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Ok: Nexa before giving birth said: "I may be weird, but I refuse to have an epidural. The idea of a needle going into my spine is less apealing than any labor pains." almost verbatim, I kid you not. I said this for nine months straight. I hate needles, I don't want them.

Cut to hospital room. The only ones in the room are me and hubby. Nurses are giving us our privacy between checks (just outside the door though). I have been given anti-puking medicine that has made me loopy. I have a very very strong contraction. Then I have another one. Then I (in my delirium) think, "I need an epidural before I have another one of those."

Now understand, that by the time the doc gets there to administer an epidural, and by the time it kicks in...at LEAST 20 minutes would have gone by, and my contractions are less than 2 minutes apart. I can't reconcile this in my head, but I feel that somehow, my desire to have an epidural immediately working is not going to work out for me.

I whisper to hubby, "I want an epidural." The ever supportive husband, who recognizes that I'm not quite myself and simply wants to be sure that I know what I'm saying after nine months of saying exactly the opposite looks at me and quietly says, "Are you sure you want an epidural?"

"Yes, I want an epidural."

"An epidural? You want an epidural? You're sure."

At this point I feel another contraction start and decide that my husband is the enemy and will leave me here to die without an epidural...the only thing that can save me from agonizing death. I begin to yell for the nurses to save me!

"HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP ME HELP ME HELP HELP!!!"

My husband begins running around the bed and in a sweet and panicking tone begins trying to shoosh me with, "it's ok honey, we'll get you an epidural, it's alright, we'll get one right away, I'll find the doctor sweetie, it's going to be ok."

I stare at him as I continue yelling. It's like four a.m. and everyone on the ward is now awake and listening to me scream for help like I'm being murdered. I'm betting it wasn't the first time by how calmly (but quickly) the nurses entered and reassured me that the epidural guy was on his way up.

Nexa

I guess I had it easy. I didn't need pain meds when I had my girls with short easy labors.

My mom had drugs with just one kid and hated it, so had 6 more naturally and wonder why I needed to take a class to learn how to breath.

My daughter had to have c-sections with both her kids. After her first they didn't give her enough morphine until I got them to listen to me. Having a mom who lives in constant pain helps, even if my doctor won't give me anything for breakthrough pain.

Now every time my IBS acts up, I wish I had an epidural. I don't think anything I could take at the time would be fast enough for the pain of those cramps, when they hit without warning. Those natural childbirth classes are still useful.

I said the same thing. For me, the pains were bad enough that I would have said yes if they asked me if I wanted my head cut off, if it would have just stopped the pain.

Question to the moms? Why can't you push whenever you feel like it? Is the doctor busy answering a page or something?

Why do I think of Zachary coming out with a plan for world domination and a penchant for sexy parties?

Sailor caps and sexy parties FTW!

Your wife better watch her back.

With Jav, my baby, graduating from HS in two weeks I can just laugh. Hahaha, hahahaha, ha, ha.

.........meh, not really, really I'm jealous. New born babies are the best thing in the whole wide world, specially when they're yours.

It will be ugly right when it pops out, all cauliflowered head and stuff - don't say so to your wife. He'll look normal and angelic within the hour.

Make sure you post a pic - I'll be sure to lurk about for the next couple days.

my Dr didnt believe in them which was just fine with me. In the end I only needed two stitches and youre so numb down there from everything else you feel nothing.


The thing that completely freaked me out though was going to the bothroom afterwards. I felt like I was in an alien body for 2 weeks.

Wow, my doctor told us that we weren't allowed to have sex for 6 weeks after Mia was born.

Mr. Tare asked him if it was ok if we "made love" instead.





Edited, Fri May 12 14:03:00 2006 by Tare

Getthehellouttahere.

Well, he's a man isn't he???

No baby sighting yet. I assume this because you just posted. Hows the wife?