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Would you take her pain?

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    poeticseraphim wrote: »


    As regards taking her pain......why not go halfsies??? And both get doped out of your heads with an epidural ???? Then neither of you remembers it anyway.

    An epidural is a local anesthetic, delivered to the epidural space in the spine. You get pain relief but no doping effect. Which might be a drawback to many. :)


  • #33
    poeticseraphim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭poeticseraphim


    poeticseraphim wrote: »
    I am female I don't want to do this..no kids for me.


    But it is the whole pregnancy for nine months as well.


    As regards taking her pain......why not go halfsies??? And both get doped out of your heads with an epidural ???? Then neither of you remembers it anyway.


    I think unwanted pregnancies would go down too and there would be state of the art maternity wards.



    Candie wrote: »
    An epidural is a local anesthetic, delivered to the epidural space in the spine. You get pain relief but no doping effect. Which might be a drawback to many. :)

    What a gip!.....I demand the finest drugs known to humanity for my fellow sisters....they should see through time! :D

    Seriously though I really feel that medical science is not pushed to improve the whole thing.

    The gas dopes you up though right??


  • #34
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    poeticseraphim wrote: »
    What a gip!.....I demand the finest drugs known to humanity for my fellow sisters....they should see through time! :D

    Seriously though I really feel that medical science is not pushed to improve the whole thing.

    The gas dopes you up though right??

    I haven't been through the process, but I'd say the gas is gas.:)


  • #35
    Celly Smunt
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    I survived the manflu this winter with only Lemsip for relief.


  • #36
    Smidge
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    poeticseraphim wrote: »
    What a gip!.....I demand the finest drugs known to humanity for my fellow sisters....they should see through time! :D

    Seriously though I really feel that medical science is not pushed to improve the whole thing.

    The gas dopes you up though right??

    The gas and air can make you very sicky, lots of women try to use it but it can be too sickening


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  • #37
    Czarcasm
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    poeticseraphim wrote: »
    What a gip!.....I demand the finest drugs known to humanity for my fellow sisters....they should see through time! :D


    I just demand a set of earplugs next time so I can read my newspaper in peace beside her without being constantly interrupted! :p

    The gas dopes you up though right??


    Yep, I don't know what it's called, but my wife was on another planet altogether giving birth, she doesn't even remember "accidentally" busting my nose when she lashed out. I have my doubts! -_- :D

    Now while a straight on nose punch was painful, there's no way in hell I'd fancy passing a rugby ball out my back passage, which is the closest comparison I could make for a guy. There really isn't enough drugs! I wouldn't envy my wife one bit, and no way would I "take her pain", laughable idea tbh! :pac:


  • #38
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    I should never have clicked on this thread, childbirth is my one major fear, it scares the living daylights out if me. I can't watch it, hear about or read about without feeling faint and getting the gawks. It's not even the pain it's the whole of concept of a living thing growing inside of me and then having to push it out of me, seriously it's like alien or something,


  • #39
    cartell_best
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    I would NEVER take her pain. I've watched a lady bring up the seventh son of her family. she watched that lad grow up...believe me, he wasn't an easy mission. She listened to his dribble when he was 17, she sat by him when he was still trying to figure "WTF" is it all about But from all that energy from the past, to this day...I carry it...because....we are all but one...all the time .


  • #40
    cartell_best
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    cartell_best wrote: »
    I would NEVER take her pain. I've watched a lady bring up the seventh son of her family. she watched that lad grow up...believe me, he wasn't an easy mission. She listened to his dribble when he was 17, she sat by him when he was still trying to figure "WTF" is it all about But from all that energy from the past, to this day...I carry it...because....we are all but one...all the time .

    Actually lads, that's my Mam....


  • #41
    Ruudi_Mentari
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    I, would take her pulsating placenta in my mouth.

    Actually thas kinda spooky considering how I value nutrition over taste


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  • #42
    Gee_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭Gee_G


    poeticseraphim wrote: »






    What a gip!.....I demand the finest drugs known to humanity for my fellow sisters....they should see through time! :D

    Seriously though I really feel that medical science is not pushed to improve the whole thing.

    The gas dopes you up though right??
    Epidural and the gas and air, only way to go :D


  • #43
    pwurple
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    poeticseraphim wrote: »
    I am female I don't want to do this..no kids for me.

    But it is the whole pregnancy for nine months as well.

    As regards taking her pain......why not go halfsies??? And both get doped out of your heads with an epidural ???? Then neither of you remembers it anyway.

    I think unwanted pregnancies would go down too and there would be state of the art maternity wards.

    Videos like this freak people out for no good reason. I was scared ****less of childbirth. Wanted to be knocked out. I gave the epidural a go and sure it was grand altogether. Had a nice snooze totally painfree and read a magazine. Midwife gave me a nudge when it was time to push, i was freaked out that it would hurt, so asked for an epidural topup. Got that, pushed away for 20 minutes, no pain, but a feeling of pressure alright. Out came the baby, no forceps, no vaccuum. I was happy, husband was happy. No screaming people in my delivery room. I can easily say it was one of the best experiences of my life. I would do it again in a heartbeat.


  • #44
    MurdyWurdy
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    My birth plan:

    Give me an epidural immediately - anything else happens, I don't care.

    Succint and to the point :)

    Although I read yesterday that 83% of women who have a forceps delivery have some kind of incontinence afterwards :eek: so maybe I do care!


  • #45
    flanders1979
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    If there is a next time i will just go to a different hospital. I wouldn't let the fools in Tralee General wash a car.


  • #46
    sadie06
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    Candie wrote: »
    An epidural is a local anesthetic, delivered to the epidural space in the spine. You get pain relief but no doping effect. Which might be a drawback to many. :)


    Pethidine.....what a feeling! Had a shot during both of my labours and it gave me a real understanding of how people get strung out on heroin.


  • #47
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    They should have pumped them full of pregnancy hormones as well, for the gallery.


  • #48
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    sadie06 wrote: »
    Pethidine.....what a feeling! Had a shot during both of my labours and it gave me a real understanding of how people get strung out on heroin.


    I'll put a reminder in my phone for when/if the day comes. At least there's something to look forward to. :)


  • #49
    madmammy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭madmammy


    Candie wrote: »
    I'll put a reminder in my phone for when/if the day comes. At least there's something to look forward to. :)


    just becareful because it could make you sick too
    gas and air doesn't take the pain away it makes you feel like your floating and drowsy
    i've gone through labour 4 times, i'd go through that again no problem but its the pregnancy that'll freak you out


  • #50
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    madmammy wrote: »
    just becareful because it could make you sick too
    gas and air doesn't take the pain away it makes you feel like your floating and drowsy
    i've gone through labour 4 times, i'd go through that again no problem but its the pregnancy that'll freak you out

    I don't think it's going to be an issue. After this thread I don't think I'll be having kids.

    At least not until they invent a painkiller that dupes you into thinking you're on a beach in the Seychelles lying in the sun, instead of beached on a table, lying in pain. :)


  • #51
    sadie06
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    Candie wrote: »

    At least not until they invent a painkiller that dupes you into thinking you're on a beach in the Seychelles lying in the sun, instead of beached on a table, lying in pain. :)

    For me, pethidine was that drug. I couldn't have cared less what was going on. The only bad thing was the fear of it inevitably wearing off. From bliss to panic.


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  • #52
    pickarooney
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    Candie wrote: »
    I'll put a reminder in my phone for when/if the day comes. At least there's something to look forward to. :)

    That might not reflect very well on your maternal instincts if your firstborn ever reads it.


  • #53
    BraziliaNZ
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    They're always moaning about being sick, women. If it's not that they're tired the whole time. It's women's own fault for eating that fruit in the Garden of Eden so they deserve the delivery pain.


  • #54
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    That might not reflect very well on your maternal instincts if your firstborn ever reads it.

    I'm sure if I ever hold my own baby in my arms that it will be a sublime, life-enhancing, beautiful, unforgettable, experience.

    It's the few hours leading up to that blissful moment that causes me concern. :)


  • #55
    MurdyWurdy
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    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    They're always moaning about being sick, women. If it's not that they're tired the whole time. It's women's own fault for eating that fruit in the Garden of Eden so they deserve the delivery pain.

    I found out yesterday (through reddit, where else?) that there are some fundamental christian men who don't allow their wives pain relief in labour because the pain of childbirth is all women's punishment for Eve eating the apple.

    Is has to be one of the most mental things I've ever heard.


  • #56
    BraziliaNZ
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    MurdyWurdy wrote: »
    I found out yesterday (through reddit, where else?) that there are some fundamental christian men who don't allow their wives pain relief in labour because the pain of childbirth is all women's punishment for Eve eating the apple.

    Is has to be one of the most mental things I've ever heard.

    I found out recently that some women insist on having the men in the delivery room!!!


  • #57
    mitosis
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    Itwasntme. wrote: »
    How do women do this again and again?!!

    [/YOUTUBE]

    They are designed for it. Simple as that. It is their primary function.


  • #58
    wolfpawnat
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    I went through 25 hours of labour before having to get an emergency caesarean. The gas made me sick so tried it once and just left it. The epidural was good. I remember wanting to get down on bended knees to the anaesthetist since I had to wait 22 hours to get it. I remember it being painful and cursing it at the time but I cannot remember it now. I think we're supposed to forget, so we'll do it again. Makes me fearful for the birth of my second in July.


  • #59
    Ray Palmer
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    Itwasntme. wrote: »
    Would you volunteer to take it if it was possible to do a transfer and give your partner a pain free delivery? I don't mind a certain amount of pain but I am not sure I would do this. How do women do this again and again?!!

    Here is some shocking information. Woman are designed to have babies. They have less pain receptors than men so feel less pain than a man would. Not magic just nature.


  • #60
    sadie06
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    mitosis wrote: »
    They are designed for it. Simple as that. It is their primary function.


    Sometimes the design is flawed though. I'm 5ft 10 (grand child bearing hips on me) but it turned out I suffered a design flaw, and no baby of mine was ever going to be born without assistance.


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  • #61
    ceadaoin.
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    Candie wrote: »


    I'll put a reminder in my phone for when/if the day comes. At least there's something to look forward to. :)

    I don't know about here in Ireland but in the UK you can get diamorphine in labour which is medical heroin. So if you ever wanted to try it...

    I did a 33 hour labour without any pain relief at all, it was fine honestly! Obviously it hurt a lot and I was screaming the place down but that's what's supposed to happen. Your body is designed to give birth and if you let it take over it knows what to do. I wasn't trying to be a martyr, I didn't want any drugs because for me the increased risk of intervention just wasnt worth it. I read up as much as possible about the whole process which took away any fear I had and made me able to cope with it all.


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