What's your funniest childbirth memory?

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• 13-Jul-2009 16:50

  What's your funniest childbirth memory?

  workinghard Joined on 08-Jan-2006 United Kingdom Posts 6,285

  Contact I know alot of people have some, umm, interesting memories from g+a. They always make me laugh so I thought we could have giggle. Mine has to be a couple of days previously in hospital. The mw was collecting my soaked towels in a bedpan to calculate my enormous blood loss. Anyway she picked the pan up to show the dr and out flew a bloody towel and landed at H's feet! H so nearly puked! Bearing in mind even tampon adverts make him queasy. The other was when , in a g+a induced haze, the mw broke my waters and I turned to H and said 'now that's what you call dropping a gusher'.  Classy bird me! Samuel born 9 weeks early on 31/3/09

• 13-Jul-2009 17:02

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  Natalie Joined on 10-Oct-2007 Leeds, United Kingdom Posts 7,320 read my blog

  Contact With Harry I was high on pethidine and gas and air when I went through transition and firmly stated that I had had enough, I was getting off the bed, I was picking up my bags and I was going home. I could have also sworn H was ignoring me and watching tv, but it wasn't even on.   Harry Thomas | 28/02/05 | 41+0 | 6lb 12.5oz | spontanteous 12-hour labour Alexander Edward | 11/11/08 | 41+0 | 6lb 3oz | spontaneous 4-hour labour

• 13-Jul-2009 17:05

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  HaloHoney Joined on 16-Nov-2005 The 'Ding Posts 19,672

  Contact I had G&A and it made me feel horribly sick. I got myself pretty paralytic on it, and then got the horrors so had to stop using it. The only thing that makes me laugh looking back, was that I had carefully formulated a sentence asking when it would be possible for me to have an epidural, shortly after being examined (I was 3cm) For about 5 minutes I could only say one word of it "when.... when..... when..... wh.. when.... when..." H kept saying "when what?" Totally freaked out H, but both he and the MW saw the funny side once I got the whole sentence out. MW said "any time from 3cm, so would you like me to fetch the anaesth...." she was cut off by me nodding vigorously and saying "NOW." Then there was jovial Gary the anaesthetist's assistant in theatre who suggested when we said we were of the understanding that we were having a boy, that "Gary is a GREAT name "   Forte est vinum fortior est rex fortiores sunt mulieres super omnia vincit veritas

• 13-Jul-2009 17:16

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  amandam Joined on 25-Apr-2004 Snoorbans Posts 25,903	Contact My funniest memory is connected to the photo below Poor H found labour tiring as well D - 29/11/06     M- 07/08/09

• 13-Jul-2009 17:18

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  workinghard Joined on 08-Jan-2006 United Kingdom Posts 6,285	Contact Amandam- great photo! Samuel born 9 weeks early on 31/3/09

• 13-Jul-2009 17:20

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  The White Rabbit Joined on 14-Apr-2003 United Kingdom Posts 22,760 read my blog	Contact With hindsight it was Mr Rabbit trying to take off my TENS with wet hands (he'd just filled the pool) and nearly electrocuting me ... I'm told I jumped several feet off the ground and my language was incredible, which is probably fair given how much it hurt ... and the TENS had been faff all use

• 13-Jul-2009 17:27

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  MrsVickyloulou Joined on 04-Nov-2007 United Kingdom Posts 415

  Contact I love this thread! Our funniest moment had to be when I was being examined at home by the on-call midwife and as things had moved quickly and the paramedics were getting things ready in case I had to deliver then and there.  H squeezed past them all, clutching my list of last minute things to pack, tapped me on the shoulder and asked "what shade of blusher do you want me to put in?" Jude William born 23/3/07 Noah John born 17/3/10

• 13-Jul-2009 17:33

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  Sia* Joined on 05-Mar-2006 United Kingdom Posts 5,655

  Contact MrsVickyloulou: I love this thread! Our funniest moment had to be when I was being examined at home by the on-call midwife and as things had moved quickly and the paramedics were getting things ready in case I had to deliver then and there.  H squeezed past them all, clutching my list of last minute things to pack, tapped me on the shoulder and asked "what shade of blusher do you want me to put in?" Excellent! Just the laugh I need Great thread, keep them coming!   Poppy born 22/05/2009 7lb 1oz

• 13-Jul-2009 17:36

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  Zooneycat Joined on 10-Apr-2008 Northampton Posts 1,725

  Contact MrsVickyloulou: I love this thread! Our funniest moment had to be when I was being examined at home by the on-call midwife and as things had moved quickly and the paramedics were getting things ready in case I had to deliver then and there.  H squeezed past them all, clutching my list of last minute things to pack, tapped me on the shoulder and asked "what shade of blusher do you want me to put in?" <mops water off keyboard> That's brilliant!

• 13-Jul-2009 17:36

  Re: What's your funniest childbirth memory?

  workinghard Joined on 08-Jan-2006 United Kingdom Posts 6,285

  Contact MrsVickyloulou: I love this thread! Our funniest moment had to be when I was being examined at home by the on-call midwife and as things had moved quickly and the paramedics were getting things ready in case I had to deliver then and there.  H squeezed past them all, clutching my list of last minute things to pack, tapped me on the shoulder and asked "what shade of blusher do you want me to put in?"  that is bloody hilarious!   Samuel born 9 weeks early on 31/3/09

• 13-Jul-2009 17:43

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  MrsVickyloulou Joined on 04-Nov-2007 United Kingdom Posts 415	Contact I love having new people to tell this story to.  H is fed up of it now! Jude William born 23/3/07 Noah John born 17/3/10

• 13-Jul-2009 17:47

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  lolls Joined on 05-Oct-2004 UK Posts 13,289

  Contact These are funny! I have a few though...none to do with G&A though When I first went in the midwife said she was going to examine me, and I told her I wouldn't if I was her as it "wasn't pretty" down there. hubby and midwife were talking about his job, I felt a  contraction coming, thought I won't say anything yet or have the gas and air because I don't want to interupt them, it then became so strong thatI said 'erm excuse me back to me please!' then started on the gas and air, when the contraction finished I said 'right as you were, sorry for interupting' Then in the pool: I kept telling the midwife and student midwife to get themselves a drink and said that if they are due a break to go and have one because I'd be fine and would feel guilty if they missed a break because of me. The midwife said 'I've just got to go get my....' I interpupted with 'scalpel' then she laughed and said 'no senior midwife' The main midwife and senior midwife left the room for a minute, I turned to the student midwife and said "I've got a strong contraction coming (which was true) how about me and you get this baby out whilst they are out of the room, that'd be good wouldn't it!" Oh and I also apologised in advance incase I pooed.

• 13-Jul-2009 17:57

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  dawnie_13 Joined on 18-Jan-2008 United Kingdom Posts 517

  Contact This thread is great! The funniest thing I said was asking the midwife to knock me out and for her to have the baby for me! The other thing was on our first night home when M was about 3 days old, I had just had me first proper bath, done my hair, put on make up and nice clothes for the first time post birth and was feeling pretty good! I can downstairs to change Ms nappy and he pee'd over my top and hair while my MIL and OH sat there laughing! M March 2005 A March 2010

• 13-Jul-2009 17:59

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  oldspeckledtam Joined on 24-Oct-2004 United Kingdom Posts 2,623

  Contact With Ana I'd been in labour a long time and things were going very slowly. I'd also been on the gas and air for a while. When I was transferred to hospital, the gas and air wasn't working properly. The only way they could get the conister working was to open the top... SO me, the paramedic and the midwife were vrey giggly by the time we got there.... When we got there I was trying to push and the Dr was being a cow. I had no idea how I was doing so I grabbed the midwife and said, "I need to know what's happening. I'm a teacher! I THRIVE on positive praise!" And my favourite.... When H was asked if he wanted to see the head I bellowed, "Keep him away from there, we don't have enough sex as it is!" He hasn't forgiven me for that one yet....

• 13-Jul-2009 18:04

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  AllyDrew Joined on 07-Jan-2006 United Kingdom Posts 9,858	Contact My favourite G&A story of all time is Hecate's. Hopefully she'll be along shortly to tell it. Sadly G&A did crap all for me so no story of my own to tell.