https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:23:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893746 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:30:19 +0000 Mommy Finger 893746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember how I felt but I don't remember the pain. Just that it sucked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893745 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:29:57 +0000 Adira 893745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember the details, but I can't say that I remember vividly how painful it all was. I remember that it WAS painful, but I can't recall exactly HOW painful it was. I remember crying and yelling a lot. I remember telling my husband I never wanted to do it again without an epidural. I KNOW that it was the most painful thing I've ever felt. But... I can't quite remember what that pain felt like. I feel like it will be all new to me when/if I go through it again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893743 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:29:14 +0000 mrskc 893743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While my labor wasn't traumatic, I still remember a lot of it. I can't remember what the pain felt like though, but I do remember the sequence of events that occurred. It is a little fuzzy though. when I think about having another, I second guess whether I would go with out the epi again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893740 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:27:30 +0000 Mrs. Pen 893740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: there was a mom in my local la leche league chapter who came to the meeting with a 4-day old baby. I balked and asked how she did it. She said with three other children (under 5), she had no choice but to be up and running from day one. OMG I wanted to die just thinking about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893736 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:26:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 893736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: I'm so sorry hon. I went into mine expecting similar to Bradley method. It does get easier to handle. And like you, I didn't want to remember anything about that day initially. Although I can now, when I look at pics from in the hospital, all I remember is passing out, pain, and being in a complete fog from all the awful medication. It wasn't a happy time. I was much happier coming home and definitely value those photos more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893704 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:16:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 893704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember everything but I wouldn't say I'm tramatized by it even though everyone says I had a "rough" delivery I didn't know any different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893653 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:09:36 +0000 regberadaisy 893653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do remember everything but the specifics like how dilated I was when I got the epi etc I do need to refer to my birth story.</p> <p>Overall I had a very positive birth experience minus the head LC whom I will refuse to see at my next childbirth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-893629 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:04:54 +0000 ALV91711 893629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I hope recovery would be easier the second time around. Just for the fact of taking care of a newborn and a toddler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892466 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 06:29:42 +0000 looch 892466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was born 2.5 years ago and while I don't remember every single detail, I have an overall good recollection of what transpired that day. I also wrote it down, just for myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892332 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:10:33 +0000 Dandelion 892332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Every second.</p> <p>However, with DS's labor, I don't remember hardly at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892313 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:46:29 +0000 Boheme 892313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Same. </p> <p>My planned Bradley birth turned into some kind of horror show. 32 hours (29 unmedicated) of back labor, hemorrhaging, my son being caught under my pelvic bone every push for 3.5 hours, tearing, you name it. It wasn't calm or peaceful or happy. Most of it was spent shrieking at my husband that something must be wrong - and I was right! The OB and nurses thought I was just being a wimp. I was convinced I was going to die at the end of pushing when they got out the vacuum and gave me just a few sets of pushes with it before they wanted to go to an emergency c-section. Thankfully we made it and he was born, but not without a severe hemangioma from the vacuum. </p> <p>Our TTC timeline for number two went from six months to indefinitely because neither DH or I can handle doing it again that soon. I haven't even posted my birth story here because it makes me sick to recount it, and I still can't look at pictures of that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892237 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:19:11 +0000 MrsF 892237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember it fondly but it's very blurry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892199 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:54:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 892199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: same... I had anxiety about using the bathroom for about 6 weeks. And had bladder issues in general for a year. Recovery is no joke!</p> <p>At least recovery with subsequent children is "easier" (according to my mom, who had six). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892197 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:53:16 +0000 Mrs. Pen 892197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: I remember thinking to myself ohmygod I WISH I could die. I was miserable. I didn't have any pain meds. I remember my mom asking me if I wanted some, and I just couldn't even concentrate on answering the question because I was way too involved and focused on what I was doing and trying to get through every contraction that I couldn't think or process anything.</p> <p>@aprk: oh I hear ya lady. Once I hit 6 months pp, I started thinking I might do it again. I know I want at least one more kid, so I will do it again, but gosh it was brutal. I do want to take a birthing class next time, I remember having a panic attack after the first intense contraction because I didn't know how to breathe. Also- I had pre e which is why I was I diced, which made the contractions worse. So I hope and pray that I don't have that with my second! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892195 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:51:49 +0000 twinmama 892195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember it all pretty well almost a year later. Everything went smoothly and I do get nostalgic about it. Still not doing it again :) </p> <p>The long term sleep deprivation of 2 infants has scared me off further kids WAY more than my L&amp;D experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892179 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:46:04 +0000 Boogs 892179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the parts I was conscious for, I remember it all. Like you, I'm still traumatized to have another. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892173 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:44:11 +0000 ALV91711 892173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 months out and I remember. It makes me unsure of wanting to do it again. Especially the recovery part, I was sore for a long while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892146 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:30:46 +0000 lovehoneybee 892146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: We had some complications too, with failing epidurals and a nasty pp hemorrhage and DH was definitely more traumatized by it than I was. Whereas in the moment I was pretty much on auto-pilot he just pretty much felt helpless (especially about the hemorrhage). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892137 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:27:31 +0000 SugarplumsMom 892137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I felt the same way! I even said the exact same thing to DH on our way home from the hospital. I was sick, induced, with no pain meds and a failed epidural. I literally thought I was going to die. I think the doctors were all nervous too because here you only see doctors if there's a complication and there were 2 hanging out by the doorway. </p> <p>Even though I remember how bad it was (and from the looks of it, DH really remembers) it's kind of getting fuzzy now. Although I think it might have traumatized him more than me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892127 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:24:52 +0000 Ree723 892127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember a lot of my labour and delivery and it's pretty much all positive memories for me. I can't remember any of the pain now but I do recall that the contractions were really not fun before I got the epidural. Everything else was wonderful and I loved my experience.</p> <p>We've always wanted three kids but I remember thinking after we had LO, if pregnancy, labour, delivery, and recovery are always this easy, I could easily have more than three! Now that I'm pregnant and chasing around a toddler, I'm back to sticking with three! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892112 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:21:26 +0000 Running Elley 892112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Same here.</p> <p>I remember everything pretty clearly (almost 9 months later) and it doesn't deter me from wanting to give birth again. I'm actually a little nervous that my second birth can't possibly be as amazing as my first! I credit it completely to the epidural. Without it I wouldn't have been as calm or as effective when it came to pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892111 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:20:43 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 892111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember it fondly, but I remembered it that way immediately. Although, I can't recall many details. I'm not sure of the hour-by-hour timeline (like, what time it was when they broke my water), but I can recall the overall events. And I definitely don't remember specifically how I physically felt, although I remember how I acted. I can't describe the "pain" or even remember the level of pain. Hormones, man! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892105 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:19:33 +0000 Smurfette 892105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember everything for the most part. Mine was a lot better then I thought it was going to be, thanks to the epidural. Doesn't make me want another one less at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892099 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:18:28 +0000 aprk 892099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally hear you. I'm only 3 months out, but I feel like I had some PTSD. Hoo boy, it was rough. And I was angry for a long time. I'm just starting to feel like "yeah, maybe I could do it again." Still scary, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892091 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:16:39 +0000 runsyellowlites 892091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had alot of fear connected to G's birth... I remembered the pain &amp; recovery process for a loooooong time. Had I had to have another cesarean (automatically) I was done having kids!</p> <p>With P... I remember the details pretty vividly but I really embraced the labor so even with the pain &amp; even points of discouragement wanting to quit I can't wait to do it again! (weird, I know) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892084 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:15:21 +0000 lovehoneybee 892084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. I remember everything that happened, but it's in a blurry, montage sort of way. I didn't feel particularly traumatized by it, though, and I think that makes a big difference.</p> <p>ETA: I wrote every detail down a few weeks later, and I read it now and think "huh, I forgot that happened! I forgot how frustrated I was!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-remember-the-details-of-your-labordelivery#post-892061 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:08:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 892061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My entire family (grandma, mom, sister) are shocked that I vividly remember every minute of my labor and that I'm still traumatized by the pain. They all said that it only took a few months to forget it and now all they have are fond positive memories if their labor and deliveries. But honestly the day I birthed my son, I felt I wanted to die. I felt guilty for a long time that the day he was born was nowhere near the happiest day of my life. In all honesty it has definitely delayed my baby fever! I am so scared to go through that again! I initially told DH there was no freaking way I was having another child if I had to go through that to have one. </p> <p>Is this normal? Did you "forget" your L&amp;D experience? Did it impact how many kids you want to have, </p>