Does delivery hurt?

Hi, Have you ever heard this proverb : no pain no gain? Yes...before delivery, you will sure have to suffer the labour pain, contraction can last for few hours or even a day before really going for labouring. It is basically depend on individual. You can always opt for c-section,so that you won't suffer the labour pain, but after delivery ,the next day only you will feel the pain while you try to wake up and walk. From my experience, I was on c-section for my first child and it was the last minutes decision, AT first , I opt for normal delivery,but due to lost of strength to wait and push out the baby, at last I make the last changes for c-section. It was pretty fast, only half an hour, my son was out to the world and the next half an hour, I was pushed to my ward room. The next day after my delivery, my gynae advised to wakeup and started to walk, then I felt the pain at my stiches area, the pain is unexplaineable.I have to walk pretty slow and I could not walk in straight body. I have to bend my body bit. As days passed, I was geting recovered and I can walked as normal again. I just need to takecare of my stiches and make sure I wake up in the right position to avoid the pain on stiches. At first , you have to prepare yourself before having a child. Being a mother is not an easy task. However, I do enjoy my motherhood. Takecare !!

Cesarean may be less painful but it would be more difficult to heal and taken care of. Furthermore, you would have to wait at least another 2 years to conceive again. Therefore, i still think natural delivery would be better unless there are complications during delivery that requires cesarean.

in a way, they are correct. there is pain and at the time, you'll wish that it wasn't happening or want it to be over quickly. but going through it for a long or short time depends on your body too, i feel. some might have to wait longer for the delivery while others deliver very fast. i was one of the latter ones. for my 2 children, the older one, i went through the pain for around 2 hours while for my younger one, i only had to endure the pain for half an hour. of course, there was a little bit of pain from time to time but that was not fast and i could tolerate. it was just a bit of discomfort. but as someone said, if you really can't handle it, then you might opt for a caesarian although everything has its own pros and cons and the same goes for this too. you might get the side effects later on after the delivery, for some anyway. you might also want to breathe in the gas while coping with the pain. it's not much but it helps alleviate the pain at least a little. best of luck.

Hi. saliyzhu. Welcome to myLot! These people are telling you the solid born truth! It is very painful, especially if you are not getting an Epidural. But don't let this scare you off from conceiving though. And you can't be dilated so far off either to get an Epidural. If you are far along then you won't be able to get an Epidural. The only other method is to have an Epidural just as long as the nurses feel that you are not dilated as far off.

Yes it does! I have seen my wife do it twice. The matter of the fact is that is the natural way. Nature intended the pain as a way of bringing a baby into this world. There are better options to avoid this, C-Section being one, where the baby is delivered surgically. It is not totally pain free but entails less pain. A good Gynecologist will guide you better. So! Best of luck!

Hi, Saliyzhu! Don't worry and don't have fear. The nature have given to very wooman the possibility to bear the labour pains. I had my daughter 24 years ago and back than I had hardly other choice than the natural birth. Well, I can tell you that the contractions are painful. I endured contractions a whole night at home because a didn't want to go to the hospital too early. It was obviously a stupid thing, but after that everything went on quickly. The delivery itself was painful too, but I forgot the pain. I can give you the advice to have a natural birth and I wish you a beautiful baby!

Yes, delivery does hurt, but once the baby is born one is so happy that one completely forgets about all the pain! Once the baby is there one is more concerned about the baby's well being and it being healthy and comfortable and not in one's discomforts!

I have had three natural home births and wouldn't have ever considered having a hospital birth. For my first labor I hired a birthing pool. I found the water relaxed me and took much of the pain away. I also used some gas and air which took the edge of the pain. I only had to push for twenty minutes and my baby came out into the world. So my labor was nine hours long. The second time I actually bought a birth pool in a box. I had it all set up and it was filling up nicely. My baby had other ideas though. The midwives arrived and I had been laying on my sofa. I sat up and with two contractions my baby boy came flying out. My labor that time was just two and a half hours. It was funny that I hadn't needed to push at all. My third labor I guessed would be another quick and easy delivery. I got mild contractions to begin with but then the pain got stronger towards lunch time. One midwife arrived and I was having very powerful contractions. I had to push and my waters bunched together. Then my baby daughter came flying out. I hadn't been able to have any pain relief that time either. That time my labor was seven hours. Unfortunately I went into severe bleeding and went off to hospital in an ambulance. Some ladies like much pain relief and they get through the birth that way. I like to have an active and natural birth and that always works well for me. Contractions are like waves. As each one passes you are that bit closer to having your baby. I would say that my second birth was the best I have ever experienced. I had very little pain and it was a fast birth.

For the birth of my first child, I was given a "saddle block" and felt absolutely pain during delivery at all. This consisted of injecting a numbing agent into the spine. This was 50 years ago. Don't know if it is done anymore or not. I'm sure natural childbirth is much safer.

It is natural to experience pain during labor and delivery of a baby. However, there are a lot of different options that are available for dealing with the pain that is associated with it. With both of my children I opted to have only a little bit of IV sedation when I was near the end. And, to be completely honest with you, I really don't remember the pain at all. As soon as the baby was placed in my arms, I all but forgot about the pain.

I would trade delivery pain for having my child early. I could not feel my contractions and honestly 3 pushes and she was out. Yes the head hurts even when your baby is only 3 pounds 2 ounces, which mine was. I did get something in my IV when she was coming and she came so fast that it kicked in about 15 minutes after she was born. I would have done anything to let her finish growing first. She was born at 29 weeks. She is 3 and perfectly fine now. She is smart, really smart we are not sure what else we should be doing for her. But honestly labor may last a bit and you may be in a pain after for a while but it doesn't matter that much. Had I carried her to term I have no doubts she would have been at least 8 pounds and maybe I would feel a bit differently then. You don't forget the pain but you only remember it when you thing about it you will be way to busy spending time with your wonderful baby to be worried about the pain you had. Doctors are there for a reason and if you are too worried about the pain talk to your doctor about your options. The pain is the least of your concerns and you can't really know that until for are holding this baby that needs you for everything, the new trick becomes not second guessing everything you are doing. I have a friend who was all for c sections until her last one with her 2nd daughter there were a lot of complications and now she can no longer have any more children. Either way there are risks but I say natural is the way to go unless your baby is over 10 pounds then by all means have a c section, or if there are problems then have a c section. When you get closer to the day you will know what to do. Good luck and don't worry delivery is the easy part it's the next 18 plus years that are hard.

I had absolutely horrible back labor. no matter how I moved, sat, layed, crawled. Heat did not work, cold did not work. Massage did not work. After 3 hours of this, my hubby convinced me to not be super woman and get an epidural. Epidurals are no fun, but they are better than feeling like your body is going to rip apart with each contraction. It is fading. I think I "remember" the pain from telling the story, and not from the actual pain.

My wife had a ceasarien and was up and walking the following day. She only used painkillers if the pain was bad, which was only for a day or 2. You must just not lift anything heavy. I know many complain about the pain, but I feel they are faking it.

My wife yes, it was so, it was so suffered but when the baby came out all hurts, all suffers being paid with very big big happiness..

my mom had painless delivery for the birth of my sister.... she said she was unconcscious during the entire time the baby was being delivered.... mine was normal / natural birth method...and yeah it was insanely painful...but definitely worth it when i finally saw the baby :)

You can't have a baby without some labor pains. There's just no way around it. There are comforting things that can be done to lessen some of the pain. Breathing through the pain really does help. if you expect to have a baby and not have it hurt, you will be disappointed. There may be pain, but the joy you receive is worth it.

Giving birth is one of the miracle of life.Yes delivery is hurt but if you do and follow the instruction of the doctors this pain will ease away.Now a days we have painless delivery wherein you can deliver painless by the help of anesthesia but it cause so much.Its depends on you whether you will used it or not.

It is called the twilight zone, but when you see your baby i think the pain goes away.

Labor and delivery is surely a painful process but thinking about it makes it more scary. You know when you're in the situation, all you will think is how to save the life of your baby so surely you will try hard to let your baby out... There are strategies to make it not so painful though, you can take lessons. :)

I have given birth two times, both naturally. During my pregnancy I prepared myself for the final few hours. I had nine months to learn my baby and my body. By the time the pregnancy was over I was prepared for the delivery. I practiced something called hypno-birthing and it was amazing. Ultimately, it is about finding your own inner connection to overcome the pain, rise above it. During both delivery's I used imagery that I found calming and strong all at the same time. When the contractions came I was ready and willing to open myself to give birth to my beautiful sons. The pain comes when you try to fight it, when you give in to it. Once your look at your amazing first born child, anything you did feel, pain or not, you don't care what you just endured. It would be unfortunate for a person not to have a child for fear of the pain. I would hope that would not be the only thing to stop you. It is a beautiful process and when approached with care and wonder you will be amazed with yourself and with the women you have become. With that said, there are many people who have children and maybe should not have just because they felt like they should... best of luck to you!