Do you really poop on the delivery table?

[sasha2014]

I did and as they say...shit happens!!
All i was focused on at the time was getting my baby out, a bit of poo was neither here nor there.
You'll have a LOT more poo to deal with once the baby is out I can tell you THAT for a FACT!!

 

[pola17]

Lol Sasha! Post partum pooping is the worst!

 

[bloodorange]

I watch this show "One born every minute" on youtube, it shows how things happen every day at a midwifery center in the UK. They really have seen everything... Most women start out puking and some of them have diarrhea, there was one lady who literally pooped herself in the very beginning of her labor, they just told her "you know sweetie you leave your dignity at the door when you come in and you pick it up when you go home with your baby" They're used to seeing all kinds of bodily fluids.
Another MW said as your baby comes down it's like squeezing a tube of toothpaste. Everything comes that's in the way.

 

[brandonsgirl]

That's terrified me ^^^ lol. Like a serious fear of that happening now :/

 

[ClairAye]

I swear I did with my first but I don't know, with my second I was saying 'Ohh god I'm going to poo, I know it!!' because baby's head coming down really does feel like going for a huge poo, but I didn't

 

[brandonsgirl]

^^ That's what I kept saying lol. 'oh no, i'm going to pooh on you' As far as i'm aware, I didn't. Really hope I don't this time either.

 

[CatAndCo]

It happens all the time! I was horrified at the idea of pooping with DD, but when it happened there was much I could do about it apart from apologise which made my MW laugh. I think most women poop whilst pushing, it's normal

 

[JessesGirl29]

I haven't given birth myself but I was there when my sister gave birth to my nephew 9 years ago, (so amazing!!!!). When she started to push she pooped a little bit but she was lying on a pile of chux pads (blue absorbant pads) and as quick as it happened the nurse folded the one on top over with a quick wipe and it was gone and didn't happen again throughout the labour. No big deal....really. I promise, seeing it first hand. Birth is amazing and beautiful and you don't need to be worried about poop.

 

[kimmyttcno3]

I didn't with my first but with my second i was so focused on not pooing, I kept asking if I had and they told me I hadn't. Further into pushing I was sure I could smell poo and they kept reassuring me I hadn't. Went for a wee after having her and wiped and guess what. ...loads of poo lol. I was mortified lol xx

 

[Pink Sugar]

I did with my first but not the last four, but post pooping is absolutely the worst i fear that more than labor every time