tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post3999398194291642213..comments2023-09-09T02:33:10.763-05:00Comments on Fond of the Silliness: All Hail the EpiduralAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917013165676755612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-78915210507339337722011-01-31T20:28:32.727-06:002011-01-31T20:28:32.727-06:00I think this is the best birthing story ever! I&#...I think this is the best birthing story ever! I've been laughing so hard since I read the word "She Ra." You are a riot! I can't wait to read more!<br /><br />And yea for 9lb 10oz babies! :)Calliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993423798893537026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-49681992352343103102011-01-25T11:17:23.268-06:002011-01-25T11:17:23.268-06:00Love it! My epi-man was also barking at me to kee...Love it! My epi-man was also barking at me to keep still and "don't contaminate my sterile workspace" as I writhed around in pain. Not only are they men and therefore will never understand the type of pain we were feeling, but they also must not have children because surely seeing a woman birth their babies would make them more compassionate. Well, maybe not.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677417226885450749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-14667361980935748732011-01-25T10:33:00.264-06:002011-01-25T10:33:00.264-06:00Yes, 3 flights, the elevator in that part of the h...Yes, 3 flights, the elevator in that part of the hospital was out and the 12 year old boy working the admissions desk was not exactly helpful. I just decided it would be faster to walk up myself than wait for an adult to help me out since none were in sight at admissions. The whole labor and deliver thing was surreal for me anyway, 5 weeks early, my husband in WI and me in OH, I could go on and on.clreaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167862548862518925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-73208864961473009732011-01-25T08:53:44.165-06:002011-01-25T08:53:44.165-06:00As a labor nurse, I never get sick of hearing labo...As a labor nurse, I never get sick of hearing labor stories. And Amanda, yours was definitely does not disappoint! :) <br />I myself (as a prego pt) said I would see how things went and got an epi at 3cm, after being induced with my 1st. I loved it! Unfortunately, baby boy did not and thus ended the "labor" part of the process - straight to c-section. Now fast forward 5 years to baby #3, where the repeat c-section is already scheduled and contractions for 2 days (without said savior the epidural) ensue before the baby is finally cut from my body via c-section. 3 c-sections and this chick had to labor with all 3 even though 2 were scheduled (guaranteed no contractions) c-sections!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285075472699647176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-84504831113565247702011-01-24T13:27:12.612-06:002011-01-24T13:27:12.612-06:00None of your stories disappoint. I CANNOT believe...None of your stories disappoint. I CANNOT believe that you walked all around all day IN LABOR. You are SHE-RA. I was induced w/Mare and had this "walking epidural" deal. It was not cool. It allowed me to feel things. I am more fond of feeling nothing at all. And Mare was only 6 lbs 8 oz. <br />Um, so you know Shelly O-R birthed all 3 of her babies (both the boys well over 10 pounds) with no epidural? She's like Patron Saint of Natural Childbirth. She could probably do that whole go-off-in-the-woods deal, and then after, she'd be like "oh, it was no big deal."Amanda M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10287459817938983138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-11140136902774211492011-01-24T12:38:52.493-06:002011-01-24T12:38:52.493-06:00Hello all you Epi-loving women. I guess I must be...Hello all you Epi-loving women. I guess I must be She-Ra? Gabe was 10lb 8oz...no drugs with his delivery....though I thought about it. :0) He was baby #3. Babies 1 & 2 were mere 8 lb 13 oz like Evelyn. I couldn't do the needle in the spine. I hated the demerol I had with the first, and whatever I had with the second was ok, but wanted to go without if I could for the third. He came really fast, so even when I thought about wanting something it was too late. I did forget to breathe while pushing though...ha ha! Love your stories though! Mine aren't nearly as eventful, though I did leave work in the middle of preparing quarter 4 report cards to have baby #3.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918906661111328913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-77836293616178818742011-01-24T11:50:52.888-06:002011-01-24T11:50:52.888-06:00You walked up 3 flights of stairs while in labor? ...You walked up 3 flights of stairs while in labor? You are amazing. I probably would just have plopped down on the stairwell floor and started yelling for help.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917013165676755612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389896729464035127.post-15662214304902511282011-01-24T07:07:48.133-06:002011-01-24T07:07:48.133-06:00I loved my epidural. I walked up to the nurses sta...I loved my epidural. I walked up to the nurses station on the 3 rd floor, no one bothered to offer obviously in labor pregnant woman a wheel chair, told them my water had already broken and I wanted an epi (yeah, I'm cool too) NOW! I did eventually get one about 3 hours later after my blood pressure stabilized. Which probably wouldn't have been an issue to begin with if I hadn't hiked up 3 flights of stairs to get to labor and delivery! Needless to say, I was a much nicer person after get one. I have no idea how women go through labor without one. <br /><br />Loving the blog!clreaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167862548862518925noreply@blogger.com