Comments for Nursing Birth http://nursingbirth.com One Labor & Delivery Nurse's View From the Inside Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:13:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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.

]]> Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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.

]]> Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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!

]]> Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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 :(

]]> Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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!

]]> Comment on Hey NursingBirth!!! Where the HECK have you been?!?! by Jennifer S. http://nursingbirth.com/2010/03/29/hey-nursingbirth-where-the-heck-have-you-been/#comment-2928 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:27:02 +0000 http://nursingbirth.com/?p=443#comment-2928 OMG! Do we work at the same hospital?? I know this is an old post, but I just found you. I’m an L&D nurse in a community hospital like the one you describe. No VBAC’s allowed. And don’t dare rock the boat and challenge our stellar reputation for patient satisfaction! This is no lie…..the other day, a woman in preterm labor at 34 weeks with her 7th baby. She had had a c/s for her 6th due to an abruption. She was 9 cm dilated with a bulging bag, and she got a STAT C/S not because of fetal distress, but because they couldn’t allow a VBAC!! She didn’t protest, because she had planned a repeat c/s all along. And I’m the ONLY ONE who saw anything wrong with this!

]]> Comment on About NursingBirth by Kathryn http://nursingbirth.com/about/#comment-2927 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:54:09 +0000 #comment-2927 As a nurse and mother who is passionate about natural childbirth I am so very happy to see a nurse speaking out about the truth behind childbirth in hospitals when a doctor is involved (especially those who are overbearing and dont care about anyone but themselves). I had the worst experience with a doctor when i had my son and was so upset about her obvious motives while i was giving birth. We as women need to educate ourselves about this and not just sit and take it because the “doctor said so”. We need to take back our right to birth how we want too!

]]> Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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 ;-) !

]]> Comment on “I Needed to Know My Body Could Do It!”: A VBAC Story by Michelle http://nursingbirth.com/2009/03/26/%e2%80%9ci-needed-to-know-my-body-could-do-it%e2%80%9d-a-vbac-story/#comment-2922 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:46 +0000 http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-2922 Wow, I’m a complete basket case of tears right now. You are an amazing nurse. And lucky for me, remind me a lot of my L&D nurse and doula during my second vbac (which was natural)! Thank you for sharing this birth story from your point of view. It was beautiful!

]]> Comment on Top 10 DOs & DON’Ts of Pooping During Labor & Birth 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!

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