[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I was lucky for the most part. All three of my deliveries were within 5 or 6 hours of getting to the hospital. But the actual labor started at least 18 hours prior. The hard “don't you ever come near me again, you SOB” was about 1 1/2 hrs with the exception of my first.

I didn't want to take Lamaze but it was a requirement if I wanted to forgo the scopolamine. (That was 35 years ago.)
I would have done much better had they said “The last part will hurt like hell, but it means you are almost done. Once the head pops out the pain is but a distant memory.” I ended up having a saddle block. Jekyll and Hyde. :-)

They wanted me to take a “refresher” with my second baby. I them to get a life. :-) He popped out with but one primal yell.

My third labor was the toughest, probably because I was 36. “Don't push? What the hell do you mean, don't push. You can shake hands with him.” The ER doctor delivered him.

[JouleZ]

“He popped out with but one primal yell.”

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ROFLOL! Great description!