Comments on: Now I know sumthin’ ’bout birthin’ babies http://thomnottom.com/blog/2008/05/15/now-i-know-sumthin-bout-birthin-babies/ Muttonchops and loud shirts... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:02:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Cindy http://thomnottom.com/blog/2008/05/15/now-i-know-sumthin-bout-birthin-babies/#comment-23978 Cindy Tue, 20 May 2008 17:55:00 +0000 http://thomnottom.com/?p=1009#comment-23978 The idea of an epidural scared the bejabbers out of me when I was pregnant, so much so that I did everything in my power NOT to have that obscenely long needle jabbed in my spine. That being said, although there was actual pain during the labor process, I don't think it was so bad to warrant totally obliterating it, so I just had some drugs to take the edge off the worst contractions. But maybe I just have a higher threshold of pain than most women. The hormones really do get you in the zone, though, and with my third I needed no pain relief at all (except afterwards when I couldn't sleep due to the post-birth cramps). And of course, there's always that prize at the end that makes you pretty much forget whatever suffering there was....until they're teenagers, when it all comes back to you. The idea of an epidural scared the bejabbers out of me when I was pregnant, so much so that I did everything in my power NOT to have that obscenely long needle jabbed in my spine. That being said, although there was actual pain during the labor process, I don’t think it was so bad to warrant totally obliterating it, so I just had some drugs to take the edge off the worst contractions. But maybe I just have a higher threshold of pain than most women. The hormones really do get you in the zone, though, and with my third I needed no pain relief at all (except afterwards when I couldn’t sleep due to the post-birth cramps). And of course, there’s always that prize at the end that makes you pretty much forget whatever suffering there was….until they’re teenagers, when it all comes back to you.

]]> By: Joe Cook http://thomnottom.com/blog/2008/05/15/now-i-know-sumthin-bout-birthin-babies/#comment-23960 Joe Cook Thu, 15 May 2008 12:59:09 +0000 http://thomnottom.com/?p=1009#comment-23960 Heh...I remember the videos we watched all the women were birthing nude for some reason. Apparently in a lot of the videos the women are nude. The instructor tells us, "of course, you don't have to be totally nude when you give birth". Get used to midnight blogging. when the kid wakes up and you are rocking it to sleep for two hours, blogging will keep your mind off of things. It gets easier to type on a laptop while rocking Heh…I remember the videos we watched all the women were birthing nude for some reason. Apparently in a lot of the videos the women are nude. The instructor tells us, “of course, you don’t have to be totally nude when you give birth”.

Get used to midnight blogging. when the kid wakes up and you are rocking it to sleep for two hours, blogging will keep your mind off of things. It gets easier to type on a laptop while rocking

]]> By: Sandy http://thomnottom.com/blog/2008/05/15/now-i-know-sumthin-bout-birthin-babies/#comment-23959 Sandy Thu, 15 May 2008 12:50:26 +0000 http://thomnottom.com/?p=1009#comment-23959 It's not long now, eh? And it is a good thing women do the birthing. Otherwise the species would end. :) If you want to read a great book with lots of science to back up the importance of doing this naturally, I would recommend "The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth" by Henci Goer. Heck I'll mail you my copy if you want it. Seriously though, it's not as bad as all the movies make it seem. I mean, it's no cakewalk, and there will likely be some screaming, but if she lets her hormones work for her she'll be in a zone and nothing but happy when she's holding the spawn. It’s not long now, eh? And it is a good thing women do the birthing. Otherwise the species would end. :)

If you want to read a great book with lots of science to back up the importance of doing this naturally, I would recommend “The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth” by Henci Goer. Heck I’ll mail you my copy if you want it.

Seriously though, it’s not as bad as all the movies make it seem. I mean, it’s no cakewalk, and there will likely be some screaming, but if she lets her hormones work for her she’ll be in a zone and nothing but happy when she’s holding the spawn.

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