MissChievious

I don't know what it is but I'm absolutely terrified of childbirth so just exactly how painful is it? Please share your own experiences...

shk_14

its indeed a very painful situation i just didnt got any pains and the time was up and my baby had got heartbeat problems so i ws kept in emergency all the time and got tablets to have an artificial pain i got 7 tablets then i got my pain started and then wooooo i got my pains at 9 am in moring and my baby was delivered at 8pm cant tell about the pain i had but as my baby was born the pain was gone like that ,that if it didnt exists i hadmy stiches done evry thing but still no pain after words......and my baby ohhhh so cute when i saw him mashAllah..

hareem01

it's a near death experience but Allah has made women strong enough to take the pains so don't worry about it too much.

desigirl786

It depends on your threshold of pain. I personally didn't think the contractions were that bad. If you breathe through them and have someone massage your back I believe their bearable.
Even though I ended up having an emergency c section, I still labored for 5 hours.

Mamaof3

Miss, I was truly terrified too the first time. Its not pain-free and its not easy for sure. But really, its bearable and its actually more work than pain. I was especially scared of giving birth because of my needle-phobia. They really push the needle-in-the-back here in the USA and theres no way no how I'd ever let them do that to me, even if I had to have a c-section. It was required that I be given an IV for fluids so I HAD to deal with that. I got a half-dose of painkiller for each birth because they give half in the IV line (which I got) and the other half is given in the hip (which I refused). Anyway, I did all 3 births with only one half-dose of painkiller and it was really ok and painful but bearable.

One thing I can suggest...avoid Pitocin if at all possible. If the baby is not in distress, dont let them give this to you only to speed things along. It makes the contractions insane.

But this is a jo that we as women are made for. Its pain, its work. But its all SO worth the end result. I wish you all the very best!

Sahar02

^ Sometimes I worry that I'm a faulty model and it's not going to work.