Ali.... for me i can't say anything else has been as painful as child birth, for me child birth was a good pain i know sounds silly but i knew that at the end of all of the pain i would have my little baby in my arms and that pain would go away.
I believe it is something you have to experince for yourslef to know what the feeling/pain of child birth is all about...ykwim?
My son was posterior and the back pain nearly tore me apart. But like Westy said, through it all I knew that it wouldn't last forever and I would have a baby to show for it
I have never broken a bone in my body so i wouldn't know that end of the pain scale but like the girls have said is labour pain has a purpose and if doen the way nature intends its not a sudden thing it slowly builds you body does get the chance to rest.
dont be frightened of it it comes and goes
I've never been in more pain in my life, but its a different pain.
Its not a pain that you cry over I think coz you have to concentrate so hard on it.
Its indescribeable.
Unfortunetly though,as Westy said, the only way possible to know how it feels is to experience it your self.
It can be scary, but you just have to remember what your body is doing. Its doing what its meant to.
Its not as scary once you are there. Don't get too hung up thinking about it.
"They" say that there is nothing more painful than childbirth and kidney stones . But I agree with the others - childbirth is good pain with a purpose and you can manage it because you know what you are working towards. Kidney stones would be so different!
Make sure you look into relaxation & breathing techniques, this made a MASSIVE amount of difference in the pain I felt between labour 1 & 2.
If the old wives tale is true then Gall Stones are supposed to be the only thing worse. I think that breaking a bone is pretty darn close to labour though.
Nope i havent.. Though after my episiotomy i had a large skin tag removed WITHOUT a local and i would have to say that came pretty close to being as painful as child birth!
That's a hard one. I have had some pretty painful tooth ache & tonsilitis. I guess the difference is that you can generally get some relief from those with pain killers. I had both gas & peth & they really only just took the edge off labour. Just before I gave birth someone told me that her recent labour & birth didn't really hurt so I figured it couldn't be that bad. Of course my experience was very different to hers. I can also tell you that the pain I got after the birth from stitches was something I just was not prepared for.
I have definitely experienced a pain worse than childbirth, so excruciating that I lost consciousness, and not from broken bones/injuries either. But I'm not going to go into details about it.
Childbirth was incredibly painful - but definitely a 'good' pain. One that my body was able to handle when left to labour naturally. It was quite awesome actually, and afterwards I felt quite powerful.
I actually didn't feel "pain" during giving birth. I have however felt pain so excruiating I almost blacked out.... at the dentist. Also one of my tattoos hurt HEAPS.
That question makes me uncomfortable actually, as I think that focussing on the pain causes a lot of fear in pg women and this usually translates into a bad birthing experience. Personally my second birth was more painful due to not having an epidural as I did the first time. Yet it was a far more satisfying experience and I enjoyed it far more. I think, due to the context, the pain in childbirth is different to anything else you will experience. And it certainly is something which is manageable and well worth it.
try crashing your bike 8 weeks after bub was born at 180km at teh race track ( used to race and was practising)breaking yoru collar bone into 3 pieces, needing plates and screw, damaging all the ligaments in your neck and bruising both knees and having gall stones at teh same time
yep id say that was worse than child birth.. id happily have a baby than do that again.
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Does anything...and I mean anything at all hurt more than child birth?
. But I agree with the others - childbirth is good pain with a purpose and you can manage it because you know what you are working towards. Kidney stones would be so different!
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