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Mine wasn't particularly awful and I was pretty healed by 6 weeks PP. I think it was around that time that I could imagine one day doing it again.

I was pretty traumatized (long, unmedicated labor and birth) for 6 or 8 weeks and then I was like wow, that was hard, but look what I did!!!! I DID IT!!! And that outweighed the trauma, lol. By the time I did it again 26 months later, I still remembered, but it had definitely faded and I was reminded again of just how hard it was, but by the next day was like, yeah, I'm crazy, but hell yeah I'll do it again! And now, 26 months after that birth, the memory of the exact intensity has definitely faded, although as I look ahead to doing it again in 7 months or so, the thought of the incredibly hard work of labor makes me tired just thinking about it, but I'll be ready when the time comes.

That day! Although it was a looooooong and exhausting labor, for me, the whole experience was so ... elevating (not sure thats the right word....) ? I felt such a high and it was incredible. I told my OB an hour later, "I want to do this again!" She told me to please wait a year lol

I didn't have a particularly traumatic l & d but I never thought it was too bad bc I was so focused on adjusting to having lo. I thought morning sickness was worse... l & d was 3 days, m/s was weeks.... months...

Compared to many I had a pretty easy labor and delivery. But easy is still painful! Lo is 20 months so we're thinking of ttc again sometime soon which puts the labor and delivery on my mind again. And I'm not at all excited about it.

I handled labor and delivery pretty well and went into a zone. I said I could totally do it again right after I gave birth. Now, at nearly a year PP, I actually WANT to do it again. Mostly because I want to have that experience again and am really longing for her to have a sibling. Plus, I feel like giving birth was just something I was good at (as silly as that sounds!).

Despite a two day long labor and the an emergency c-section and a ten pound baby, we started talking about number two while still at the hospital. They were wheeling me out of the or and I asked when I could have another.

I forgot most of it pretty quickly. I don't think I'll ever forget the catheter or them pushing on my belly, though.

I think about it like this - labor and delivery is a very short time compared to how long you get to spend with that little, amazing human being that you grew and delivered.

I had a relatively easy l&d with an amazing epidural... worst part was having to be catheterized after the epidural wore off, and postpartum complications and surgical stitch repair. I still remember all of it, but was ready to contemplate doing it again at about 3 months PP

I forgot about everything as soon as I had my baby, so I'm not much help.

I tell DH how badly I want another already (12 weeks PP), and he tells me I'm crazy because I was so miserable and hated L&D... haha, oops!

I'd say by a few months pp I forgot. My husband constantly reminds me of the pain, etc. that he witnessed. My labor and delivery was pretty straightforward too, about 14 hours total. I can definitely see doing it again. Part of it was that I wasn't afraid of the labor part. For some reason, I was completely relaxed about that part of it mentally before it started. I was in pain and wanted the pain managed, but I knew the goal, etc., so I wasn't hung up on it during my pregnancy.

I pushed for two hours, had an episiotomy, and wanted to die on the bed because I thought the pressure/pain was so bad.

Clearly it wasn't because my PP healing process/recovery was quick and I was ok with talking about future kid(s) in month 2.

I'm 20 weeks pp now and we're already making tenative time plans for LO#2. Time is def a healer.

i'm 5.5 months pp and I can barely remember labor! I think it's so bizarre -- I actually wish I could remember it better. I had a long 23 hr labor, 5 hrs of pushing and a tear, but I actually felt really good about it. I was healed after about 3 weeks I would say and I kept trying to hold on to the memory of labor - I was SO proud of myself, I honestly didn't think I'd be able to get through it and I still marvel at the fact that I did.

Like so many other posters said - time makes the memory fade.

I just hope I don't have to push SO long next time, but a couple of days later, I thought "that's not so bad". PLUS, I feel like I know what to watch out for: I went from a 4.5 to a 9 in 80 min. Next time, I want the epidural EARLY. I think the frustration of a new baby will wear me down more

My labor was not too difficult (I'd rather go through L&D again than pregnancy) and I "forgot" almost immediately after I was healed from it all - so probably 8 weeks or so? Yeah... the healing was pretty awful, in my opinion. But back to your question, I'm 11 months postpartum and sometimes when I think about the birth it seems like it happened to someone else. Really weird.