Awwww Contractions...

i just breathed through them i guess, and kept real active moving with them? during the later stages of active labour i love to get in the bath but didnt find it very good last time, only just got in and then had to jump back out to push! lol.

Yeah the shower didn't work for me, and I couldn't just breathe through them, I screamed alot

Ive never laboured at home but at hospital I used those heat patches from elastplast, you stick them on like a big band aid and they produce heat. I had it on my lower back and it meant i could keep walking through the contractions and not have to hold a hottie or weatpack, it was great. I used gas but it did nothing, just gave me something to bite on.

GAS!!!!!  I tried a TENS machine at home but it did jack all for me. 

hope tomorrow's a better day, Lisha

Lisha wrote: Yeah the shower didn't work for me, and I couldn't just breathe through them, I screamed alot

with your first I don't think you can just breathe thru them but with second (and more) you know what you are in for and so more controlled. That was me anyhow I found breathing thru them was so good and helpful. Midwife commented I was so 'controled' Brooke slid out (kicking) with a couple of pushes - 5 minutes pushing can't be bad! I also had pethadine with her but got it too late so didn't work till afterwards. (no use then!) with #1 Josh - long labour had pethadine and gas. would of said give me and epi (instead of yelling cut me open and get it out LOL)if i was more informed.

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Rach, do you know who the author is? does anyone recommend a good one, having a look on TM now

LOL Lu! Sorry I have no ideas Lisha I was awful, I  nearly passing out with each contraction b'cos I just couldnt get a breath in with all the pain lol. They even tried to put an oxygen mask on me which I kept riping off between contractions. On the up side I didnt make one noise, all you could hear was everyone else saying blah blah and thats exactly what I heard blah blah blah lmao. I hope you are feeling better today.

Hey Lisha I'll dig mine out and you can borrow it. Mines a really old addition but still good.

I got to 9.5cms at home on the laundry toilet (glamourous huh! Lol) but apparently one of the best positions to be in (squatting).

I breathed through the contractions and found when I exhaled really deeply the pain would ease heaps. Also I focussed in on DH’s book on the floor of the bathroom and just starred at it, that was a tip from a friend of mine who has had 3 drug free labours. That worked heaps too but I never want to see that book again ever! lol

When I got to hospital I got in the bath and had gas and I was fine after that, I found that exhaling through the contractions and inhaling the gas made the pain pretty much go away for me. I did feel totally stoned after the tank and a half I went through and vomited a lot but hey, small price to pay if it works! lol

It wasn’t until much later that I had an epi and that was because they wanted to try a vontuese and if that failed (which it did) I was to have a c-section ASAP.

I’m the biggest wuss with pain but found the methods I used to be quite good.

Thanks, will try those focusing techniques, do you recommend any books that have these tips in them?