Nobody tells you that contractions are worse than pushing, and an epidural could only work on one side of your body. Told by the mums of #mumtribe, here are 21 things no one tells you about labour...
Waters might break, it’s painful, and you may likely rip—down there. Oh, and poop could come out while you’re pushing .
But in the panic of realising that you’re in labour, you might decide to rush to the hospital sooner instead. A lot of women have reported having two- and even three-day labours, but if we take into consideration that one woman in Poland was in labour for5) Waters break, and just keep on coming out till the baby is bornin movies, it just looks like a cup of water has been spilled to the floor in between the expectant mother’s legs.
You’re advised to move around while in labour; apparently it could hurt less this way, and encourage the labour to go by faster. Sitting on aBut doing all these things with an IV hanging out of your arm can be painful and uncomfortable to say the least. And don’t get us started on if you need to use the loo.
“I had contractions with no real pattern for two days and then, all of a sudden, they came every two minutes with no warning! Got to the hospital at 7cm dilated. If I’d have known I didn’t have to wait for the ‘3 in 10’ I would have gone in a lot sooner and likely had a nicer experience!” In addition to the back and belly, it’s also possible to feel contraction pain in your legs, and hips, and pretty much everywhere else. Very temperamental, these contractions.“This might sound ridiculous, but the actual pushing was even tougher than I expected,” one reader tells us.
This is nothing to worry about, however; the staff wipe it away quickly—along with all the other gunk that’s coming out down there—so no one will suspect a thing.A lot of people tend to think that it’s the pushing during labour that hurts—again, thanks to media representations that show women screaming in agony while they are pushing their babies out—but for most women, pushing comes naturally and provides a kind of respite.
Vomiting is the body’s natural way to tell you that the body is currently in overdrive, but don’t worry; it’s completely normal and very common. There’s nothing quite like the relief of anafter relentless contractions, and the best part is that it takes effect almost immediately. Unfortunately, though, it wears off just as quick as it starts to work.
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