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“Pregnant with my fourth child, the idea of giving birth terrifies me! “
“Out of three deliveries, I chose for the last not to have an epidural (home delivery). And honestly, I have a very vivid memory of the pain. Up to 5-6 cm of dilation, I managed to hold on with the breath, the help of my midwife and my husband. But then I completely lost control. I was screaming, I felt like I was going to die … At the time of giving birth, I felt the worst physical pain of my life. At that moment, I felt that this pain was engraved in me and that I will never forget it. And that’s the case ! After the birth of my daughter, I sincerely felt sorry for all pregnant women! I never thought I could have a baby again because I dreaded giving birth.
Finally, today, I am pregnant with my fourth and the thought of giving birth still terrifies me. I who have never been afraid, I really discovered something. I will give birth in the maternity ward this time. But despite everything, I still have an even more negative impression of the epidural that I had for my first two deliveries. So I don’t know yet what I’ll do for this baby. ”
Aeneas
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“An unbearable discharge of pain that never stopped”
My second delivery took place without an epidural because it was too fast. It was horrible. The pain of contractions from 6 cm was very strong but manageable, because we regain strength between each. When the pouch ruptured I felt an excruciating discharge of pain that would not stop, I started to scream without being able to control myself (like in bad movies!)
When in addition the baby pushes, there we really want to die! I was in so much pain that I didn’t want to push myself, but the body goes into automatic mode so we don’t have much choice… I had a lot of pain in my vagina and anus. The icing on the cake is thatonce the baby is out, the ordeal continues ! The stitches without local anesthesia, the exit of the placenta, the midwife who presses the belly with all her force, the pause of the urinary catheter, the washing… I continued to suffer well. I do not keep a good memory of it and even if that will not prevent me from having a third child. With epidural this time. ”
Lollylola68
“I had no choice because the birth was done in panic”
“I had no choice because the delivery was very quickly done in a panic. At the time I really had mythe. I lost control. I was on another planet. I had never considered this pain. I think if we haven’t experienced this type of childbirth, we can’t know what it really is. Fortunately, I recovered very quickly, as if nothing had happened. For the next one, I will choose the epidural because I am very afraid of having pain again. ”
tibebecalin
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