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During labour and transition?
i have read about making sounds etc, but i know with #1 i was slient through most of it.. and not sure if this time i can just start ooohhh and arhhh ing...
would like some ideas on imaginary to use during contractions and if they worked for you>
With Isla when it got really bad, that transition stage I would say the word breath as I breathed. To remind myself to breath through it LOL. It helped I think.
Also this will sound weird. But with each deep breath in I pictured my cervix being pulled up kinda like when you pull a sock on, as you pull up your leg it becomes wider & thinner, As I breathed out i pictured the babies head moving down & out.
I think these helped me
I also said the word Breath to myself and also told myself it would be over soon,. Was quite calming talking to myself! xo
they say think of oceans...like waves.
i try and do this (TMI) when im straining for a poo and my tummy hurts so bad (seeming i havent been in labour yet).. tho it doesnt work for me :P
mayb i will try it in labour tho.. ill let u know ;) thats if i go before u!
Now I know this is a little off topic. BUT you know when ask or are told what labour feels like & the standard answer is period pain but worse. Well I don't get period pain so never knew what the hell they were going on about. Then I had a baby.:
Then after said baby I had the same (TMI) pain when straining to do a poo. THAT pain in your stomach to me is the closest you will get to what to expect out of labour pain. Obviously a contraction is worse but the pain is the same if you ask me.
I agree wit5h what FJ said!
In my last few labours, I've spent a lot of my vocal energy sighing "open". "oohhhhhpeeeeeen". I would feel a contraction start and say "yes" with a long sound, and try to feel the contraction as an opening, a stretching. I found this reduced the pain, and also helped me welcome the contractions. I would try to greet each contraction with a smile, which relaxes the neck and jaw. "ooooohkaaaaaaay" featured a lot in transition.:
I got through my last three labours without pain relief, largely because of this different way of greeting and experiencing the pain. I didn't end up making a lot of noise, really, with any of them. Maybe some grunting at the end ;)
each ctx i had the blue animal from the backyardigans surfing on a surfboard, sining "riding the wave" some stupid song about riding a wave , but some one told me think of it like a wave and i randomly thought of a cartoon animal.. it annoyed the crap out of me , but it wouldnt go away :lol:
the tune of the song was catchy and i dont mind watching the backyardigans every now and then .. but wanted to picture my cervix opening .. but i was in complete pain and found it hard to concentrate ... i did reapte the word "breathe" to calm me down alot
might work with breathe too then.....
FJ i didnt get period pain either.. mine was all lower back pain
For the first 24 hours with each contraction I breathed in and imagined my cervix drawing up, and then when i breathed out i imagined her head moving down. Worked well ... until it didnt... lol
ETA: It only stopped working because I was exhausted though, it was really really really effective, helped keep me focused on what was happening, what I was feeling.
I did a lot of grunting apparently ... but wat I "saw" was my breath coming in & going out.
Love your imagery Lea!