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

[mrstrouble]

I'm so worried about this, too. It'll be my first time and I'm planning a waterbirth...but there's no way in hell I'd let the hospital make my DH fish it out, it's not his job!

 

[wishingalways]

Thanks Ladies, I have kind of accepted the fact that its probably going to happen and theres nothing I can do about it and I have warned the DH that nearly all women poo and its normal and I dont need him telling me I have etc. My friend was convinced she hadn't and her daughter is now 12, her husband just pipped up and said you did actually and she went a very dark shade of red. LOl but we laughed about it too. x

 

[Bevziibubble]

I pood - lots However at the time I couldn't have cared less! They just picked it up

 

[doggylover]

I just hope it goes over the top of my head .

I hope you don't mean that literally!!!

 

[Bevziibubble]

I just hope it goes over the top of my head .

I hope you don't mean that literally!!!

Hahaha! I just laughed so much at that image!

 

[wishingalways]

I just hope it goes over the top of my head .

I hope you don't mean that literally!!!

pmsl, that is such a funny image and yes not literally that could be messy. LOL

 

[Reidfidleir]

I had a water birth but did not poop. Intestines had really cleared out earlier on so I thought I would still poo cuz my body is like that. Quite regular lol. But I didn't to my own amazement. I peed though.

 

[Bats11]

I did with my first, didnt even know it, my DH told me!! How romantic!! After the fact I was embarrassed

 

[katlin]

My dh has been on the entertainment end both times and says I've not pood thank goodness lol though I'm sure I wouldn't have cared at the time.

 

[babyerin]

I did, about 4 times in front of various people.
MW said she got covered in diarrhoea once!

 

[Sophie001]

The thought of this scares me... a lot! is there anything that you can do/take to avoid it?

 

[Butterfly89]

I wondered this too!! My hospital doesn't do water birth anyway, unfortunately. But I'm kind of glad now. OH isn't going to be in the room anyway as he's too freaked out by it all but I'm secretly happy he doesn't want to. Then I can poo and do all sorts of undignified things and not have to worry, rofl. I know a lot of people say its great to see your child come into the world, but neither of us are really worried about that... OH will see him soon enough after!! I don't want to change his opinion of me and he's the kind of guy that it would. I swear he thinks I never poo at all.

 

[Mazzy17]

I have told Hubby that i am 99% going to poo during birth and if he laughs he will be sorry!! He asked why am i going to poo so i showed him this thread...he now understands and wont laugh

 

[wishingalways]

I have told Hubby that i am 99% going to poo during birth and if he laughs he will be sorry!! He asked why am i going to poo so i showed him this thread...he now understands and wont laugh

Its just as well we all have bnb to back us up. Lol. Xx

 

[Gertie beetle]

... But what if the poop isn't solid & you're in the water?!

 

[jenniferttc1]

Most women do poop, and the doctors are so discrete about it. But with the pool, they fish them out. It's not a big deal to them at all, it happens so much and honestly its expected cause your pushing the same way you poop. I think the women that don't poop are the ones that have a huge clear out before labor.

 

[Butterfly89]

Lmao. I just told him how common it is and he said "spooooooked! but you never poo so I don't have to worry..." Then he started saying how his friend told him how disgusting and traumatizing the placenta is, bahaha. Poor man. I agree with my grandma who always says "If men had to be the one's having babies, our species never would have survived".

 

[wishingalways]

Lmao. I just told him how common it is and he said "spooooooked! but you never poo so I don't have to worry..." Then he started saying how his friend told him how disgusting and traumatizing the placenta is, bahaha. Poor man. I agree with my grandma who always says "If men had to be the one's having babies, our species never would have survived".

Love it, so true. My DH does not know whats coming and Im worried he is going to freak out big time but hopefully he will hold it together. x

 

[katieeandbump]

haha I did both times! I had really quick labours so I was still having the whole 'clear out' whilst pretty much pushing stage! I was so embarresed and kept telling them I was so sorry and my mum and the midwives kept telling me I wasn't pooing! BUT my oh insisted I was and was laughing the bugger!! But I knew I was anyway because I could smell it hahahaha! Oh the shameeeee! It deffinately puts me off a waterbirth but I think at the same time, ulthough my oh and mum will see the poo atleast they wont actually be watching it come out of me like the other 2 times haha!

 

[bubbles]

I don't think I did with ds but sure I did with dd. I could Damn well smell it but they insisted I didn't