Rate your labour pains by stage
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MindUtopia
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'Early' labour (1-4? cm): 1
'Active' labour (4?-8 cm): 3
'Transition (8-10cm): 8
Pushing: 7
Bad leg cramp: 8
I had a completely natural home birth, no drugs, only used a TENS and natal hypnotherapy. I didn't really have any pain in 'early labour' (whatever that would have meant) as my waters went and then I had a clear out, so there was some discomfort just because I was having some diarrhea, but it wasn't painful at all. Once contractions started they were a minute long roughly every 5 minutes, but super manageable and not painful. I felt really comfortable. Transition was tough, the only thing I would say was as painful as a leg cramp, but I think only because the midwives arrived, insisted on examining me (I was 10cm), and that exam was so, so painful. I think that just generally made me so uncomfortable. Had I not had the exam, it would have been a lot easier. Still didn't need any pain relief and it was still manageable. Pushing was intense and hard work, but not that painful, just uncomfortable because it was so intense, but nothing like a leg cramp. I really credit that to having done natal hypnotherapy.
'Active' labour (4?-8 cm): 3
'Transition (8-10cm): 8
Pushing: 7
Bad leg cramp: 8
I had a completely natural home birth, no drugs, only used a TENS and natal hypnotherapy. I didn't really have any pain in 'early labour' (whatever that would have meant) as my waters went and then I had a clear out, so there was some discomfort just because I was having some diarrhea, but it wasn't painful at all. Once contractions started they were a minute long roughly every 5 minutes, but super manageable and not painful. I felt really comfortable. Transition was tough, the only thing I would say was as painful as a leg cramp, but I think only because the midwives arrived, insisted on examining me (I was 10cm), and that exam was so, so painful. I think that just generally made me so uncomfortable. Had I not had the exam, it would have been a lot easier. Still didn't need any pain relief and it was still manageable. Pushing was intense and hard work, but not that painful, just uncomfortable because it was so intense, but nothing like a leg cramp. I really credit that to having done natal hypnotherapy.
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Early labour 0/10 didn't experience it, I didn't realise I was in labour at first and was 8cm when I got checked
Active labour- 6/7 out of 10- didn't have any pain relief
Pushing-8/10 although only pushed for few minutes then had to have forceps
Bad leg cramp- 5/10
Active labour- 6/7 out of 10- didn't have any pain relief
Pushing-8/10 although only pushed for few minutes then had to have forceps
Bad leg cramp- 5/10
dan-o
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Early - 2 annoying, grumpy
Mid- 4 standing on tippy toes at peaks, but still annoying/grumpy
Active - 6-8 unable to talk through contraction, which required leaning through, but normal in-between
Transition - 1st baby = 10/ cuckoo land 2nd baby = 8/fully aware of my body taking over
Pushing - 1st baby = 2/ relief 2nd baby n/a as he just came on his own
Leg cramps - ranging from 2-8, I've had some corkers this time!!!!
Mid- 4 standing on tippy toes at peaks, but still annoying/grumpy
Active - 6-8 unable to talk through contraction, which required leaning through, but normal in-between
Transition - 1st baby = 10/ cuckoo land 2nd baby = 8/fully aware of my body taking over
Pushing - 1st baby = 2/ relief 2nd baby n/a as he just came on his own
Leg cramps - ranging from 2-8, I've had some corkers this time!!!!
