A massive fear of pooing myself

urchin · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:01 AM

It feels odd even typing this - but I have a real phobia about pooing .... as it is, I won't admit that I do it (and I'm serious about that!)

and now I have learned that it's really common to poo yourself when giving birth

I thought they gave you an injection to stop you pooing - but maybe that wasn't true ... and now I'm really worried

I have made Mr Urch promise me that if it happens, he will never ever mention it to me ever again - but I just don't know how I would cope if it happens

Am I alone in this?
Is there anyone else on the boards with such an intense dread and horror??

helen_beee · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:04 AM

Do not worry yourself about this, yes a lot of people do poo whilst giving birth but the midwife will just take it away and most of the time you will not be aware that you have done it. No need to be scared of something you can't control and won't know about anyway!

xx

mrsp14 · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:05 AM

You probably won't know if you do Hun, I wouldn't worry too much, at the time there will be so much else going on that you won't care that much if you do know. Midwives rarely comment, they just remove it and get on with the job at hand which is delivering your baby x

saitiffeh · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:07 AM

Midwives and dcotrs see it ALL the time and won't judge you at all!

I know it happened to me but I was honestly so preoccupied with the business at hand that I didn't much care!

urchin · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:08 AM

that doesn't help! lol
I know this isn't rational - but then I also know it's not rational at 42 to absolutely categorically deny ever being subject to a natural bodily function

Just the thought that I might, and that others would know, even if I didn't - is just horrific!

M&S+Bump · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:09 AM

Not poo, but I am intensely phobic about being sick, to the extent of having had therapy for it (not that it worked, really).

To be honest though, by the time it was getting anywhere near that stage, I couldn't have cared less if I had pooed or been sick - they could have had a whole football team in tutus doing a wee dance around the room and I wouldn't even have noticed.

LostAndAlone · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:12 AM

Before you go into labour, a lot of women have the runs, this is a way of your baody cleaning itself out for birth!! I ended up constipated from when i went into labour with my first and didnt go poo til the day after i had her so that was good lol and with my second i had to go whilst in labour (in the privacy of the baathroom at the beginning of labour) as my body knew to clear its self out. dont worry this is normal

tmr1234 · Apr 1st, 2012, 11:15 AM

I was realy worred about it the 2nd time but i had the runs from the 1st pain untill 7cm and at that time i could not give a hoot if i did as i was in to much pain to even think about it.

jenn2282 · Apr 1st, 2012, 16:47 PM

i' not so much worried about the pooping it's the massive hemroid i am worried about people seeing

MegnJoe · Apr 1st, 2012, 17:21 PM

If u do, they wipe it away quickly an no mention is ever made of it.. as I get further along, it gets further from my mind. Don't stress it. Let's see anyone push from their.bottom for more then 10 minutes without a little something coming out! It happens, but no one talks about it. But if u r worried ask dh to stand above ur knees and not below them..

Apr 1st, 2012, 11:01 AM	#1
urchin Other BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Midlands Posts: 6,409	A massive fear of pooing myself It feels odd even typing this - but I have a real phobia about pooing .... as it is, I won't admit that I do it (and I'm serious about that!) and now I have learned that it's really common to poo yourself when giving birth I thought they gave you an injection to stop you pooing - but maybe that wasn't true ... and now I'm really worried I have made Mr Urch promise me that if it happens, he will never ever mention it to me ever again - but I just don't know how I would cope if it happens Am I alone in this? Is there anyone else on the boards with such an intense dread and horror??

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:04 AM	#2
helen_beee Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,129	Do not worry yourself about this, yes a lot of people do poo whilst giving birth but the midwife will just take it away and most of the time you will not be aware that you have done it. No need to be scared of something you can't control and won't know about anyway! xx

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:05 AM	#3
mrsp14 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Carterton, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,766	You probably won't know if you do Hun, I wouldn't worry too much, at the time there will be so much else going on that you won't care that much if you do know. Midwives rarely comment, they just remove it and get on with the job at hand which is delivering your baby x

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:07 AM	#4
saitiffeh Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,402	Midwives and dcotrs see it ALL the time and won't judge you at all! I know it happened to me but I was honestly so preoccupied with the business at hand that I didn't much care!

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:08 AM	#5
urchin Other BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Midlands Posts: 6,409	that doesn't help! lol I know this isn't rational - but then I also know it's not rational at 42 to absolutely categorically deny ever being subject to a natural bodily function Just the thought that I might, and that others would know, even if I didn't - is just horrific!

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:09 AM	#6
M&S+Bump Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,041	Not poo, but I am intensely phobic about being sick, to the extent of having had therapy for it (not that it worked, really). To be honest though, by the time it was getting anywhere near that stage, I couldn't have cared less if I had pooed or been sick - they could have had a whole football team in tutus doing a wee dance around the room and I wouldn't even have noticed.

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:12 AM	#7
LostAndAlone Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,733	Before you go into labour, a lot of women have the runs, this is a way of your baody cleaning itself out for birth!! I ended up constipated from when i went into labour with my first and didnt go poo til the day after i had her so that was good lol and with my second i had to go whilst in labour (in the privacy of the baathroom at the beginning of labour) as my body knew to clear its self out. dont worry this is normal

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Apr 1st, 2012, 11:15 AM	#8
tmr1234 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5,622	I was realy worred about it the 2nd time but i had the runs from the 1st pain untill 7cm and at that time i could not give a hoot if i did as i was in to much pain to even think about it.

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Apr 1st, 2012, 16:47 PM	#9
jenn2282 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,254	i' not so much worried about the pooping it's the massive hemroid i am worried about people seeing

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Apr 1st, 2012, 17:21 PM	#10
MegnJoe Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,087	If u do, they wipe it away quickly an no mention is ever made of it.. as I get further along, it gets further from my mind. Don't stress it. Let's see anyone push from their.bottom for more then 10 minutes without a little something coming out! It happens, but no one talks about it. But if u r worried ask dh to stand above ur knees and not below them..

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