I have definitely not had painless births, but they tried to send me home during my labor with my second because they felt I wasn’t in real labor (presumably because I was comfortable). I assumed it was pretty early labor too, because the contractions felt like they needed my attention, but weren’t uncomfortable. But I was 6cm when they tried to make me leave and pushing about an hour after I stood my ground and didn’t go home.
Unfortunately, that baby didn’t want to come out! And after 4 hrs of pushing she needed help from forceps (which was *not* painless, esp to recover from).
Ouch, ouch! Birth stories are so individual, and so full of different factors. No one has yet told me of their painless delivery, but I will keep the story out there.
I have definitely not had painless births, but they tried to send me home during my labor with my second because they felt I wasn’t in real labor (presumably because I was comfortable). I assumed it was pretty early labor too, because the contractions felt like they needed my attention, but weren’t uncomfortable. But I was 6cm when they tried to make me leave and pushing about an hour after I stood my ground and didn’t go home.
Unfortunately, that baby didn’t want to come out! And after 4 hrs of pushing she needed help from forceps (which was *not* painless, esp to recover from).
Ouch, ouch! Birth stories are so individual, and so full of different factors. No one has yet told me of their painless delivery, but I will keep the story out there.