2nd time round births? Painful?
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Topic: 2nd time round births? Painful?
Posted By: Lisha
Subject: 2nd time round births? Painful?
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 11:34am
Just wondering, for those mums who have had two or more babies, what it is like the 2nd time round? Do the contractions hurt as much??  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 11:39am
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hehe i been thinking the same thing.
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 11:43am
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The contractions are definatley the worst thing about having a baby!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:08pm
I think the contractions are about the same, but I felt so much more in control of things and had a better idea of what to expect. I even went with less pain relief!  -------------  |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:28pm
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I found them more painful 2nd time round. My reason I was slower dilating (my first birth I went from 1cm to 7cm in 45 minutes) so I felt the pain over a longer period of time. But remembering the outcome of the pain got me through. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:32pm
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It was more painful second time round for me. Mostly because it happened a lot faster and was more intense.
On the bright side, it happened a lot faster and I healed up a lot quicker too ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:44pm
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Second time round hurt more for me too, but then again number one was "easy" and there were complications with number two!
I still say that giving birth is the easy bit and that it is the time after that is tricky! ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:49pm
oh i wanted to know the answer to this question! but now i hear that 2nd timers seem to be worse and considering Bay was quite easy - IM SCARED!!!! 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 1:15pm
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I thought the whole thing was better and easier, more cos you know what to expect and don't feel so out of control. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 1:28pm
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and then by the third one you just hit up the anaesthetist for an epidural on the way in and sit around reading magazines until it's time to push once or twice.... ------------- |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 1:47pm
I was planning on doing that, this round lol ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
emeldee wrote:Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 3:19pm
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I found both times the contractions were about the same.. the pushing with Nyah didn't hurt as much though.. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 8:31pm
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I was hoping the answers would be didn't really feel it baby just fell out.
Ripping open was the most painful for me so I'm hoping I'm nice and stretched so it will be a breeze. |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 8:49pm
same here, I knew what to expect so no panic etc.... just went with it. 2nd one was so easy. although first was posteria so that could be part of the reason he took so long and hurt more and more pain releif. With 2nd had pethadine but she was out before it worked. But when I first read the heading I thought 'Hell yes' LOL still hurts. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:23pm
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Second (and third) time around for me I think wasn't as bad. Mainly I coz I had a much shorter labour (6 hours vs 41 hours first time).
Possibly TMI but I found the actual birth less painful second time too, when Sienna's head was crowing I had a sudden flashback to the incredible burning I had with Maya and thought "stop the bus, I want to get off!" but when Sienna's head was born the burning was way less intense than I remembered. I barely felt Mercedes head at all, I was numb from Sienna's head 3 minutes earlier. I didn't get the same out of control feeling second time round that I had with Maya either, and coped much better even with no pain relief. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:47pm
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I found my second a breeze to have how ever the after pain's were awful for the first 12 hour's they were for me worse then the actually birth I have been told that the second you often have worse after pain's. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:53pm
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I have also heard that too Deb and must admit I did get quite sore after pains with Brooke, Josh I don't think I got any. With brooke the after pains felt like I was having contractions again. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 10:13pm
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yep that's exactly how they felt. For me they were worse then the actually contraction's. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 2:18pm
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My second labour was much more painful and intense than the first but in saying that, the first time the contractions weren't strong enough to get me dilated properly so it wasn't like I had a proper labour - IYGWIM. Whereas the second time, the contractions were really strong and intense from the beginning and nothing at all like the nice comfy ones I had the first time. What a reality check that was!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: megrac
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 4:07pm
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my second labour was more painful but only because baby was posteria which gives you a lot of back pain which is hard to find releif from. good thing was that labour was half as long 12 hours instead of 22. but when the contractions do come you get the feeling oh crap thats right now i remember. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 7:09pm
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oh gosh i really was hoping that this time wouldnt be as fast as my first which all up was just over a hour and happened so fast that i dont even remember alot of it.
but after reading the posts now i think i hope its another fast one and he betta not be breach ( like both myself and his father were) or 11pound like his dad either!! lol ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 7:01am
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My second was easier, they were harder than the first but my whole labour was only and hour start to finish so they were bearable. I agree with some of the other ladies though, because you have done it before it doesn't seem as painful and that's just because I think some of the fear has been taken out of it the second time around.
I found the after pains harder to deal with. I woke up four hours after I had No2, with really bad after pains, and wondered what the heck was going on as I was sure I had had him. I got all upset thinking I had dreamed my easy labour and was going to have to do it for real.  I was only when Jayden cried a few moments later that I realized I had, had him. (No one warned me about the after pains)------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: emmaohara
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 8:15am
| What are after pains, like more contractions??, I never had those last time.............!! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 8:35am
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It's the contracting of the uterus back to size, often does it while you are feeding (the feeding stimulates it). ------------- |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 9:00am
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my second birth was worse for me simply cos my waters broke first with paris, and they didn't with ayja so i had all that pressure to deal with and ow it hurt. plus she was mega fast and once waters broke i was ready to push within 10 mins, and 10 mins after she was out so i felt it was too fast and i was feeling really out of control with the whole situation, whereas first time i had been much calmer.
Afterpains with ayja definately had me taking full advantage of the panadols they offer you. with paris i was like "why? why do you keep offering me panadol, i don't need it" ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 9:50am
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Yep, afterpains were awful - I took the voltaren option - especially with the gigantababy (third kiddie) ------------- |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 4:25pm
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Oh gees, thanks! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 5:10pm
WHAT THE!!?? noone told me about after pains!!  oh man! now im worried!! sounds like a second or third timer thing too
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 5:19pm
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Apparently it can get worse from baby to baby I haven't noticed much difference with mine - not the toe-curling stuff that others get. I suspect that if you don't feel them with #1 that you also won't feel much with #2. I take Panadol but that's cause I'm like, why not take Panadol? It's not gonna hurt the baby and there's nothing else I can do about it. But I only took the full Panadol dose on one day (the first or second day). ------------- |
Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 24 April 2007 at 8:28pm
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Borth was quicker....and I did it only on gas. Still hurts like nothing else in life but think you are just more calm (in general).
And yes the After pains were bloody awful...used to hate starting to b/f Blake cause felt like Labour pains all over again! Was on constant Panadol and Brufen. -------------  
 
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