is usually the shortest.

[NiBeKa]

Two experiences more painful than my childbirths:

13 week miscarriage followed by an unanesthetized (is that a word?) d&c done in the doctors office. I still, 19 years later, have an occasional nightmare about the procedure.

The next was last year with a dry socket from having wisdom teeth pulled. Felt like my head was caving in and I was worried that I had some kind of brain infection as I felt the pain throughout my body.

Neither of these had the wonderful outcome my labors had, which is why we go back and do it again.

Wisdom teeth? d&c no meds? wouldn't go there.

[4lilfarmers]

well, i had 20+ hours of intense back labor b/c of a tilted uterus (a 30 hour labor). it was a traumatic experience for me (took over a year to look at birth pictures...etc). BUT i did it...i did it at home...and i actually was rather relaxed the whole time (slept b/t contrax). now, i actually don't remember ANY pain except my back...it's more INTENSE than painful (from my experience...) just do whatever you can to prevent back labor (be conscious of your baby not being posterior)

[clavicula]

no. kidney pain was the worst. (i passed blood clots) i was about to die.
labor was hard but it is somehow a NORMAL pain, IYKWIM.

[sanguine_speed]

Originally Posted by BetsyS

I can't imagine going through any pain worse than childbirth. I thought I would die, for hours and hours. An epidural didn't help, narcotics (Fentanyl) didn't help. Nothing helped. I literally cried, "please tell me I won't die" with each contraction.

Yeah, it was the worst pain I've ever felt.

I'm glad I'm not the only one.
And I've had gallstones, lots of surgery, broken bones, migraines, shoulder dislocation, finger dislocation, impacted wisdom teeth & their extractions, root canal and other.