so they say a lot of women poo during labour but.....

[wishingalways]

I have read over and over that most women will poo during labour/pushing but half the time you dont know you have and they quickly just clean it up but what happens when you are pushing in the birthing pool and you poo.... sorry for the topic but it is really starting to play on my mind as im considering a water birth and dont want to be embarrassed but floaters

Has anyone experienced this or what is everyones. Experiences of pooing during labour. I had a forceps fir my first and have no idea if I squeezed out a poo

 

[amotherslove]

lots of people poo in the pool. they fish the floaters out. jusy pray they float lol, some sink!

 

[Mummy&bump]

Haha they fish them out with a fish like net lol I think .....

 

[NaturalMomma]

Yes most women poop during the pushing phase because you're pushing on everything. You likely won't feel it because of all the other sensations going on down there. Nurse will just clean it up and it's no big deal. I know thinking of pooping in front of people seems really horrible and embarrassing, but really, in the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal at all. The nurses have seen it before and lots of things are going to be exiting your vagina/anus while giving birth (blood, fluids, a baby, pee).

I pooped both times, didn't care either time. With my second son I pooped literally in my husband's face, we actually laugh about it

 

[amjon]

I'm pretty sure I didn't, but I think I cleaned everything out a bit before. I asked DH and he said I didn't. I couldn't really see down there and he was watching, but I guess he could have missed it if he was too busy looking at Taylor.

 

[hercfreak]

At our birthing class we were told to bring our own sieve if we want a water birth! Apparently it's their way of ensuring that there's no contamination between you and the next person and saves the nhs money.
That reminds me, I'd best go and buy a new one!

 

[paigeypoo]

i did during labour, it was awful. i felt it come out and the dr wipe it away.

 

[xdxxtx]

I did. I couldn't stop. I hadn't pooped in 9 months (well, not well anyway! lol) and I felt like it was all coming out at that very moment. The person who's delivering actually sees it as a good sign because it means you're pushing in the right spot. Unfortunately, you have to push as if you're pooping... so it's very, very, very common for poo to come out, too.

 

[Jaxvipe]

I did! I think the saline that they gave me had a laxative in. But I couldnt feel it because I had an epidural.

 

[Harveysmum369]

I don't think I did....although it did feel like it...I did however wee on my midwife


I told her I needed to push,she told me I didn't,I pushed anyway and wee'd on her shoes I apologised and she said if I hadn't of told her she would have though it was amniotic fluid x

 

[xx~Lor~xx]

Yup they get them out with a net! My OH netted mine i didnt even see, was too busy dealing with a contraction!

 

[wishingalways]

Omg looks like I may need to prepare my dh for some sieving action.... or maybe I might give that job to the mother, less embarrassing I think. I just hope it goes over the top of my head and I dont notice because I think I will be mortified...

 

[Eleanor ace]

At my hospital they give the birthing partner a fishing net and he/she is on floater duty. I didn't poo during labour, for some reason I was really disappointed (G&A madness ) and was asking the midwife "what, not at all? Not even a little one?!"

 

[lolita1990]

Reading this made me laugh so much... I am not looking forward to this! I'll be mortified x

 

[goddess25]

I worried incessantly about this...I did poop both times and I really didn't care.

 

[anita665]

I know I pooped with my first. With the second it was a home birth and I don't think I pooped but I don't know. OH said he didn't think so. Fingers crossed there will be no poo this time.

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Pretty much everyone poos in labour.

I remember being really paranoid about this during pregnancy and asked my midwife about it, she just said it's a standard, anticipated part of labour for virtually everyone and not to be embarrassed because they expect it, and you're no different from the person who went before you, and person who'll go after you, honestly it's part of the midwives jobs, they will not be phased by it whatsoever!

Most women don't even know they do it, I have absolutely no idea whether I did or not. I had a forceps birth so neither me or OH saw anything going on at the business end. I probably did though.

It's funny when you go on forums cause you'll get so many women saying 'nope I didn't!' when they most probably did, just didn't realise and people were kind enough to not to mention it, or tell them they didn't. xx

 

[missy1]

I didn't. When I was in ver early stages of labour I really had to go and I think everything just cleared out so I was lucky. It was something I had worried about but to be honest when I was actually in the throes of labour pushing my daughter out I think pooing would have been the least of my worries

 

[Missy08]

I did...I was sooo worried beforehand about it too...When it actually happened, I felt it and felt them wipe it away but I was so focused on pushing and getting her out I didn't worry that much about it. You'll be too focused on other things

 

[NaturalMomma]

You will unlikely care if you poop in labor and you know it. Your hormones and everything else going on will have you caring about more important things. A fish net works great for waterbirths.