https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 13:13:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232478 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:47:01 +0000 travellingbee 2232478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember, but it doesn't seem that horrible now... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232475 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:40:59 +0000 skipra 2232475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember! The pain was so awful with my first (back labor and Pitocin) that with my second it was not too bad comparatively until almost the end and then it was horrific. If there is a next one I need to remember to get to the hospital earlier so I can get the epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232457 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:22:19 +0000 Ajsmommy 2232457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember thinking I couldn't do it.. but that wasn't pain related, that was related to pushing. I do remember the ring of fire and that it hurt so bad, but I can't really conjure the feeling. I remember screaming and making some sort of animalistic sound and then it was over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232439 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:00:37 +0000 ms. pug 2232439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: LO is 4 months and I am already willing to go through it again! I did a pain-med free hospital birth. While i remember the pain and exhaustion from pushing, I find myself thinking "OK, it wasn't SO bad!". I'm sure i will eat my words when the time comes again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232402 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:24:08 +0000 Kemma 2232402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little guy is three months old and although labouring with only gas was very unpleasant, I would, hands down, do it again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232397 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:03:25 +0000 Pumuckl 2232397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes totally. I don't even remember how contractions felt like and I have had 2 unmediated births so...<br /> It took me a while to forget with LO1 - around 3 months I think. With LO2 it was basically wiped from my brain by the time I left the hospital. What I vividly remember with her though are the contractions after having given birth (the uterus shrinking). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232386 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 04:23:43 +0000 cascademom 2232386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sort of forgot what contractions felt like. I remembered that they tended to be lower belly and thighs for me. With my second labor &amp; delivery, my contractions came on really fast, so the pain felt intense this time around. If anything, I forget the pressure near the end as they were being born. With DS #2, he was putting so much pressure down there, that my epidural didn't really do much near the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232375 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 03:59:59 +0000 Dandelion 2232375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. That's why I scheduled a c section for M. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232361 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:02:15 +0000 Bubbles 2232361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember thinking it was beyond anything I could have imagined and genuinely believing I would die from the pain - but I can no longer remember what that physically felt like. I think for me it was made a lot harder to deal with because I felt like it would never ever end. I hope that next time the fact that I have proof that it will end, and I will survive it will make it a little easier psychologically! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232359 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:44:49 +0000 mrsjyw 2232359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's the worst pain I've ever felt in my life but it's a dulled memory at this point and I'm so afraid I won't know that I'm in active labor this time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232358 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:42:56 +0000 lemondrop 2232358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, yes, totally forgotten. Not my second though, still burned on my memory 16 months later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232343 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:10:49 +0000 birdofafeather 2232343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hm.... not forgotten, but dulled. but also when asked what was the most difficult thing you've ever done, i answered recovering from my tonsillectomy. that was the worst 2 weeks of pain! since my labor and delivery was less than 7 hours, i think it was easier to get through. if i could guarantee that this l&amp;d was going to be exactly the same, i would be thrilled. but i'm scared of it happening faster and more intense than last time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232306 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:34:20 +0000 Torchwood 2232306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 weeks postpartum and I can remember how bizarre it felt when she actually came out, but not the pain really. And it was really intense, so I know it was bad, but it's just blurry now. And for what it's worth, you don't have to have the newborn snuggles to forget; my last pregnancy didn't end with a live baby, and I eventually forgot the pain. It just took a lot longer. (Though there were other aspects of that labor that made it more traumatic, so those things probably factored into it.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232305 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:30:14 +0000 DillonLion 2232305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, haven't forgotten, and don't plan on any more kids for that reason among a few others. My labor was not ideal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232302 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:24:17 +0000 chopsuey 2232302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dolphin: congrats!!</p> <p>It's been 2.5 years and I haven't forgotten. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232295 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:20:15 +0000 PawPrints 2232295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stupid hormones, I could notice my memories getting blacked out very quickly in the weeks after. I only have any memories at all because I told the story so many times in the early days, so I created memories-of-memories. I definitely know it was traumatic and painful beyond anything I had experienced. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232262 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:57:43 +0000 dolphin 2232262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did forget until I gave birth to DD2 a few days ago. Holy crap was it horribly painful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232254 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:40:51 +0000 jh524 2232254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember very clearly how horrible it was. That's why i won't even attempt a vbac. I'm going straight for the C Section... I wouldn't even consider having another child if I had to try a v delivery again! It's been 2 years but I swear I'll never forget what that day felt like. Maybe someday though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232245 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:31:50 +0000 Astro Bee 2232245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember that I was nauseous all through the second tri, and hat terrible food aversions, and I know that the pain was unbearable (and then I got an epidural), but the details of how bad it was and how it felt escape me now. 3 months pp, and I kind of already want another really soon. So crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232143 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:49:01 +0000 yellowbird 2232143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was the most painful thing I have every experienced and I've almost forgotten it now! So weird how that works </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232102 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:23:29 +0000 Mae 2232102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember THAT I was in pain but I can't like, feel that pain in my head. If that makes sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232100 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:22:32 +0000 catlady 2232100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I must have forgotten because I distinctly remember thinking over and over to myself "I never want to go through this again" and yet now we are getting ready to TTC #2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232084 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:11:07 +0000 artsyfartsy 2232084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have much pain during labor (my induction failed and honestly I don't think I was truly laboring the whole time) but the cervical checks, the internal monitor placement, and the c-section recovery were the most painful and traumatizing experiences I've ever had. </p> <p>But now, thinking back, I'm like meh. It wasn't so bad! I must have forgotten lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232083 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:10:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 2232083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I had also forgotten how crappy the first trimester felt. Like I remembered that I felt terrible but couldn't recall the exact feelings. As soon as it hit the second time around I was like, oh, yup, now I remember. I imagine labor will be the same thing. </p> <p>I do remember the nausea better now having been through it twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232073 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:02:33 +0000 Tanjowen 2232073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember. And it sucked. The only saving grace is that I remember the pain immediately stopped when LO came out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232049 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:47:03 +0000 Truth Bombs 2232049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Even though I'm a second time mom I still worry I won't know when labor has started because I can't picture exactly what the contractions felt like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232040 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:38:00 +0000 blackbird 2232040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Epidural FTW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232039 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:37:56 +0000 Peasinapod 2232039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It faded pretty quickly for me. But I had an epidural so I probably skipped out on the worst of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232037 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:36:44 +0000 YouGotMe 2232037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 6 months old, I don't actually remember being in pain at all but I do recall the horrific recovery I had. </p> <p>I don't think I'll ever forget that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-forget-the-pains-of-labor#post-2232036 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:36:43 +0000 erinpye 2232036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. It was worth doing a second time anyway. </p>