Comments on: Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/ One Labor & Delivery Nurse's View From the Inside Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:13:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: freya http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2978 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:13:05 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2978 WIth my first child I found out a few days after the delivery that I had pooped during the pushing phase of my labor. I asked my husband, “did I poop at all?….” He said “Yeah, a little bit but the nurse cleaned it up super quick and it was no big deal.” I felt a little embarrassed when he told me that because I hadn’t realized I had pooped at all. But at the same time I was relieved to know that it was taken care of quickly and was obviously no big deal because I didn’t even know! Now, I am pregnant with my second and am due in the next couple weeks and I’ve noted that I’ve been worrying about pooping during delivery. I know it seems silly, but I worry about the nurse who has to clean it up. This was a good article because it reminds me that the labor and delivery nurses deal with this regularly and it’s not a big deal. Besides, when I am in the midst of my labor – pooping will be the farthest thing from my mind… working with my body to get the baby out really is the main focus and everything else sort of fades away.

]]> By: Gracie M. http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2957 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:57:50 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2957 During my first child’s birth I didn’t poop. I had diarrhea all morning the day he was born. It was painless but everything in my bowels just poured out of me. I had no appetite all day and ate nothing. They put a mirror in front of my bed so I could watch my son’s birth. But natural labor is so intense that if I had pooped I wouldn’t have cared. I am a naturally modest woman but I was laying in that bed completely naked, exposed and sweating and wailing and I didn’t feel any shame. Labor is an other-worldly experience.

Now I am 9 months pregnant with my second child. And if I poop I know I’m not going to care. But yet here I am googling it! lol.

]]> By: blond.e http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2952 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:04:23 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2952 Several years ago, I gave birth for the first time. Upon admission to the hospital, I was offered an enema and I declined the enema. I was on a liquids-only diet for the time I spent in labor at the hospital. After twelve hours of labor and no food, I still pushed a poop out during delivery. The lack of food (low blood sugar) made me feel really light-headed and I am sure caused me to physically shake after birth which was very unpleasant. Especially considering the outcome, I know I would have more energy thus a more positive labor experience if I had been allowed to eat something. A few months ago, I gave birth to my second child. During my second labor, I was allowed to eat and I did. Roughly an hour before the birth, I had a bowel movement that was on the large side of normal. During birth, I still managed to pass some fecal matter. After the second labor, I wasn’t light-headed and shaking the way I was after my first birth. Hopefully this helps!

]]> By: Mb http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2946 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:50:58 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2946 I pooped during delivery and I am still embarresed about that. My baby is three months old, but I can’t still get rid of that embarrasing moment. I couldn’t face my Doc after that. I asked the nurse about this and she assured that it will show that I am doing my job in the right manner. My hubby wants one more baby and till now I was quite in agreement to that, but this fear of pooping has put a hold on to that thought. Really embarresed :(

]]> By: Myra from Delight in Your Life http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2929 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:05:51 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2929 Reblogged this on Delight in Your Life! and commented:
Of all of the random things that cross my mind in preparing for labor.. Pooping during labor comes up quite often. True Story. This, my friends, made me smile a bit and put my mind at ease! Enjoy!

]]> By: Sammy http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2924 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:24:24 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2924 I’m just 6 weeks pregnant and this has been a worry if mine since I found out but after reading this I really couldn’t care less if I poop! Ive always had problems with my bowels anyway so i cant get embarrassed! When u gotta go u gotta go!! Thinking about it my sister is going to be my midwife so payback for everything she’s ever done to me ;-) !

]]> By: kaitlyn http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2920 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:10:18 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2920 I don’t have any children YET. I have been a nanny…so I have helped raise enough:)

This is a question that has popped into my head time and time again. Glad to see that other women share this worry/embarrassment. And it is also wonderful to read that so many women have stories to relieve any of us who are worried about it.

Good article to read!

]]> By: Whitney http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2914 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:04:09 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2914 I’m so glad this article has been written. It’s such a relief to me. I’m still embarrassed, but hearing it from a ld nurse really helps because it doesn’t make me feel nasty. Which it shouldn’t, because after all, it is natural.

]]> By: Genilene http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2898 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:52:52 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2898 I was sooo worried about the whole pooping thing, but feel so much more at ease now. I really believe in what you said about facing your fears as I want to be as prepared as I can possibly be in order for my baby to born healthy. Thank you so much for this amazing site!!

]]> By: Genilene http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/15/top-10-dos-don%e2%80%99ts-of-pooping-during-labor-birth/#comment-2897 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:50:31 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2897 Hahaha!!

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