Labor time!!!

Ladybird0724 wrote: even after reading your post, wifey, i'm still going to try the natural route...i'm just going to make sure that epidural is close, lol. did you feel very comfortable in the water? were you in a hospital or birth center?

Please do! I don't regret that at all. Drugs would not have made a difference. Labor is something that you can't escape, that baby has to come out one way or another
It is INTENSE, drugs or no drugs. I was pretty comfy in water, but I labored more in my bathroom with the toilet lid down. There was no difference during a contraction as far as the pain. No position or location lessened their intensity. The water was just great for relaxing and recuperating in BETWEEN contractions. By the time I started pushing, it was SO hot I had to get OUT of that tub!!! I was sweating and grunting like a wild beast by then


Edited by mcelweewife - Dec 23 2012 at 10:58pm

zolloh wrote: ring of fire...felt like clit ripped in two...nips like raw ground beef...dear lawd, this birth control better never fail

This thread is birth control in itself.

HeyBeautiful18 wrote: That baby!!! He is so handsome     LOL at the side eye.    His eyes look light...are they?

They look....different in a cool way I guess. I am used to brown eyes. His look steel grey.
I know they won't set into their permanent color for a few more months, 6 I think.
But the general consensus is gray according to both sides of the family.
I am not settling on anything yet, because I know it is not the final color.

One more thing--my husband and I sat down together last night and read this entire thread!  As exhausted parents we had a good laugh, he really got a kick out of you ladies. I have to say, gifs REALLY add to topics like this! Thank you guys for the well wishes and for entertaining us. Last night was kinds rough, because Hezekiah just would not stop screaming all night. The only thing that settled him down was putting him to my breast...and I already told you all what shape my nipples are in So yeah this thread delivered much needed encouragement!!

mcelweewife wrote: tropical-punch wrote: what is the "ring of fire?" That is the sensation a woman feels when the babies' head is crowning. That is too civil a way to describe it if you ask me Like I said, it felt like acid was thrown on my vagina! That was the single most terrifying moment of my life. ..and my body kept forcing me to push my way though it--I couldn't control it, like when you vomit! It was involuntary, as though some other force took over my body.....TERRIFYING!!! I can't sugar coat this