Does anybody want to do flamefuls??

[lostrn]

Sept 7, 2014 11:30:47 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Sept 7, 2014 11:20:27 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Birth has so many smells that I can totally imagine poop not being something you smell. LOL at the people that think birth doesn't smell.

I'm not sure how many births you've participated in, but I've never noticed a smell unless the woman farts or poops. I've only done 2 rotations in ob though so far, so not a ton of experience. But my nose is pretty sensitive to hospital smells and giving birth (minus pooping and farting) smells like roses compared to many other things. 

I've been going to deliveries for nearly 8 years now (to do the baby part) and there are definitely some crazy smells. Not every single one of course, but yeah, the poop and fart smells could easily get covered up by others lol.

[nikki25]

Sept 6, 2014 20:16:15 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Sept 6, 2014 20:15:17 GMT -5 tators said:

Are you ok?

Yeah, thankfully she seems ok.

So scary! Glad she was ok.

[05heel]

Sept 7, 2014 11:35:33 GMT -5 @booby said:

It was just more graphic this time around...too many specific, personal and vivid experiences recounted.

mine smelled terrible. I had no doubts about what had just gone down. My husband even gave me a look. My very first push. I really thought I was hot shit too (insert obvious joke), but the joke was on me. At least I'm consistently overconfident in my abilities.

[CajunShrimp]

H said I made a little poop, but it was "cute". It probably was, compared to the gush of blood and fluid that followed, and the sight of what happened to my vag when the baby came out.

Nurses are the best. They will scoop it up and clean up without saying a word. And if you are pooping, you are pushing the right way, so that is good.

And I remember my body doing a good job of cleaning itself out right I went into labor, so it wasn't like there was a lot to poop when I was in labor.

But more concerning was that first poop after birth. Take your stool softeners and drink lots of water. That is the best advice you will need.

[05heel]

Sept 7, 2014 12:41:41 GMT -5 CajunShrimp said:

H said I made a little poop, but it was "cute". It probably was, compared to the gush of blood and fluid that followed, and the sight of what happened to my vag when the baby came out.

Nurses are the best. They will scoop it up and clean up without saying a word. And if you are pooping, you are pushing the right way, so that is good.

And I remember my body doing a good job of cleaning itself out right I went into labor, so it wasn't like there was a lot to poop when I was in labor.

But more concerning was that first poop after birth. Take your stool softeners and drink lots of water. That is the best advice you will need.

My H said mine looked like a large cat when the baby started coming out. I'd been a little lax in the grooming department obviously. That's what he gets for looking after I specifically asked him not to.

[waffletime]

Well, any trace of baby fever I might've had is gone forever.

[05heel]

Also, if you're induced you get no such luxury of your body cleaning itself out. I suppose if you have enough discipline to not devour a #1 from Wendy's with a Frosty en route to the hospital you could mitigate the problem somewhat. Fuck that though. I was hungry.

[Captain Serious]

Sept 6, 2014 19:37:34 GMT -5 studytime45 said:

Sept 6, 2014 19:35:59 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

So did he meet you at border patrol or something?

At border patrol? You mean at the border?

No. Why would he meet me there?

Wasn't the reason he needed you to meet him at his cabin because he couldn't cross the border into Canada for some unspecified reason?

[nursewife]

Sept 7, 2014 12:38:06 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

Sept 7, 2014 12:36:12 GMT -5 intentionalsnarkshark said:

As someone that has not yet had children/decided one way or the other, I appreciate the information on what really goes down.

No poop when they slice you open! YW

I had a csection, and thought I was safe in that regards. Unfortunately I hemorrhaged, and the drug they gave me (hemabate) has the side effect of completely emptying your bowel. I was disapointed. I couldn't move due to the spinal, and had to have a nurse just hand out with me behind my bed curtain cleaning me up while my parents and inlaws held my twins. I wanted to die that they all knew I was pooping and couldn't clean it up myself. 

[studytime45]

Sept 7, 2014 13:00:05 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Sept 6, 2014 19:37:34 GMT -5 studytime45 said:

At border patrol? You mean at the border?

No. Why would he meet me there?

Wasn't the reason he needed you to meet him at his cabin because he couldn't cross the border into Canada for some unspecified reason?

Nope! 

I couldn't cross the border into the states. 

[05heel]

Look, pooping on a table in front of God and country was the best part of my pregnancy. Even at the worst newborn moments all I could think was, "at least I'm not pregnant." Down with gestation!

[studytime45]

Sept 7, 2014 13:33:45 GMT -5 Que? said:

Sept 7, 2014 13:00:05 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Wasn't the reason he needed you to meet him at his cabin because he couldn't cross the border into Canada for some unspecified reason?

I'm pretty sure this part of the story is some bullshit. She should be called storytime.

This never happened. I couldn't cross the border. He had no issue. 

[studytime45]

Sept 7, 2014 13:51:32 GMT -5 @clarissa said:

Sept 7, 2014 13:44:41 GMT -5 studytime45 said:

This never happened. I couldn't cross the border. He had no issue. 

Can we still call you storytime?  

You can call me anything you want. What am I going to do about it?

[thebreakfastclub]

The worst part of my C/S was 7 days later - constipated beyond belief, engorged with milk I didn't want. Bodily fluids gone wild.

[SKP82]

Sept 7, 2014 12:36:12 GMT -5 intentionalsnarkshark said:

As someone that has not yet had children/decided one way or the other, I appreciate the information on what really goes down.

This board is where I learned allllll the things no one tells you about in regard to pregnancy, birth, and the aftermath.

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 7, 2014 12:51:41 GMT -5 waffletime said:

Well, any trace of baby fever I might've had is gone forever.

Pooping on the delivery room table is probably the least scary part of being a parent.

[nursewife]

Sept 7, 2014 13:58:34 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

The worst part of my C/S was 7 days later - constipated beyond belief, engorged with milk I didn't want. Bodily fluids gone wild.

The post csection poop was the worst. The pain was awful!

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2014 12:51:41 GMT -5 waffletime said:

Well, any trace of baby fever I might've had is gone forever.

I guess you weren't around for the "nastiness of pregnancy" epic thread that originated on MM? Now that will instantly get rid of your baby fever. 

[DotAndBuzz]

Sept 7, 2014 12:54:35 GMT -5 05heel said:

Also, if you're induced you get no such luxury of your body cleaning itself out. I suppose if you have enough discipline to not devour a #1 from Wendy's with a Frosty en route to the hospital you could mitigate the problem somewhat. Fuck that though. I was hungry.

Not necessarily!

The Wendy's meal you described is, in fact, what I had on the way to the hospital before I was induced w/ N.  My body got rid of errrrything before any pushing started.  I'm not sure H was ready for that, but he did say I had a poop free delivery (yes, I asked).

However, I don't remember as much, um, clearing out during my induction w/ E, and I didn't ask either.  So I guess I'm batting 0.500.

[cheeseandcrackers]

Man.. I can't wait.

In retrospect, whenever I was in the hospital for two weeks for gallstones/gallbladder (with no bowel movements) .. i was terrified to poop for the first time. I don't want to imagine pooping after child birth..

[MrsAggie]

Sept 7, 2014 11:30:47 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Sept 7, 2014 11:20:27 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Birth has so many smells that I can totally imagine poop not being something you smell. LOL at the people that think birth doesn't smell.

I'm not sure how many births you've participated in, but I've never noticed a smell unless the woman farts or poops. I've only done 2 rotations in ob though so far, so not a ton of experience. But my nose is pretty sensitive to hospital smells and giving birth (minus pooping and farting) smells like roses compared to many other things. 

Most deliveries aren't smelly to me. I've been in a couple of poop deliveries that were very smelly. I will say chorio is probably the worst though. Heaven forbid a chorio baby get put on CPAP and not get bathed for days .

[MrsAggie]

I also want to say that my experience is a little different but I'll be delivering with a room full of coworkers lol.

[DotAndBuzz]

Sept 7, 2014 15:00:57 GMT -5 MrsAggie said:

Sept 7, 2014 11:30:47 GMT -5 @wandering said:

I'm not sure how many births you've participated in, but I've never noticed a smell unless the woman farts or poops. I've only done 2 rotations in ob though so far, so not a ton of experience. But my nose is pretty sensitive to hospital smells and giving birth (minus pooping and farting) smells like roses compared to many other things. 

Most deliveries aren't smelly to me. I've been in a couple of poop deliveries that were very smelly. I will say chorio is probably the worst though. Heaven forbid a chorio baby get put on CPAP and not get bathed for days .

AAAAAMEN.

I went to a chorio c/s, and yeah.  That was unforgettable, in many ways. 

[05heel]

Sept 7, 2014 14:43:57 GMT -5 DotAndBuzz said:

Sept 7, 2014 12:54:35 GMT -5 05heel said:

Also, if you're induced you get no such luxury of your body cleaning itself out. I suppose if you have enough discipline to not devour a #1 from Wendy's with a Frosty en route to the hospital you could mitigate the problem somewhat. Fuck that though. I was hungry.

Not necessarily!

The Wendy's meal you described is, in fact, what I had on the way to the hospital before I was induced w/ N.  My body got rid of errrrything before any pushing started.  I'm not sure H was ready for that, but he did say I had a poop free delivery (yes, I asked).

However, I don't remember as much, um, clearing out during my induction w/ E, and I didn't ask either.  So I guess I'm batting 0.500.

Are you saying that you also unknowingly shit the bed during labor because you were numb from the waist down, and that your husband mercifully kept that info from you until the next day?  Because if you're not, then neither am I.  

[DotAndBuzz]

lol, no! Definitely not! I'm glad that did NOT happen to you.

[05heel]

Sept 7, 2014 15:13:16 GMT -5 DotAndBuzz said:

lol, no! Definitely not! I'm glad that did NOT happen to you.

Right?  #blessed

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2014 15:02:40 GMT -5 MrsAggie said:

I also want to say that my experience is a little different but I'll be delivering with a room full of coworkers lol.

This is why I refuse to deliver at my hospital. Its going to be more expensive, but I can't have my colleagues seeing me shit on the table!

I work in the ICU, but we get alot of pregnant women who hemorrhaged or MVCs with pregnant women, so the L&D nurses and docs come down to check fetal heart tones and pregnancy related stuff all the time. We get pretty close with those RNs and MDs.

[waffletime]

Sept 7, 2014 14:34:29 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Sept 7, 2014 12:51:41 GMT -5 waffletime said:

Well, any trace of baby fever I might've had is gone forever.

I guess you weren't around for the "nastiness of pregnancy" epic thread that originated on MM? Now that will instantly get rid of your baby fever. 

Nope, and I'm thinking that's probably a good thing. I want kids, but nothing about pregnancy, child birth, or the first 5 years of life appeals to me, lol. Kind of a quandary.

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 7, 2014 15:06:36 GMT -5 DotAndBuzz said:

Sept 7, 2014 15:00:57 GMT -5 MrsAggie said:

Most deliveries aren't smelly to me. I've been in a couple of poop deliveries that were very smelly. I will say chorio is probably the worst though. Heaven forbid a chorio baby get put on CPAP and not get bathed for days .

AAAAAMEN.

I went to a chorio c/s, and yeah.  That was unforgettable, in many ways. 

What is a chorio?

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 7, 2014 15:00:05 GMT -5 cheeseandcrackers said:

Man.. I can't wait.

In retrospect, whenever I was in the hospital for two weeks for gallstones/gallbladder (with no bowel movements) .. i was terrified to poop for the first time. I don't want to imagine pooping after child birth..

I didn't have any issues pooping after I gave birth.