hi everyone! well, when it comes to birth stories, mine s*cked! Well, i thought i was doing the easy way, as i had a scheduled c-section for my 1st, due to my doctor's fears that i would rip immensely and almost irreparably like the previous poster due to my size and some other complications. So i was like h*ll yeah, cause i was TERRIFIED of giving birth. Well, i was scared of the section too, but determined to maintain dignity as i gave birth to my girl. And i was doing so GOOD, with the spinal block, the OR, everything. I was so proud of myself, as im normally a huge baby about these things. Well, they gave me the block, and i layed there paralyzed for ever it seemd b4 the doctor came and started. Now my biggest fear is that i would feel it, as i had just seen a program on Discovery 2 days b4 about a woman who felt the entire csection! Well, at first i felt the pressure, no big deal, normal they say. Well, right about the time that they spread ur insides open (sorry if too graphic), my spinal started wearing off! turns out the doctor took too long to start, some sort of emergency or something. So here i am, feeling like my guts are being ripped out, can't get anything for it cuz the babys not out...well needless to say my much strived for dignity and bravery went right out the door! I mean can u imagine...feeling a major surgery! It was horrifying. But i got thru it, and had a healthy little girl, but if theres ever a next time they better give me a double spinal or else!!!! oh yea, and they made me get out of bed for the 1st time the next day without any pain medication! i didn't get pain meds for almost 24 hrs. I think they r some sort of masochists at that hospital or something! i should have sued them! Well thanks for listening!

I posted a credit to you in the thread I started. It was this story that inspired me to ask some questions. Why?

Your post was alien to me. I couldn't understand some of the terms or the concepts. It was so interesting to view that day from a different point of view. So I thought it would be nice to offer in return, the father's point of view and see if you and other moms would enjoy that as much as I enjoyed your post.

One question...what does it mean when they gave you "the block"? Sounds painful...eek.

lol...the "block" is a spinal block they give u with a nice huge needle in ur spine to basically paralyze u, so u can be awake when ur baby's born. its quite odd feeling and the only way i got past freakin out about the sensation was to try to just totally ignore it. Theres always the fear in the back of ur mind that u'll never be able to move ur legs again..lol. i can tell u what my girls father's point of view was...they let him in during the csection and he sat there and watched the whole thing like he was watching a deer get gutted (he's a hillbilly). I asked him to stop as it was making me sick to see him watching it (makin me imagine waht it looked like)...told him i wasnt a deer and this wasnt discovery channel...doctor started laughin said nope, its baby channel...wouldve gotten up and slapped them both if i could. well, the ex thought it was the coolest thing he'd ever seen and preceded to tell all our visitors in graphic detail what it looked like. wanted to kill him...lol last words he heard from me as they were shoving him out of room when baby was born, b/c situation was getting bad since i could feel the surgery..."i think im dying"...as im being knocked out with morphine and god only knows what else...lol.

Thanks...er...yeah thanks...well there goes lunch.

Brae, that sounds so painful. Having gone through childbirth, even I'm cringing and holding my stomach and back thinking how awful that must have been for you. At least you and the baby are fine. That is the important thing. Thank you for sharing. Everything you have to deal w/after and ordeal like that must seem like a cake walk.

lol...yea ive had two other surgeries since...weren't nothin. Well, even tho i had a csection, noone can ever say that i didnt experience the pain of childbirth! Jaydsdad....u asked..lol. Hey can i get a star for this one?

I think you deserve a trophy since there really aren't any stars! :award:

Omgosh! That sounds so horrible. I'm so sorry you had to go through THAT! My greatest fear when I was pregnant was having to go through a C-section. Luckily I didn't have to.

I hope they compensated you for something, at least.

yea they compensated me with a beautiful, perfect healthy little girl, and a horrific birth story...lol

and a star too...check your rating.

awwwwwww i got my star....ty

I didn't even think about that, JD! Good job! LOL! I still say that you deserve both after such a horrific birth. You have a perfect bundle of joy, though, for the rest of your life!