General Chat

First one 10lb 4oz, ten days late, induced, gas and air and stitches, 7 hours. Bearable.

Second one was 6 weeks early, 7lb 6 oz and in the wrong position, her back was to by back. If I put the medical name for it I will probably get RR'd. It's Face to P...s. this was not a great experience as the shoulders were width ways!! Gas and Air and more stitches. Can't remember how long a lot of starting and stopping. Both were girls

I followed the ambulance to the mat unit on my motorbike, when OH was booked in I was told Right Father youve done your bit, go home and ring in in the morning!!

None of this mamby pamby holding hands stuff for us men then.............!!!

We were tough in those days!!
LOL

when my Mum went into labour with me my Dad was in work - he knew nothing of my Mum's state at that time but he was sent home from work with crippling stomach pains

When my two children were born I had no pain at all no stitches nothing.
I had no morning sickness either.
Never felt a thing or had any problems whatsoever all the way through the pregnancy.
As a matter of fact I wasn`t even there at the birth of either of them.








There`s a lot to be said for being a fella. ;-)

When I had my second, late 60s it was at the start of husbands being allowed to attend. Midwife said to my Oh, she will be a while yet, go home and we'll ring you when it is time to come back. His reply was 'don't bother, I will ring you in the morning.' (It was the middle of the night). I didn't want him there he was very squeamish.

My daughter, the student midwife, had all her three quite uneventfully. They do say that midwives are scared of having children, as they've seen what happens. At least she did things the other way round!

I am a bit sqeamish about women giving birth being a man. My grandmother gave birth to 12 children between 1891 to 1916 so I wonder what she went through. Please excuse my ignorance.

GP

At least she made it to the hospital - my friend had her second in the back of an ambulance parked up in a lay-by :-D

My younger Sister had her second child within an hour !!... It happened so very quickly and she nearly gave birth in the wheel chair.... She had a little boy all fine healthy, no pain relief needed he literally just popped out LOL within 4 hours she was back home with her little bundle of scrumminess <3

no 1 - pethadine, gas and air and mutterings about a ceasarian
no 2 - about 10 mins of gas and air
no 3 - about 5 breathes of gas and air.

Could I have managed without any? Possibly no 3, but certainly NOT no 1!

I hated those probes attached to the baby' head - GeordieinNorfolk, tell you daughter that if the mum says she is experiencing back labour pains, the last thing she wants to do is lay on her back for a length of time!

I'll have to show these stories to my daughter - she's a student midwife - won't give names, of course!

Isn't it odd that someone gets trigger happy when there is no-one in admin to monitor the posts

Now have to wait until Monday to be sorted.

It is obviously done maliciously.

Eejits...... Cut their index fingers off ...... :-D :-D

First one, I had back labour - and no-one believed I was in labour :-(

I think they were having a 'slack' day, as there were a lot of staff in an empty ward!
They sent OH home (over an hour away) made me get up off my knees and lie on my back on the bed.
They then put all sorts of things on my belly and on baby's head - just to prove me wrong - the sensor on baby's head that was monitoring her heartbeat fell off - so it appeared she was dead.
I got a bit stroppy about this, so they gave me pethadine. Just before I fell asleep, they checked my cervix - 5cm .
Panic stations on their part - had to try to contact OH.
I came round in the delivery room about half an hour before baby was born.

Second one - I just had gas & air - no props, monitors or fussy staff - just one overworked midwife :-D

I went to a small cottage hospital with just one small delivery room.

My labour lasted roughly 36 hours and they wheeled me outside in the corridor twice to let the other mums to be, in and deliver.

I knew nothing about what to expect and said never again, and I didnt. My lovely son is 49 now.

PMSL :-D

Edit 6.34pm @ John

3 natural births, - all different.
First was the worst as we lived abroad and I was hot and tired after more than 24 hours in labour, mostly terrible back pain, but I wasn't allowed a drink in case they had to operate, as he was breech position. I think I emptied quite a bit of their supply of gas and air and had pethidine too by the time he was born ., - left foot 2 and a half hours older than the rest of him, after 32 hours.

2nd one, another breech, but she was born within an hour of me reaching hospital. No time for pain-relief, I was more concerned that the doctors would be up early enough that Sunday morning to deliver her.

3rd. - normal delivery. I don't remember pain relief, but may have had a minimal amount.
3 different hospitals, but excellent care in each, with nearly 9 year gap between 1st and last child.
All three healthy adults now.

Gwyn

Mine were born in the 60's when fathers were DEFINITELY not allowed anywhere near the labour ward.

Second son came so quickly that nobody noticed hubby was still there until afterwards - then "What on earth are you doing in here??" from a horrified nurse. "Shoo!"

He said afterwards he was glad he had been there, although if asked before if he'd wanted to, would have said No.

I thought this nasty and irritating habit of reporting an Opening Post had been stamped on since Natasha started getting involved. Very surprised to see someone has done it again and made thread a bit of a nonsense till Monday morning.

I do have a tremendous amount of experience of labour. My first one, who was born in 1982, was......... (oh, can't say any more). OH had some problems as well :-( :-(

Once was enough for me. Two weeks overdue, i was induced - didn't work, so they started me under general anesthetic. After a 28 hour labour, I had a caesarian - mainly because the consultant was about to go on holiday!

At birth of second - dr asked nurse why I was saying 'I'll never make it' - all I could see was the big clock on the wall and it was my brother's birthday - I did miss it by 40 minutes - I also kept saying 'never agan' and I never did.