I can't imagine...

[chippyrabbit]

Having been induced twice i can't imagine having a natural labour i.e contractions, wait, go to hospital, more contractions...baby!

Also both have been shorter than 2 hours so a long labour would be weird for me...but probabaly kinder to my vagina...

[AndiE]

I've had night and day births - 4.30am and 2.30pm for DS1 and DS2 respectively.

For my day-time labouring experience I had the blinds pulled, so the room was relatively dark - fabulous for my focus and concentration.

I actually preferred my day-time birth as I woke at 7.30am after a decent night's sleep and began having mild contractions, bub born several hours later. With my night-time birth with DS1, I was awake for over 36 hours (woke 8am-ish in the morning, labour began approx 8pm that night and after bub was born early the next morning I was on a high virtually all day, so no sleep till that night - and even then it was a scratchy kind of sleep!).

[Miss.September]

DD was born at 11.49am. We did the hospital dash at around 3.30am. Bonus was there wasn't any traffic - but funny enough we got one red traffic light and DH was going to run it - but there was a police car on the opposite side of the intersection Only car we saw during the trip!

I remember realising around 7-8am that it was light outside and it was a weird feeling. I'm wondering what will happen this time - I was born at 4.30pm and my brother was born at 4.30am, it'll crack me up if this baby arrives at 11.49pm.

[Ambersky]

My DD1 was 8.25am, but then with DD2 planning a homebirth i just could not comprehend her coming during the day... all my plans were around getting DD1 to bed and then being able to birth... When i started having contractions mid morning i was calm... by 1pm DH was suggesting i get in the pool, and I'm saying "No don't be daft, aaaages to go", MW arrived about 3pm, tells me to get in the pool, i give in and decide i might as well make the most of it. 4.05 Baby! Daylight, ABC kids on in the background.. not what i had in mind

[mrscricket]

I can't imagine having a scheduled c/sect. I just can't visualise how I would work up to that moment, knowing when it was going to happen and that I'd be having my baby via an operation. I'd be freaking out I think! Just the idea of an epidural scares me! Needles in my spine and not being able to move my body, but being awake! I can't really imagine it.

This is what I had with DS. It was the freakiest thing ever, setting my alarm so I could be up early the next morning and going to bed knowing I was having my baby tomorrow! I cooked a beautiful dinner for DH and I and we couldn't stop laughing that it would probably be the last nice meal we'd ever eat. That morning we had to be at the hospital at 6.30am, and I was waiting out the front of our house for DH to bring out my bag to the car, and a couple went power walking past and I just blurted out "I'm going to have my baby!". They both got really excited, and she gave me a hug. I always wondered who those random strangers were

I only ever imagined birthing at night because that's what my sister and best friend had done for both of their babies. DS was born at 10.31am but it was a hideous day so it felt like night time. The girls were born at 3pm and it was a gorgeous day. I could see a tree out my window with it's leaves blowing in the wind, and as I was having contractions, I was thinking to myself "I wish I was that tree" lol. It looked way more peaceful than I felt.

[Miss.September]

That morning we had to be at the hospital at 6.30am, and I was waiting out the front of our house for DH to bring out my bag to the car, and a couple went power walking past and I just blurted out "I'm going to have my baby!". They both got really excited, and she gave me a hug. I always wondered who those random strangers were

Naww that's gorgeous!

[Dansta]

i had Dj at 12.50pm - but was in a birth bath room with no windows it *felt* like night time. and i had Vic at 4.43am in winter so it was dark.

i cant wrap my head around taking a newborn home. dispite both mine being late they where in hospial (a week and then two weeks with vic) and i cant get my head around rooming in at hospital eather or having mik come in with just bub sucking away...

[AngelPants]

I can't imagine letting people with "instruments" near me again! I enjoyed having my family around me as I laboured, made me feel much more grounded & less panicky about things going haywire. I had MIL, mum, sis, DH with me plus medical staff. I am undecided if they will all be there this time tho. A lot of see how we go.

Oops forgot the main point of the post, waters broke at midnight, DS born at 12:52pm after just over 3hrs of established labour but too be honest I didn't even notice if it was sun or rain or anything...

sent from my watzamajig so may not make sense....

[Lisa]

My favourite was a day birth. Lu was born around 11am. My older kids came home from school to a new little sister. It was fantastic. And I had just a regular kind of day apart from popping a bubba out. I even went to bed at my regular time that night.
My kids were all born at different times -
(roughly)
1:44am
11:55pm
2:30pm
5:30pm
11am.


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[Muppity]

Lenny - I have heard that too - and from personal experience most cows (of the bovine variety lol) birth at night

As for me - DD was born at 4:51pm (DH laughs that that is traditionally public service knock off time so the perfect time to finish work for the day) but I have no memory of the weather or if it was sunny - I think that the blinds were probably closed.

I can't imagine being induced or having an elec csec so that I knew when I woke up that morning that that would be bubs birthday - I would freak out for sure.

[sloane]

i thought that going into labour at night was linked to hormones. i know i read something that was linked ftom bb - i'll see if i can find it.

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[Heaven]

Teni I can't imagine it either! Though my DD2 was born at 1.10pm, LOL. DD1 was born at 2am.

Whenever I imagine going into labour it is at night. I always thought I'd wake up in the middle of the night to contractions, and it did happen like that with DD2 Although it was daytime for her birth I had all the curtains closed and it was very dim in the room. I could not imagine wanting the curtains open and the whole room light. In fact, I actually identify the moment with DD1's birth when I felt like I was losing hope and everything was going wrong and I couldn't do it, was when a midwife came in and opened all the curtains and I realised it was light. I felt totally uncomfortable and lost hope because I realised how long I'd been there because it was the next day. I made sure that didn't happen second time around and had it in my birth plan that the curtains were definitely to be closed! I need dark to get in the zone

[Floweryfields]

I can't imagine the following birth scenario but according to a midwife, this happened on her first day at a new job:

Arrived to couple A and DW, DH and DW's parents were all present. DW mentions to midwife she'd heard an orgasm during labour can help with pain. Midwife leaves room and returns later to DH down at the 'business end' pleasuring DW all while mum and dad watch on. DW has orgasm, DW's dad falls to the floor with having a heart attack

I think my dad would have a heart attack in such a situation as well!!

[aussienic]

I had one natural born at 12:10am. and my next 3 were cs 3:20pm, 10:20am, and 9:30am. Much preferred the morning babies. with DS1 I was so out of it and tired after labouring that I really didn't get to have it sink in till he was 5 hours old..

with DS2 it was an ok time but due to the CS I was unable to get out of bed till the following morning then all hell broke loose with him anyways.... (nother story)

DS3 and DD were great time. Both before visiting hours I did however have a room full by the time I was out of recovery but I didn't mind as my last 3 bubs were in special care and I needed the distraction..

I guess for me I can't imagine having my baby in the room with me from word go... sad but true. Its so weird when I hear of people whether its a vag or CS birth having their babies with them, nice but I can't picture it..

[Cherished]

People give birth around the clock 24 hours a day all around the world. I'm not sure what is so hard to imagine about that I wanted ds to be born after I had a good nights sleep and that's exactly what happened. I got up, had breakfast, started watching a movie, then had lunch and went into labor around midday and after a speedy 3.5 hour labor he was born naturally in the water in the afternoon.

[CKJ]

I had DD at 2.05am after being at the hospital since 6.30am the day prior. I hated it as I'd been awake for 2 days and by the time I went to the ward it was 6am so time to get up!

I'm planning on having a water birth with this little man. So fingers crossed it all happens okay!

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

DD1 was mid morning & the sun was streaming through the windows.

DD2 was born just before midnight, it felt kind of strange being in a low lot hospital room.

I can't imagine not trusting my body to birth (I understand why some don't though) after all it did for me


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[PumpkinZulu]

What. The. Fruit.