If the root canal option is with medication, I don't really understand how this is a poll about pain. One has pain, the other does not. Neither is particularly pleasant, I'm sure.
I guess I should have said perceptions of pain.
This poll is brought on by my child birth class instructor, who had 3 unmedicated births and said she'd rather do that again than having a root canal. I didn't mind my root canal, or any dental procedure for that matter, and I've had multiple oral surgeries. So I'm hopeful that when the time comes, the child birth won't be too bad either.
It won't be and you can. You just have to ignore everyone who tells you not to be stupid, just go to the hospital and ask for the drugs. Just make sure your husband knows the relaxation exercises well and is ready to coach you on the breathing and knows what helps you to relax (music, scents, massaging, etc) because my instructor started saying the men had to pay attention to get us through, the women wouldn't remember a thing and she was right. DH kept saying "remember, from class" and I was "nope. not a clue!"
Also, a friend suggested packing a rolling pin in your hospital/birth bag, then if you need lots of massaging on your back your husband won't tire as quickly. She had the kind you can put hot water in and said it was the best. Warm and enough constant pressure.
Well since I did the unmedicated birth I know I can and if we have a second I hope to do it again. For me, it honestly wasn't that bad. There was a small part right near the end where I thought I'd made a mistake but that passed pretty quick and it was over, the rest was managable.
I'm not sure your body works with you for a root canal.
Well, except that during a root canal your body doesn't have to do anything. You have anesthetic. And it's about eight times shorter in duration than the average labor.
I guess. I've never had one.
I still say, it really wasn't as bad giving birth as everyone tried to scare me into thinking. Maybe hypothetical #2 will be completely different but it we get to that point, it's still my default plan.
I did both within a week of each other and the root canal was much easier and it was maybe an hour vs. the majority of a day. So, regarding pain, the root canal was not nearly as painful.
That being said, I hope to never have another root canal, but I do plan to have another med-free birth eventually.
But...but...you have a baby at the end of birth. LOL.
Yeah, why is this a positive?
I've done unmedicated birth, never done a root canal. Birth wasn't even that bad, but I seriously can't imagine a root canal being worse. I get vicodin and some time on the couch either way. But only one involves 8 weeks of bleeding and a screaming person attached to my nipple. One root canal, please.
Post by mrsukyankee on May 23, 2014 14:18:02 GMT -5
A regular with pain killers root canal is not that bad. I had one. And later on, when it failed, I had to get a fake tooth with new fake bone to implant it in. It wasn't pleasant but it certain seemed to be less traumatic than giving birth.