I'm pretty nervous about this too Dee. My friend said that they did hers in the middle of a huge contraction (no warning that she recalls but she said she was pretty delerious) and she didn't even know that they'd done it 'till later. This gives me some hope, but also makes me think **gulp** 'how much pain have you gotta be in to not notice something that drastic?!'. EEEeeekk I say.