So, I've been thinking (never a good beginning)... 7 weeks ago I had a HBAC waterbirth, and it was great. I didn't experience any real pain until he was crowning. But, the labor up to pushing was SO intense I couldn't even begin to describe it!
I didn't feel the contractions as pain, but just an amazingly intense pressure on my lower body (focused on my cervix). I moaned and groaned through ever ctx, because it helped me to relax. It took all my self control to relax through those ctx. It wasn't a pleasant feeling AT ALL, but it wasn't "pain" either.
The pain during crowning wasn't that bad either. More like stubbing a toe but lasting longer.
With my first birth (cesarean) I had to wonder if my body was defected because I didn't dilate fast enough (long story, I know that's not why, but it was still a fear). Now, I'm wondering if the surgery numbed those nerves so that I just didn't feel it normally... as though I'm still defected!
Although, the labor with my first went roughly the same way (but strapped to a bed with wires, tubes, no food, blah), with me not in 'pain' but laying there in silence through the intensity.
So, I'm just looking for other opinions. Is this in the realm of normal? Is it normal to be thinking about this? Is it normal to obsess 7 weeks later?
I didn't feel the contractions as pain, but just an amazingly intense pressure on my lower body (focused on my cervix). I moaned and groaned through ever ctx, because it helped me to relax. It took all my self control to relax through those ctx. It wasn't a pleasant feeling AT ALL, but it wasn't "pain" either.
The pain during crowning wasn't that bad either. More like stubbing a toe but lasting longer.
With my first birth (cesarean) I had to wonder if my body was defected because I didn't dilate fast enough (long story, I know that's not why, but it was still a fear). Now, I'm wondering if the surgery numbed those nerves so that I just didn't feel it normally... as though I'm still defected!
Although, the labor with my first went roughly the same way (but strapped to a bed with wires, tubes, no food, blah), with me not in 'pain' but laying there in silence through the intensity.
So, I'm just looking for other opinions. Is this in the realm of normal? Is it normal to be thinking about this? Is it normal to obsess 7 weeks later?
