I could provide both of these at once, to be efficient. Unfortunately my wife says I am unavailable this weekend. damn now I sound like Thadeus
Set a date to induce, be prepared to have a C after 24 hours or so if that doesn't work. Honestly that's the only thing that works 100% of the time.
walking worked really well for my wife also when in labor, you should try to avoid the epidural if you can bear it. your body will deliver quicker without the epidural. also the epidural pain lingers well after childbirth.
You should definitely have a birth plan, but be prepared to go with the flow once things get going. There is no right or wrong way to do this as long as you all are healthy at the end. It's easy to get hung up on "This birth MUST GO THIS WAY." Usually the nurses and OB are pretty good and directing things if the situation goes against the birth plan. We had a pretty detailed birth plan with the first kid and threw it out the window once thing got underway. My wife had intended to go natural, but they pretty much ordered the epidural during the first one due to complications. Same things on the second when her C-section scar started to really hurt. If you want to go without the epidural, that's awesome, but if you need it once things going or if that's what you want from the get-go, have at and don't let other people's opinions influence you. Good luck, Isabel. We expect baby pics pretty damn soon.
If you do have sex, make sure your partner pulls out. Otherwise, if it works, doc and baby will be in for a nasty surprise.
Probably because they poked it out. They can stick you pretty hard; I don't know why, unless they are trying to remove internal organs. Very glad I don't have to watch and will be at an angle where I can't quite see what's going on. My friend showed me a photo of a placenta yesterday. I had not asked to see that. My husband is hoping for this weekend because it fits in the most neatly with his work schedule. Sigh. Just because the theoretical due date is around then doesn't mean it will happen. Would try some... stuff... but my body's apparently been preparing for labor for weeks; every time they talk like it's not far away and yet it is. The baby feels pretty big by now. Oh, and not to always take the opposite of hotballa's advice, but I think I will get the epidural... have too little pain tolerance not to. (and I'm sure you have been well informed of this, but there are two holes )
just for that i hope you poop on yourself during labor hoping for a quick and healthy delivery for you though (with the pooping included)
Counting the one you poop from, there are three holes. Set up kind of like a bowling ball. Not to be handled like a bowling ball. :grin: I wondered if people end up pooping themselves during delivery, honestly.... hope not but would think it could happen, many of the same muscles after all... saw a video of a water birth once and it didn't take the woman long to drop a (candy bar) in the pool. Maybe sitting/lying down helps stop that, or they clean out your system before?.... sorry for the TMI but I'm sure there's a lot of it involved with this process. But hey, according to clutchfans, as long as they're sinkers and not floaters, everything's cool...
oh, and on the subject of epiderals, make sure they get to it real early in the procesas. My wife wanted to do it without, but gave in and by the time they gave it to her it affected the child also.
Put me down as another for sex. I had sex with my ex wife and within 6 hours both of my kids were born. Not go into labor but them actually being popped out.
If you're going the TMI route... We took birth classes and one of our instructors said she did that in delivery and she also had a class in observing her birth. The body usually prepares itself for the birthing process by flushing out your intestines. One of the signs that labor is imminent is loose stool. But sometimes I guess it doesn't all get flushed out. If there's any left in there, it's coming out during delivery. Once you get to transition and start pushing, they ask you to bear down and push like you're taking a dump. I wouldn't worry either way. A lot of fluids are being released down there, and I'm sure they've seen it all. Your husband might get an eyefull though.
Take away Unemployment Insurance. Sex. Lots of it. Or jumping jacks, cartwheels, back handsprings, and lunges. 4 sets of 10 of each every 30 minutes until junior pops out.
