Please describe childbirth, from beggining to end.?
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I went through different types of labor, several different scenarios, so here you go:\n\nContractions feel like someone is squezzing you really hard around your back and tummy. They really do hurt.\n\nWater breaking just feels like water gushing (or dribbling). Doesn't hurt a bit.\n\nGetting an epidural feels like getting your blood taken for a blood test, then you feel like cool water is running through your body. Minimum pain, and you are REALLY happy to get the epidural.\n\nOnce you have the epidural, you might still feel some pain if it wasn't doen right or if your spine is crooked. I felt pain at the top of my uterus. \n\nIf labor is induced and you get no epidural, labor feels like you are going to die and it's the end of the world. Really unmanageable, so do not let them induce you without having an anesthisiologist right there, or get the epidural first.\n\nIf you get drugs to dull the pain (not an epidural), it doesn't mean ou won't feel pain. You may not see clearly, and you will not remember much, but you will contniue screaming the whole time. (My husband almost passed out listening to me.)\n\nTransition feels like your perineum and everything down there is stretching, stretching. You may feel hemmeroids pop out at this point. (Even with an epidural, you still feel pressure.)\n\nIf you get an epidural, pushing the baby out doesn't feel like a darn thing. You can look down and see the baby coming out and be relaxed.\n\nIf you don't get an epidural, pushing the baby out STILL doesn't hurt as much as the earlier parts of labor. In fact, I loved it, because you are finally DOING something productive, finally pushing it out. Also, the pressure of the baby kinds numbs things a bit.\n\nDelivering the placents feel like a minor contraction. Not bad. \n\nBeing sewn up... if you have an epidural, you don't feel it. Otherwise, you get a shot of painkiller and it's not bad at all.\n\nFinally, holding your baby in your arms feels WONDERFUL if you had a good labor experience. \nIf you had a bad labor experience, you may feel very depressed. I had 2 good experiences and 1 bad experience. It took me 2 years to get over the bad one.\nRemember that no one is rating you based on your labor. You don't need to prove anything to anyone. All labors are equal and just as good. Be proud that you made it through!\n\nGood luck!
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Generally childbirth lasts for hours while a kick does not usually go on for hours and hours its just a one time thing.
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Yes NHS is crap, similar experience here and I lost my little girl, stillborn at 40 weeks, she had only been dead a week, cord wrapped around her neck. I'd visited my doctor and gynaecologist earlier in the week and they never picked up on it. I knew she'd stopped moving as much but stepmum said it was the calm before the storm. Took me in to start me off, did a scan and told me she was dead, and I'd have to give birth naturally. Sheer hell I'll never forget it. So get your husband to kick but as much as he has to till they take notice. Be careful and good luck. X
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birth, school, work, death.
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i was diagnosed with endo when I was 18 yrs. They told me I couldn't have children so I accepted that and got on with life. At 29 yrs I found out I was pregnant and it was the biggest and best shock of my life. I ended up being in labour for 6 days, yes that's right 6 days, I was in the worst pain you could imagine. In the end they gave me a c section. So what I am trying to say is my end pain was the worst i had ever felt in my life, that was until I was in labour. Endo pain is close but not quite there.!
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name\nage\noccupation\nnationailty\nmarital status?? consanguinous??\n\npresenting complaints:\ngravida        para                \ntypes of delivery for previous kids:\nLMP               EDD         week\nIs she on any medication?\n\nPast history:\nSurgical?? Medical??\npregnancy complications before:\ngestational DM\nPIH\netc..\nDeliveries with complications?\nState of babies when they were born? cyanosed, jaundiced, RDS???\nHabits..... smoking? alcohol?drugs?\n\nI think that's it!
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Hold her hands, maybe rub her belly lightly with a warm wet cloth.  Speak softly and don't allow all the chaos of the birth process to interfere for a little while.  Sleep probably won't happen, but relaxation is good.
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God / Jesus\nthe pregnancy and birth of a baby
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If you are going to be in hospital for several days:\n\nFor yourself\n\n2 nightdresses\nSeveral pairs of panties\n3 nursing bras\nBreast pads\nSanitary pads\nSlippers\nA good book or a few magazines\nMake up bag (if you are so inclined)\nToiletries\nA comb or brush\nA camera\nPhone card or plenty of change for the phone plus telephone numbers for those you want to notify!\n\n\nFor the baby\n\n3 or 4 all in ones\n3 or 4 bibs\n2 0r 3 pairs of scratch mittens\nNappies\n3 or 4 vests\n1 shawl or blanket\n2 muslin squares\nA 'coming home' outfit (if you are so inclined!)\nSome sort of jacket or coat (depending on the temperature)\nNappy cream\nSkin moisturiser\nBaby bath solution\n\n\nTo bring him or her home\n\nA stroller or a car seat or a sling (to be brought in when you are being discharged)\n\nThis is for a 4 day stay. I have suggested extras in here because sometimes there are accidents and the baby can soil himself or soil you or you may end up leaking milk every where! If you are only staying for the day of the birth, one of each item of clothing should do. You should ask what the hospital will supply before lugging this lot though!\n\nIncidentally, during early labour you might want to braid your hair. One it will be out of the way - labour is hot work! Second, I lost a lot of hair immediately after giving birth and it got tangled really easily. Braiding it will keep it under control until you can deal with it properly.\n\nGood luck with the birth!\n\nEdit: Where I say nappies I mean diapers!
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at 18 weeks the baby is fully formed. I lost my son then and had to have a full delivery. They induce you. We had a funeral but you dont have to. Its a choice thing
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There are lots of online resources, but let me offer some advice.  There's no way to learn it well enough to do it, faster than it takes to actually gain a certain level of experience.  You can't have a baby in 1 month with 9 women just because it takes 9 months with 1 woman.
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from implantation on the uterine wall until birth.
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The sequence of events in the heart between the start of one contraction and the start of the next.
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oh child i had back labour! and i wanted to die i dont wish that pain on you but oh god it hurts. have u ever had a back ack so bad u waned to cry? well intensify it by 12 lol ouch!!!!!!! but its worth the pain,holding your child for the first time wow its an amaging feeling,and once there out the pain is gone! lol gl wish u all the best and congrats
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It's best to use a book.  I suggest the book Fundamentals of Nursing.  Any author will do.
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I am not saying this to be funny, but if you can handle it, sex. Semen actually thins the lining of the cervix. Have sex, eat pepperoni pizza and walk, walk, walk. Woke up in labor twice after that.
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Not being a yoga practitioner I will share what I know about regular exercise. If you have been doing this all along you should be able to return fairly soon after a vaginal delivery(1-3eeks) c-sections take considerably longer(6 weeks+) as there are layers of muscle and tissue that need to heal slowly to heal completely your OB will tell you when its okay to start either way just remember your body went thru a huge ordeal to give birth and as with anything it takes a little while for things to get back to normal. Eat well and get plenty of rest this will help your body the most so you can get back to yoga\n\nBTW I have heard that yoga helps a great deal in preparing your body for natural childbirth.\n\nGood luck