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Embarrassing moments in labour
So being a first time mum... the thought of labour both scares me and fancinates me.... i've loved reading other mum's birth stories on this website so thanks for providing them....however the thought of pooping or weeing somewhere other than a toilet embarrasses me
why does this usually happen? Is it because youre in too much pain to go to the bathroom....can anything be done to prevent it?
Last edited by Nelle; November 14th, 2009 at 03:37 PM. : purple text is for moderators =)
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you do it because you have a baby moving down the same area as your poo is coming from. you CAN NOT stop it from happening when it does..
most m/ws will simply move it away with out you noticing to much!
Do not be scared of labour it is natural as doing a poo..
i would say stop watching bad media birth stereotypes, hop on to you tube check out some normal birth
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Hun, a lot of women find that they go to the toilet- and often have the runs- in the early stages of labour, which empties you out, so to speak, so that doesn't happenThat's what happened with both my labours.
And if you do poop yourself, I imagine you'll be far more caught up in the other things that are going on with your body to even notice that much
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If you're in a place where you're embarassed in labour, your not in strong enough labour lol. Once in full blown active labour, you don't even care who's in the room while you pee with the door open. Labour takes your full attention that you don't notice. Seriously.
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I was gonna say just what Kelly said. Once you are in labour you won't care about anything else except focusing on the labour and getting past contractions and getting the baby out.
Dont be embarrased the midwives have seen everything!
I was a little embarrased after giving birth when I remembered myself swearing my head off, lol. Sure they used to it tho!
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i have to agree with this i remember thinking i dont want ppl seeing me nude or in the shower or bath or spa but by the end of it i was nude walking around and the door tot he corridor was open and ppl were walking back and forth.
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I was worried about the awkwardness too, I was joking with my birth support partner about whether I would write hello on my boobs so it would be nice when I got naked - and seriously, I could have given birth on a main street of the city (as long as it was relaxing and comfortable and safe feeling) for all the inhibition I felt!
I had a job to focus on, and couldn't have cared less about anything else.
As Kelly and others have said, by the time you're down to the business end of birth, you will not be worrying about a thing. You may even feel some satisfaction in later finding out you pooped on the hand of the person who said 'just breathe' or something.
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It's the pressure of the baby's head that pushes the poo out...believe it or not, it's a good sign that bub is very close!
I never got the runs prior to labour and I was really hoping I wouldn't poo during labour. However, I pooed both times and the midwives got rid of it very briskly and with no fuss at all. The first time I was embarrassed (I'd had an epidural and had no feeling or control down there, so was also more aware of what was going on around me) but the midwife was lovely, very understanding without making any comment at all, very hard to explain! Second time I was in full blown active labour with no pain relief and did not care one tiny jot.
I certainly couldn't help it and they have seen it all before. I suppose I would prefer that I hadn't but it was far from embarrassing or humiliating and doesn't bother me at all that I did.
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this is very true.
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Kelly said it perfectly, my labour was very quick and with no warning, so things happened that were "embarrassing" should it have happened at ANY OTHER time, I have no idea how many people were in the room, as DD was almost 7 weeks early there were quite a few "extras", but I didn't care and didn't even notice the extra people, it was only when I asked later that I found out that there were about 10 people in the room
But hun they have seen it all before, it is completely natural and normal and at the time you won't even realise.
Raven at taking the photo!! Priceless!!!
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I lost my show on the bathroom floor. It must have dropped out while I was walking to the toilet. The midwife saw it and told me it was a lovely show! and then cleaned it up. I was on the toilet while this was going on.
I also vomited on a different midwife and I'm kind of happy that I did. She took my gas away. I told her I was going to and she got a basin, but she took it away again just before I chucked.
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Oh Kirley hun, our DD was born 6 weeks ago and I was worried about the poo thing too. It didnt happen but if I felt like I needed to go I sat on the toilet in the labour room, besides it was a really good height than the birth stool. The midwives were very good at keeping everything low key and as private as possible. I remember many women told me that when your fully in labour you wont care. I did, I think everyone is different. I laboured in a bikini top in the shower and then I switched to a girly nighty when I got out. I even remember saying I dont want to poo, which even though I was reassured was fine I still felt like you do now.
Labour is one of the most amazing miracles your body will ever experience!I didnt believe that you instinctively know what to do until I birthed our little miracle. Good luck!
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