Correlation between vomitting and labor?

[SashaBear]

I know vomitting is common during labor but when is it common? I threw up my breakfast this morning and now my body is working on my banana. I didn't think you threw up much before labor/beginning of labor. I thought it was more during active labor. Let me know!

[DoomaYula]

In my experience with clients, its usually about an hour or less before they begin pushing. In my own experience, it's around transition.

However, I did wake up puking last week and it was a really nasty 24 hour virus.

I hope you feel better.

[hubris]

I heard somebody say that when a woman throws up, she's usually "four or fully" - 4 cm or 10 cm dilated. For me, during both my labors I threw up several times at 4-5 cm. After that I'm fine, no more throwing up.

[Romana]

I've never thrown up in labor, but in my Bradley class they taught that it was most likely you'd throw up just before or during transition. Fortunately, I'm just not a puker.

I hope you're feeling okay.

Julia
dd 1 year old

[PortraitPixie]

I did a couple times with each labor, in transition. And I'm not a puker either, normally! My midwife loves to see vomiting (I know!! ) because she says it makes a lot of centimeters disappear. Hth!

[kerikadi]

In five labors I threw up once and that was right before transition.

Keri

[mommy_e]

With my first I was vomiting pretty much everything from 2 cm until birth (around 24 hours). Even ice chips and popcicles came back up. With the second I threw up once, but it was under two hours total labor, so I didn't have much time to puke. Not something I look forward to with this one.

[Spark]

In 3 labors I only threw up once. It was my first labor and my baby was posterior with a nuchal hand (hand up). I was fully dilated & then I couldn't push him out. So I took a nap. When I woke up from the nap I went back 8 cm. Then, I threw up & did the rest of the work. So, I guess I threw up just about transition for the second time.

I hope you feel better soon, OP!

[AbbieB]

I puked all through active labor. And man it felt GOOD! I would eat (usually a bannana) in a little while I would puke, then eat, then puke.

I was in labor for 51 hours. It was rough. The puking helped channel the energy a little. It's hard to fight your body's energy when puking. In hindsight it may have helped me to stop fighting the contraction.

[luckymamato2]

I threw up 2+ times weekly throughout my pg (sometimes more), and vomitted before I left for the birth center and then after getting settled in, probably from 3-4cm until 6-7cm. Not constantly, but every so often.

[jillmamma]

Originally Posted by hubris

I heard somebody say that when a woman throws up, she's usually "four or fully" - 4 cm or 10 cm dilated. For me, during both my labors I threw up several times at 4-5 cm. After that I'm fine, no more throwing up.

This was true for me during my first labor as well. I got to the hospital dilated at about 4 cm, got changed into a gown, and immediately threw up my dinner and had my water break on its own. So I got to change into another gown. One hour later, I was at 10 cm and ready to push him out.

With my second child, I did not throw up at all, even though I had pizza for dinner that evening (she was born at 1:27 AM).

Good luck to you!

[Tulafina]

I puked around the 4cm mark. I woke up at 430am with contrax- had breakfast at 6am and it all came up at 7am. He was born at 12:30pm. It all happened so fast!

[mikayla's mama]

I threw up with my first from severe pain, about hour 2 of 4 into the pushing process, malposition, pitocin and an epidural that didn't work right.

I didn't with my second, completely natural, positioning has a lot to do with how much pain felt, at least it did for me.

I did get really nauseous in the last month of both pregnancies, I think it's from the stomach getting so squished, plus I had morning sickness on and off throughout both pregnancies anyways.

[ckhagen]

I didn't throw up with my first labor... but it was induced, epiduraled, and ended in c-section.

My second birth though... I threw up while changing positions during pushing. I went from being on a birthing stool to hands and knees and the movement of everything turned my stomach and I said "somebody get a bucket!!!!". I puked that one time, but that's all. It actually felt pretty good to get it out and I usually can't stand puking!

[Isaac'sMa]

First off, I have to say that I am not normally a "puker". LOL. I was about 4 cm dilated (was for a few weeks) when labor started at about 10 pm. I wouldn't say it was active until about 2 am and that's when I started puking. I couldn't keep anything down until he was out. That was a bit rough since it was a 17 hour labor! I only tried to eat one other time (after the 2 am puke) and it came right back up. I hope to heaven it's different this next time around!

[hunnybumm]

With both of my labors I vomited in transition. DS#1 was in a hospital with an epi, no food or water allowed, so I thought that was why. But DS#2 was all natural in a free standing birth center and the same thing happened.

[bobandjess99]

i had really bed hyperemesis until 22 weeks, and did not throw up at all during labor.

[MamaPam]

I had hyperemesis in Pregnancy #1 but didn't vomit during labor during either births. After my second birth I did throw up my first attempt at a meal.

-Pam

[basmom]

My OB checked me for the first time and shared that I was about 8cm....then I puked...right after that he said, "ok, now you've got to be 9". Evidently I had a very strenuous vomit...enough to make me dilate! hmmm...

[lyttlewon]

My friend who I just helped was a puker. She pretty much did it whenever. I did only before transition.