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What is the funniest or most unfuriating thing said to you when you were in labour? For me, the worst thing was being told by the midwife to go home because I wasn't actually in full labour (only to have actually delivered a mere 1 hour 15 minutes later!) . I still laugh about a friend of mine whose husband was urging her on saying things like 'dig it in' and 'youre nearly at the try line'!! lol.

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Apart from my hubby running off to McD's because he "hadn't had breakfast" my labour was quite OK.  However, my comments to others were probably quite bad!  Baby number 2 was a planned c-section as he was breach.  On the morning I was due to go in to hospital my waters broke.  The doctors had told me if that happened that they could have me in and prepped within an hour to do the c-section so I was pretty chuffed.  However, the reality was that they were due to change shifts so I got the brush off for several hours and endured labour with nothing more than a couple of panadol.  I got pretty fed up with the numerous nurses and doctors coming in to check if the baby had turned and saying the c-section would be done soon.  By the time the last one came in I was turning feral!  I was VERY short with her and none too pleasant.  When I finally got into the theatre who should be stood there holding the scalpel?  Whoops!

So embrassing with my first labour i was induced and nohting was happening so they gave me some drugs and well i was so relaxed i was layin in bed and my husband and mum were there and i was making dog nosies and laughing at myself....... very odd we have a giggle about it if its ever talked about now.
Worst thing was havin a c-section with my twins so impersonal the were rushed off to special care unit and i never really saw them till the next day.

Dunno about during the labour but immediately after she was born my husbands' comment was "Oh is that all there is to it, I dont see what all the fuss is about ?"

Uh yeah - he's now the ex husband LOL

"You're not gonna have bubs anytime soon and I haven't even had dinner yet, did you want me to pick u up something from McD's or Burger on my way back?"  (this from my partner who took every road with a speedbump to get me to the hospital.)
Same child/labour - "I think I'm gonna spew" followed by DP running out of the room.
Second child/labour - Midwife said "I can see her head"... my reply "Then pull her out by the f*cken ears, just get her the h*ll out of me, NOW!!!!"
Other terrible comment I made during my labours:  "Honey, u betta hide your b*lls, cause if they come anywhere near me again I'm gonna rip em off!"
After 3 days of labour with my beautiful daughter it was 4am in the morning so I asked DP to call my parents and pick up my son because I didn't think they'd be enuf time to get to the hospital ... 2hours later I crawl across the floor back into the bedroom that DP and DS were sleeping in and smack DP with the phone.  "Did you call my parents"... to which he responded "what now?  It's really early."  I had my daughter 45mins after we got to the hosp.

LOL!!   

Well what can I say....the worst experience that came with being a first time mother, not knowing the art of giving birth (keeping ya butt on the bed) I was greeted with this overwhelming urge to push, as we all do, however what i was actually pushing out was pooh and this kept on happening and happening....lol....I thought 'oh dear god help me out this is not funny anymore'...lol....after getting some help from both my partner and the midwife i managed to get the jist of actually keeping my bum on the bed and getting somewhere....however I think my body thought 'well how bout one more pooh for the road'...lol....hence doing my business and having my daughter at the same time!!!! haha so her father gave her the nickname 'poophead' which she still has to this day and she just started primary school with that wonderful name ringing through the corridors of her school....Oh how she will loathe us when she finally realises the meaning behind the nickname she loves so much.......")

ok i have 2 comments as i had an emergency c section
the first is 'dont push' in the middle of a contraction. oh and also 'keep still' for this last one i was sitting up hunched over and haveing a contraction.
the second was from dh who dont like needles or blood but looked inside me while i was still open 'youre clean inside'

Well, for baby #1 12 years ago, it was the midwife inviting my ex husband to see the head crowning without checking with me first while I was in the very indignified " on all fours" position. I know it may not sound like much but I felt so very exposed and vulnerable, I immediately hated her for it...even though she did an awesome job of coaching me into delivering my gorgeous 8.6" abby boy naturally.
For baby #2 5 months ago, it was more what i said that will stay forever in our minds. I have a bad habit of cracking jokes in times of stress, it helps me cope somehow. So while kneeling in the birthing pool at home, with my beloved husband facing me holding my hands for support and in between two contractions, I decided to tell him:
"Who knows, she might come out black!".......Now, I hope no one will take offence, but both my husband and I are very fair skin, blue eyed people and so it seemed very funny to me at the time as my Great, great grandmother was a black lady from the Antilles, and I was warned this could come out in my offsprings.
Hubby proceeded to tell me it wasn't funny, to which I replied: "yes, it is cos I said so!"....Men should know better than to argue back in these moments.

Rena, I can so relate to that story.!!     I have very rapid labours and for that a number of other reasons, I was in hospital for 2 weeks following the birth of my 3rd baby.  I was taken to the birthing suite and told my MW that I really really needed to go to the toilet for Number 2's!  She wouldn't let me off the bed as she was convinced that If I went to the toilet the baby would be coming out into the toilet.  In actual fact it was a good hour before she was born!!!  I kept on saying I REALLy need to go, but they wouldn't let me ...... so of course what do you think happened when it was time for pushing!  Apparently it is a very common thing to happen .... but I was mortified.  Gives loss of dignity a completely difffernt definition! LOL

After 13hours of labour I was beginning to get over it, as im sure you can imagine! Through all the screaming and yelling, I heard another woman down the hallway, a few mintues later i heard her go quiet. Devestated that she was finished before me I started screaming and yelling at her, how unfair it was that she came in after me and went out first, and how much i hated her!  Fortunately she didnt hear exactly what I had said, and we became friends over the next few days in hospital =)