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I had alot of fear connected to G's birth... I remembered the pain & recovery process for a loooooong time. Had I had to have another cesarean (automatically) I was done having kids!

With P... I remember the details pretty vividly but I really embraced the labor so even with the pain & even points of discouragement wanting to quit I can't wait to do it again! (weird, I know)

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.

@Smurfette: Same here.

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.

@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.

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.

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.

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

The long term sleep deprivation of 2 infants has scared me off further kids WAY more than my L&D experience.

@Mrs. Pen: Same.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Overall I had a very positive birth experience minus the head LC whom I will refuse to see at my next childbirth.

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.

I remember how I felt but I don't remember the pain. Just that it sucked.