Awareness during birth - Page 2

[cottonwood]

People can mean different things when they talk about "labor land" -- there's dissociation, and there's the altered state of consciousness due to the hormones. They're very different things!

What would be interesting would be to look at women's brainwave patterns in different birthing environments.

[Romana]

Originally Posted by fourlittlebirds

People can mean different things when they talk about "labor land" -- there's dissociation, and there's the altered state of consciousness due to the hormones. They're very different things!

What would be interesting would be to look at women's brainwave patterns in different birthing environments.

I would be fascinated to see that research. Only, of course, if it didn't disturb the laboring mother!

Julia
dd 1 year old

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[pookel]

I think it just really depends on your personality. I had a traumatic labor and pushing stage that ended in a c-section, and the memories are pretty clear for me, including during the c-section when I was heavily drugged up.

[Romana]

Originally Posted by pookel

I think it just really depends on your personality. I had a traumatic labor and pushing stage that ended in a c-section, and the memories are pretty clear for me, including during the c-section when I was heavily drugged up.

pookel, we haven't talked about this before, but I think that extreme pain and especially anything traumatic (as perceived by the laboring mother) can actually heighten your awareness. What do you think?

Julia
dd 1 year old

[pookel]

Originally Posted by Romana9+2

pookel, we haven't talked about this before, but I think that extreme pain and especially anything traumatic (as perceived by the laboring mother) can actually heighten your awareness. What do you think?

It sounds reasonable, but I don't think that's what happened with me. I have very clear memories of the c-section itself, when I wasn't in pain anymore (especially of the anesthesia kicking in and the pain going away, which felt amazing). I tend to be a very aware person in general, like I can't tune out conversations and I have a hard time getting to sleep if anyone is talking near me, and I have a good memory, so my experience with birth was pretty typical for me in terms of rememebring what happened.